“I always thought, if you're gonna do TV, you want to play a straight, solid, pillar-of-the-show kind of guy.” IfsWantKindPlayShowsGuyTvsPillars Author:Jake M. Johnson
“I'll be honest, I like shooting 'New Girl.' I like the people. The show is still new to me. I've never done TV like this before.” PeopleStillsDoneShowsGirlHonestTvsBeing HonestShootingGirl I LikeNew Girl Author:Jake M. Johnson
“I did about 10-12 national commercials and then got one line parts in things like 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and the show 'The Unit.' Got a little part in the movie 'Redbelt' by David Mamet and kept slowly grinding up and then started getting bigger parts in independents and getting noticed by Liz Meriwether.” LittlesShowsLinesBiggerEnthusiasmUnitsCurbOne LineLizCurb Your Enthusiasm Author:Jake M. Johnson
“I knew I wanted to be an actor for a long time, but I was based out of Chicago and then I went to New York and I did 'The Upright Citizens Brigade' out there. I had a two-man show with a guy named Oliver Ralli who's now in the band Pass Kontrol, which is a big band out of New York.” MenLongTwoShowsBigsWantedGuyActorsNew YorkCitizensBandLong TimeChicago Author:Jake M. Johnson
“In L.A., if you're in improv, and you're on those stages, all the big agents and managers and producers are watching those shows. They're not flying to Chicago to see the show. People are booking jobs off the stages in L.A. who aren't more talented than the guys in Chicago. But the most guys book out of L.A., and the second is New York.” PeopleIfsBookShowsBigsJobsGuyStageNew YorkFlyingProducersAgentsManagersChicago Author:Jake M. Johnson
“I was in a two-person show [with Oliver Ralli] called the Midwesterners where we wrote all of our own stuff and we traveled the country with it. That's what eventually led me to L.A.” PersonsTwoCountryShowsStuffTraveledMidwesterners Author:Jake M. Johnson
“All of a sudden Mindy [Kaling] was writing on The Office and had sold a TV show. When we'd try to write shows, we'd jokingly call the word documents "Hit Show." We just couldn't crack the code.” WritingTryingShowsTvsOfficeCodeCracksDocumentsTv Shows Author:Jake M. Johnson
“We tried to do a show once every three weeks to a month. We'd always do a new show. It was not successful. It did not become the Matt & Ben show, but it taught me what I like to do as an actor and what I like to do comedically.” ShowsThreeActorsSuccessfulWeekTaughtMonths Author:Jake M. Johnson
“I don't have an interest in being a director-for-hire on sitcoms - but if it's a really cool show that I thought I could bring something to, I would love to do that.” IfsShowsInterestDirectorsReally CoolSitcom Author:Jake M. Johnson
