Jackie Schaffer famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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That takes a lot of confidence to let your actors come up with something that could be theoretically funnier than what you had envisioned originally.
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In the television business, I don't think anyone will let you go in and pitch a show unless you use the words 'organizing principle' or 'this is the prism through which we see their lives'.
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I think people who are fanatical about anything are funny.
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Mark [Duplass] is the same person that I met on day one. He's a very smart, savvy, creative guy. If you ever want a champion on your side, it's Mark.
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I remember being in the audition with Mark [Duplass] and I remember not being able to dominate him. He's so smart and centered and grounded. I can't do what I'd normally do to someone in this situation. I can't get the upper hand in the scene. I was really impressed and excited about the possibility to work with him.
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It's so fun because Jason [Mantzoukas]'s one of the smartest people I've met in comedy. So unbelievably fast comedically - so he's quick with whatever, but it's fun to watch someone be so quick and so stupid simultaneously.
-- Jackie Schaffer
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I'm an actor and it happened to go my way that day.
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I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm always looking for, a director that's going to help me go places I've never been before.
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I've grown so much, not just as an actor, but as a human being.
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I consider myself a blue-collar actor, just chugging away.
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You have to find it in the moment, and that's one of the challenges of being an actor - especially a film actor - is that you have to maintain these heightened emotions for long periods of time. There's no trick to it. You just have to do.
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I'm a bit hyperactive as an actor, I like to keep moving.
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It's in the dictionary. And when I find what it is, I'll write it down in case it comes up again, I'll be certain to avoid it.
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Drunken Master (the first one). If I hadn't seen this movie, I would never have come up with Dragonball.
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I know great songwriters. Fred Neil would come up when he was in L.A., we all used to hang out. He would sit there and sing, and we would just melt. I mean, we would go to his recording sessions.
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Young players are starting to come up as well and they will see me as one of the older, experienced ones.
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