I aspired to be a writer and ...

I aspired to be a writer and then I just started getting acting work. I really didn't have a direct goal, I just knew I wanted to be in this industry telling stories and doing this for a job. I thought my path was going to be as a writer, but I'm pretty happy doing it as an actor.
 Jake M. Johnson

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Problem is that my athletic abilities in my mind are greater than what my body can accomplish. And my level of fear and anxiety of getting injured is greater than my courage.
 Jake M. Johnson
If you have the ability to work with people smarter than you, always try to be the least smartest person in the room and surround yourself with talent, because iron sharpens iron.
 Jake M. Johnson
I got really into writing plays. I did that for years and years and got some produced and didn't like it as much when I wasn't able to control it.
 Jake M. Johnson
I had a lot of bad jobs but the one big internship I had is I interned for 'SNL' when I was 21 years old and that was the joke. You intern there and you think man, I'm going to be with the writers and the great comedians. Then you're getting everybody sandwiches and then the doors close and then all the great creatives are doing the work.
 Jake M. Johnson
I like to move quickly. I don't like the nature of television of just sitting around and overshooting.
 Jake M. Johnson