Jonathan Shapiro Quotes
Primarily I'm a social commentator rather than someone who's out to get the belly laugh.
Quotes to Explore
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
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My fear is that people associate Rand Paul's social conservatism with libertarianism, when it's not.
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It's good to laugh at times that feel inappropriate.
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When I said I was going to audition for a film, I got a hearty laugh from all my family.
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Gentrification always makes me laugh. People complain about traffic. Live in Atlanta! You can't have it both ways; you can't live in an incredible city and not expect it to get congested.
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Don't take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves.
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My looks have changed. I have laugh lines - not wrinkles.
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I like fearless characters, people just not afraid to do anything it takes to make people laugh.
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I think some days you should do a cartoon that is absolutely just for the laugh, and some days you should do a cartoon that just punches the reader right in the stomach. It's kind of nice to mix it up.
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Life is funny. If you don't laugh, you're in trouble.
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I don't want to hear songs about how sunshiny things are. I don't like songs that feel like radio candy... I like the ones that make you think, laugh or cry - they pull some kind of emotion out of you.
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I have invested in four social networks. More than any other. But that's in Russia and Poland.
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There is a significant momentum behind the social Internet. A wide range of public investors were very enthusiastic about that.
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France has the least social mobility of any developed country. The social elevator no longer works. It's broken.
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When it comes to acting, I've always had a passion for entertaining and for making people laugh. On the music side, I really want to come out as an artist because I want people to see who I really am... artistically, I tend to be drawn to the darker things. What the music will be able to do is show people that I am an adult now.
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Some of my college friends used to laugh at me. But no one's laughing anymore. Now, they all try to get free underwear.
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The audience likes their emotions to be touched. They want to laugh and cry and feel good.
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I don't do social media.
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I worked with someone who told me they'd never like me. But for some reason, I just felt like I needed her approval. So I started changing myself to please her. It made me stop being social and friendly. I was so unhappy.
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I don't mind running; I don't mind taking a few knocks. But hopefully, it's just not 'Sam's an action dude.' That, to me, is not what I wanted. I wanted to bring a sense of weight and emotionality of doing Australian films and bring that into a bigger blockbuster, so you're not just kind of grunting and groaning and running around.
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It's amazing. Being clearheaded for a show, for starters. Not being reflux-y because of the amount of beer you've drunk.
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If you can cultivate the right attitude, your enemies are your best spiritual teachers because their presence provides you with the opportunity to enhance and develop tolerance, patience and understanding.
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We as producers need to keep an eye on things and make sure we're doing great stuff, which is sometimes easy to do because of the talent we have, and sometimes not so easy.
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Primarily I'm a social commentator rather than someone who's out to get the belly laugh.
