Whatever it takes, the job of the director is to be the leader and to get your actors where they need to go. That’s a philosophy that I have. Shawn Levy Read Quote
When you do a drama, you are challenged to trust your inner voice much more. Because when you put a comedy in front of even a 25-person screening, you know whether it’s working or not. The barometer is overt. Shawn Levy Read Quote
I live my life pretty emotionally, for better and for worse. I’m pretty thin-skinned and transparent. I lead with my heart, and I wanted to make a movie that did the same. Shawn Levy Read Quote
I never set out to build some behemoth comedy career. My taste in movies is far more eclectic than that so my aspirations as a filmmaker are far more eclectic than that. Shawn Levy Read Quote
In all my movies, there’s always a kind of heartfelt element, to be able to do a drama and to be able to spend more time in the emotional stuff with no pressure to get back to the funny that’s very liberating for me. Shawn Levy Read Quote
Even when I was a kid, I had a good thing with kids. To this day, if I go to a birthday party with one of my kids, I swear to you, I am so much happier hanging out with my kids and their friends than talking to the grown-ups. Shawn Levy Read Quote
