Being polite and grateful will make people more inclined to help you. And if people are willing to help you, you may accidentally get something you want. Jason Sudeikis More Quotes by Jason Sudeikis More Quotes From Jason Sudeikis It's the journey, not the destination. I truly believe that. Jason Sudeikis destinationjourneybelieve That's what I love about sketch comedy: a sketch is five minutes, then it goes dark, and there's the potential for something else. Jason Sudeikis comedyminutesdark It's fun to play the type of people you dislike. Jason Sudeikis playfunpeople I didn't really want to be an actor when I was growing up - I wanted to be whatever I was reading about or seeing at the time. When I read The Firm I wanted to be a lawyer; when I saw Top Gun, I wanted to be a fighter pilot. So that's why acting probably turned out to be a good thing for me because I get to be people for five minutes or 90 minutes. I'd be curious to see if I had the attention span to be like those guys on 30 Rock and play the same character season after season. Jason Sudeikis growing-upreadingcharacter I always took pictures, but about five or six years ago, I started taking more behind the scenes at SNL, and now I have some 60,000 photos sitting on my laptop. Jason Sudeikis behind-the-scenessittingyears I am now The Establishment. There's nothing I can do about it. Jason Sudeikis establishmenti-cancan-do I'd love to do a drama. Jason Sudeikis drama Now Ben Folds is my photography older brother. He was kind enough to give me a photo of his for my 40th birthday. Jason Sudeikis photographybrothergiving I don't know where I'm gonna be two weeks at a time, much less the thing I'm making. I'm just flattered to get the opportunity to do it and to get asked to do it. Jason Sudeikis weekopportunitytwo It was my second show as a writer, and Justin Timberlake was just coming off boy-band stardom. People were rolling their eyes, but I used to watch the Mickey Mouse Club, and I knew all those kids were talented as hell. Justin was as comfortable on camera in that first episode as any of our cast members. Jason Sudeikis eyeboyskids A lot of improvisation ends up being about just thinking outside of the box in the scene. It's not improvisation as much as it is quickness or making it real. Jason Sudeikis scenerealthinking One of my oldest friends from Kansas, his sister was married to Ben [Folds] and wrote lyrics on his first couple of albums. I got to meet him the first time I saw them in concert at The Bottleneck, a great bar in Lawrence, Kansas. Then, he was the musical guest my first or second week as a writer on SNL. I was like, "I don't know if you remember me?" And he was like, "Oh my god, yeah!" He's a big photography fan, as am I. Jason Sudeikis kansascouplephotography The person that always comes to mind, and it's odd now because we've become pals, is Ben Folds. I've always considered him like a musical older brother, from afar, in the sense that I always felt I had a much better understanding of what he was singing about five years after I was listening to it. Jason Sudeikis understandingbrotheryears I don't know if the idea of a career in show business or in the arts in general was looked down upon as much as by baby boomers as it was by their parents. Jason Sudeikis careersbabyart I was a straight man long before I knew what it was called. I was just the boring one. Jason Sudeikis boringmenlong [You're voice acting] and you're screaming and yelling you can't help but sort of physicalize things. The next day I'm usually sore in some weird part of my body. Jason Sudeikis next-dayyellingvoice I haven't really had too many bosses. Any bad boss I had probably was because I was a bad employee. Jason Sudeikis employeebosshavens A mustache really defines your face. My dad had a mustache when I was growing up, and I can still remember when he shaved it, he looked like a completely different person. Jason Sudeikis mustachegrowing-updad I think people who live in the worlds that movies are based on end up disliking them. Unless they're from a different time and era. Jason Sudeikis differentpeoplethinking Growing up, my sisters were both into dancing, so I went to a lot of dance recitals, mostly because there were always pretty girls in leotards. Jason Sudeikis growing-upgirldancing
