Jason Segel Professions : Actor Born : January 18, 1980 Browse All Authors Top 42 quotes by Jason Segel Part of growing up is not waiting in line at a hipster breakfast restaurant. The eggs taste the same across the street. I promise. Jason Segel hipster growing-up eggs Our job is to become OK with who we are and what our life has been - and keep enduring. Jason Segel endure who-we-are jobs My mother taught me to be nice to everybody. And she said something before I left home. She said, 'I want you to always remember that the person you are in this world is a reflection of the job I did as a mother.' Jason Segel mom mother inspiring The narrative of our lives is a total construct. We get to choose what that is. That is something I've realized as I've gotten older. I have a lot of choices about the story that I'm telling myself about my life. So where do I find meaning? Jason Segel narrative choices stories A man can certainly be a Muppet. Being a Muppet is a state of mind. It's about finding that little part of you that's unique, and not being embarrassed by it, but cherishing it. Jason Segel unique mind men If you can find the line between sympathetic and creepy, you have reached a very funny area. Jason Segel sympathetic lines creepy That's the best advice I can give - when you're trying to write a comedy, first write a drama, and then make it funny. Jason Segel writing giving drama If it's achievement that you place your value in, you're never going to achieve enough. If it's power, you always need to wield power over others. If it's money, you'll never be rich enough. But if you do something and are a part of what is happening, then you're always in it and it's always enough. Jason Segel rich achievement needs Honestly, I have come to believe that everything is in the order it's in for a reason. I am happy with who I am today. Jason Segel who-i-am order believe I've been really lucky to spend some time around actors and artists I really admire. One thing I gathered from asking a lot of questions is that part of this job and this life we've chosen is doing personal exploration in front of an audience. In a lot of ways, that's what art is: personal searching with people watching. Jason Segel jobs people art I have always felt like romantic comedies are incredibly predictable. You look at the poster and you know those two are ending up together at the end of the movie. Jason Segel together two looks We have reached a very cynical era of comedy. The Muppets have proven, for 40 years, that you can get laughs without ever doing it at someone else's expense, and I think that that's a really important thing for kids to realize. Jason Segel kids years thinking I'm better looking in person. Jason Segel persons I like to be challenged acting wise and I like to do things that I'm scared of. Jason Segel scared acting wise The whole thing that drew me to doing an animated film is that you're freed from the physical limitations of your physical body. All of a sudden, you get to be something that has nothing to do with the fact that I'm a 6'4", lumbering dude, and that is really exciting. Jason Segel film body facts For some reason, I was born without a sense of embarrassment or shame. Jason Segel embarrassment shame reason There is a little bit of hubris to want to change the past. It implies that you know better - that things didn't happen the way that they were supposed to. Jason Segel want littles past One thing that I think never goes out of style is just purity. Niceness and purity. And the Muppets have never lost that. Kermit especially is just wide-eyed wonder, unblinking. And he cant blink. Which I think probably helps. Jason Segel style helping thinking I sold my first script when I was 21 - this kids' adventure movie that never got made. I just bought that one back, actually. I'm pretty psyched about it. Jason Segel adventure kids travel Fozzie Bear has so many bear puns in this script - like, 'Trac is grizzly!' 'This is unbearable!' It's the greatest. Jason Segel unbearable scripts bears Similar Authors Ian Mckellen actor Adhir Kalyan actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje actor Bert Lahr actor Alan Arkin actor Alan Alda actor All Authors
