May 28, 2019
“I’m a big negotiator. My father owned a car dealership when I was younger … it’s just in my blood. So when I started working as an actor, I missed it. I don’t negotiate my own contracts. I audition and then I’ll call my agent and he’s like, ‘We’re good.’ I’m like, ‘Let me get in on the fucking call. Let me pretend my name’s Maury, and I could just talk, too!’ Like, the way I got my television is on Craigslist, they were trying to sell a $1,600 dollar TV, and so I wrote to them, 'I’m very interested, but I’ll give you $200 cash’. And then they write back, 'Fuck you’. And then we would start a weird negotiation.” Happy 41st birthday, Jake Johnson! (May 28, 1978)
