Jon Lovitz
Jon Lovitz
Jonathan M. "Jon" Lovitz is an American actor, comedian and singer. He is best known as a cast member of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1990. He starred as Jay Sherman in the cult animated comedy series The Critic and has appeared in numerous other television series and films...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth21 July 1957
CountryUnited States of America
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I first worked with Steve Martin on 'The Three Amigos,' also starring Chevy Chase, and the very gay Martin Short. I was surrounded by all these legends of comedy, and I felt guilty having a favorite, because you were all so funny. But hey, it was Chevy.
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I agreed with everything he was saying when he ran for president. I was listening to what he said. I go, this guy thinks like me and I agree with him. Now he's changing. All he keeps saying is millionaires and billionaires don't pay their fair share of taxes.
succeed victim-mentality victim
Nobody with a victim mentality will get anywhere, ever. They will never succeed.
fun laughing feel-good
It's fun to do something funny and have the director laughing. It makes you feel good.
home people cameras
You're in front of an audience, but you're playing for a camera. There's this huge adrenaline rush, because you know that besides the audience in the studio, there are millions of people watching at home.
nerd ifs
If you build it, nerds will come.
drama character actors
In comedy, you have to do all of the same stuff you do in drama and then put the comedy on top of it. You, the actor, are aware of the comedy but the character is oblivious. And you have to have a sense of humor.
drama school play
I had done plays in high school. It was something I always wanted to do since I was little. I was a drama major at UC-Irvine.
feel-better laughing tough-times
I would say if you are having a tough time in your life, then going to a club and getting laughs, it does make you feel better for that hour and a half show. It gets your mind off of it.
dream opposites actors
I would love to have a part opposite a great actor - like, say, Pacino or De Niro or Hoffman. And to work with a top director. That's my dream.
whatever
There are some actors who say, 'What do you want me to do? I'll do whatever you want,' and that's all they do, ... I kind of go to the other extreme. I say, 'I have an idea. Can I try something?'