54 Quotes by Jason Lee

I think kids like chaos, in an interesting way. I think kids like to push buttons in adults. They like to antagonize and cause trouble. I think it’s the kid-like spirit that kids respond to.

I was a little nerdy, but I got along with everybody. I had fun at school – skateboarding, surfing, getting kicked out of class for making too much noise.

I grew up skateboarding; it was fun. I didn’t think about money, I didn’t know how much professional skateboarders made. I just knew that if I became a professional skateboarder, I would achieve a lot and get to travel and do these great things.

My dream is that all South Africans from all walks of life will have the opportunity to read my books and use the information therein to successfully invest in property.

I wanted to be looked at for the skateboarder that I was. I didn’t want to be the 36-year-old skateboarder who’s still holding on while owning a company at the same time. I wanted to make my mark and travel and accomplish a few things here and there and then get out.

It’s difficult to get away from the shadow of a TV character.

I wasn’t a kid who moved out from Iowa with aspirations of becoming a famous star – I was intrigued by the idea of filmmaking and by the idea of what it would be like to play a character in a movie.

Pilots get made, and they don’t go to series. Stuff gets written and never gets made. I’ve tried to develop stuff that never went. It comes and it goes. It’s a part of the process.

I can do movies maybe that have already been written, but I can’t do anything for months at a time.