"I thought it would be a lot of fun and I wasn't going to do the movie without Johnny. The studio suggested a couple people, and I'd never met Johnny, but I thought we'd be a perfect team for this movie because we're both a little bit unpredictable"
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The subtext is about control. Scott acknowledges the studio’s “couple people” suggestions, then quietly overrules them with an instinctive claim: he “thought we’d be a perfect team.” That’s a performer staking authorship in a system designed to deny performers authorship. Even “I’d never met Johnny” becomes a flex. He’s telling you chemistry isn’t built in rehearsal; it’s a vibe you can smell from across the casting board.
“Unpredictable” is the key word, doing double duty. It’s a compliment, but also a brand strategy: unpredictability sells because it promises the audience something slightly unsafe, a comic edge that might derail in an interesting way. For actors associated with broad comedy, unpredictability is how you signal you’re not just delivering punchlines; you’re bringing volatility, spontaneity, the feeling that anything could happen. Scott’s intent is clear: make the partnership feel inevitable, make the movie feel riskier, and make the studio’s decision look like it followed the actors’ logic rather than the other way around.
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Scott, Sean William. (2026, January 16). I thought it would be a lot of fun and I wasn't going to do the movie without Johnny. The studio suggested a couple people, and I'd never met Johnny, but I thought we'd be a perfect team for this movie because we're both a little bit unpredictable. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-thought-it-would-be-a-lot-of-fun-and-i-wasnt-95201/
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Scott, Sean William. "I thought it would be a lot of fun and I wasn't going to do the movie without Johnny. The studio suggested a couple people, and I'd never met Johnny, but I thought we'd be a perfect team for this movie because we're both a little bit unpredictable." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-thought-it-would-be-a-lot-of-fun-and-i-wasnt-95201/.
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"I thought it would be a lot of fun and I wasn't going to do the movie without Johnny. The studio suggested a couple people, and I'd never met Johnny, but I thought we'd be a perfect team for this movie because we're both a little bit unpredictable." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-thought-it-would-be-a-lot-of-fun-and-i-wasnt-95201/. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.



