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B. J. Novak

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B. J. Novak, born on July 31, 1979, is an accomplished actor, screenwriter, and director from the United States. He gained widespread recognition for his role as Michael Scott in the television series 'The Office', which earned him numerous nominations and awards. Beyond acting, Novak has ventured into screenwriting and directing, showcasing his versatile talent.

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“Good comics gravitate to each other; you know who's your type of person by watching them onstage, hopefully.”

Knows Persons Type Hopefully

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“I do not have very much office experience.”

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“I'm a believer in trusting the director.”

Directors Believer

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“There's not many good comedies to watch - you know, comedies that make you glad you watched them.”

Knows Watches Comedy Glad

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“Different people have different styles, but there is an opportunity as a director to be a writer in every moment, with every visual cue and every piece of production design. Everything is a decision, and everything can be obsessed over.”

People Different Moments Opportunity Decision Pieces Style Design Directors Productions Obsessed Visuals Different Peoples Different Styles Production Design

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“I wanted to be a writer first, and I struck out in the world to be a writer first, and then found stand-up as a more creative outlet, as a 3D way to be creative.”

World Way Firsts Wanted Found Creative Be Creative Outlets Creative Outlets

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“The most exciting thing I aspire to do is to write something new that I know is going to work, or perform something that I know is going to make people laugh.”

People Knows Writing Laughing Exciting Something New Aspire Going To Work Making People Laugh Exciting Things

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“'The Office' is less a comedy than so many other "comedies" that have been on the air. It's really about the balance between what is real and what is comic.”

Has Beens Real Comedy Air Balance Office Comic

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“Regret is just perfectionism plus time.”

Regret Plus Perfectionism

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“If you love something, let it go. If you don't love something, definitely let it go. Basically, just drop everything, who cares.”

Ifs Care Who Cares Let It Go

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“It's not always enough to be brave, I realized years later. You have to be brave and contribute something positive, too. Brave on its own is just a party trick.”

Years Enough Party Brave I Realized Tricks Be Brave

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“I think it's better to not know certain things. It gives the world an extra bit of mystery, which is important to us as human beings.”

Thinking Knows World Giving Humans Important Certain Bits Human Beings Mystery Extras

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“If people are well paid for reality television and cotton candy and dunking a basketball, why can't they be well paid for changing young minds?”

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“Mindy Kaling gets her own line in the acknowledgments, as previously negotiated by her representatives. Thanks, Mindy. I love you and you're the best.”

Lines Love You Thanks Representatives Acknowledgment You Re The Best

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“There's always going to be one more thing. Because that's what infinite feels like. And the difference between love and everything else is that it's infinite, it's built out of something infinite, or it feels like it is, anyway, which is the same thing to us. You think a million billion more things will come your way, a million billion more versions of everything. But no, everything that actually causes that infinite feeling, the circumstances of every infinite feeling, is so, so finite.”

Thinking Way Feels Feelings Causes Differences Millions Circumstances Built Infinite Billions Versions Finite

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“Nobody remembers how long anything takes; they only remember how good it was in the end.”

Long Ends Remember

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“Perfect. Why was this so hard to find?”The other type of perfect is the type you never could have expected and then could never replicate.”

Hard Perfect Type Expected Replicate

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“Travel is impossible, but daydreaming about travel is easy.”

Easy Impossible Daydreaming

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“Battered Women: sounds delicious. Doesn’t make it right.”

Sound Delicious Battered Battered Women

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Born: July 31, 1979
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 19

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