“I find as a viewer, when I go to see comedies, the strain to be funny throughout the whole thing. I start to lose my sense of reality, and it ends up feeling like an empty experience; there's funny stuff in it but I've lost the emotional connection to the characters because it's just so bananas.” EndsWholeCharacterFeelingsRealityLostStuffLosesComedyEmotionalEmptyConnectionsViewersStrainBananasEmotional ConnectionFunny Stuff Author:Mike White
“My impulse is to create an aesthetic that's about a humanistic approach to a world and trying to create compassion for all the characters.” WorldTryingCharacterCompassionApproachImpulseAestheticHumanistic Author:Mike White
“I actually think it's helped me as a writer to have to act. It's only when you actually start putting yourself out that you appreciate the anxiety that comes with having to try to sell a line, or with trying to own a character.” ThinkingTryingCharacterLinesAnxietyAppreciateSells Author:Mike White
