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Quote by Allison Silverman

“Writing is just my first love. And I still have some issues with telling people what to do.”

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Allison Silverman, born on February 17, 1972, is an accomplished producer with a wealth of experience in the film and television industry. She has been involved in the production of several highly acclaimed works. more

“People think "The Office" was improvised, but it's all on the page. We do that because what we found is that in the early days of "The Office," we went in with it sort of 80 percent scripted and we did some things and then we improv'd and we did - you know, and it gets a laugh on the floor because it's the first time they've heard it.”

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“When you get back into the editing suite in the cold light of day, the written stuff is better.”

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“Our challenge with "The Office" and "Extras" was to get it completely scripted but to find a cast that could make it look like they were saying it for the first time.”

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“I'm not a person that's easily embarrassed, but I'm embarrassed for other people.”

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“I can't stand it. I can't stand someone being embarrassed. I don't know why. If someone slips over and the first thing they do is look around, I pretend I haven't seen it.”

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“I know how much embarrassment hurts, and I love it as a theme because you can keep digging a hole. It's just an endless well, embarrassment.”

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“You can just keep getting it worse until you have to pull back and let the audience breathe. But yeah, I really love digging.”

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“That's what being nervous and sort of out of your comfort zone does. It's the same in "The Office" when a black guy comes to the office and all he thinks is `I better show this guy I'm not a racist.' So what does he do? Only talks about black issues.”

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“I think the best advice I'd say to any actor when you do comedy is play it straight.”

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