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" A huge part of making something work is getting along with people you work with. You want them to succeed; you want them to bring their ideas to life as much as possible. "

Jonathan Krisel

Work

Life

Ideas

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Crazy

Know

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" I always want to push myself. "

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Jonathan Krisel

Horror

Feel

" I'm not a big 'scripted comedy' person necessarily. I'm open for wherever comedy can be found. "

" Louie Anderson thinks my thing is the absurdness of reality. That's what we do on 'Portlandia' all the time. I try to bring that absurdness of reality to everything. "

" I like dry-to-the-bone stuff. I don't know what it is. I was raised on PBS showing weird British comedies. "

" Once the big lights come in, you can feel self-conscious. How can you capture the scene without ruining it and freezing people up? You keep it small and lean. "

" When people feel vulnerable, they make slapstick decisions. "

" I think when you work with people who are super exceptional, there's simplicity to it because everybody is on the same page in terms of tone. "

" It's exciting being in the present. You're always reading emails, talking about the future, looking at pictures on Facebook of the past. But living in the present? It's almost a dead medium. I almost want to do a sketch about being in the present. "

" 'Portlandia' is 100 percent improvised, and I came into this business not knowing anything. "

" Everything else was snarky and high concept, while 'Roseanne' was just a normal family. "

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" For me, I love and hate Costco. I think it's ruined America and made America great. "

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" On 'Baskets,' I'm not sure what the demographic is. "

Jonathan Krisel

Demographic

Sure

" My brand of comedy is taking a serious approach to silliness. Small moments of modern life and human behavior make me laugh. At least that's where everything starts, and then my other through line would be a dry absurdity that exponentially spirals out of reality. "