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Jonathan Krisel

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" I know, especially in my family, people's feelings get hurt over the tiniest things. I'm sure that's true in every family. But, for instance, one year, I came a little bit late to Thanksgiving, and I was supposed to bring a salad. And I just brought a bag of lettuce, and put it in a bowl. Five years later, I heard that my mom was incensed. "

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" I know comedy; I know how to do crazy, off-the-wall stuff that makes me laugh out loud. "

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" In your twenties, you might want to be radical and change the world, but in your thirties, you might just want to be happy and ground yourself. "

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" Nobody sets out to be evil. They're insecure, and they make bad decisions. "

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" 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. "

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" I went to film school, and I came in when video art was king, weird stuff was king, and there, you don't have a script as your bible. "

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

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" I want to work with extremely, genuinely charismatic people. "

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" A lot of the 'Portlandia' characters and a lot of the moments aren't really TV-worthy, but that's what is so refreshing about seeing them. "

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" I loved 'Welcome to the Dollhouse.' That was one of the most influential movies ever. You know that genre with the nerdy girl, and she redeems herself in the end. Like 'Napoleon Dynamite.' And in 'Welcome to the Dollhouse,' she doesn't. She sucks. It's like, that's what's real. That's what's heartbreaking. "

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" I love working with nonactors. "

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" I'm a huge 'Twin Peaks' fan. "

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" Portland is a place where everyone closes their eyes and crosses their fingers and hopes for a better community. They keep it small and local, and usually they think if they just make great coffee, it's the best thing for the neighborhood. "

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

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" Comedy is like horror - you have to shock something in the viewer's system to make them feel it. "

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

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" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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" It's how you define yourself. It's not Nirvana or Pearl Jam: it's, 'Do you watch 'Portlandia' or 'Amy Schumer'?' It relates to a specific sense of humor. And, 'Do you know the hidden gems?' Like, if you knew the Pixies in the '80s. "

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" Portland is utopia. My favorite thing would be it's earnestness. I am earnest, too. "

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" You see a lot of comedic content that's not funny, and you can tell that it's supposed to be funny, but it's actually not funny. "

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" I saw Sleater Kinney perform back when I was in college. "

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" 'Fawlty Towers' was a huge influence on me. I mean, it was so slapstick, too. 'Are You Being Served?' was on 15 times a day, it seemed like, and I loved it. "

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" With comedy, I've always had a pretty good sense of what I like and how to execute it well, but drama has its own rules. "

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" I definitely feel the pressure to keep things fresh and original. "

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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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" My dad did show me interesting movies at a young age. I remember he showed me 'A Clockwork Orange,' and my mom said, 'I never want to see this movie in my house again.' "

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" You can tell a lot about a person by what comedians they like. "

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