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

Jonathan Krisel

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

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" Different actors have different rhythms. My goal as a director is to let these guys get their best work out. "

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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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" There is no 'recycle too much.' That's an oxymoron. "

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" Things that people are doing constantly but aren't thinking about. That's the ultimate 'Portlandia' concept. "

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

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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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" I look at a show like 'Roseanne.' That's super influential on me. It's very funny, very real, with real problems. That was a big influence, and I don't know if you see that all the time in the network world. "

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

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

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" Certain shows, when it's all comedy, it's like when you eat something that's too sweet and it just tastes gross. You need that salted caramel. "

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" Bands on tour are very good cultivators of what's the avant-garde of comedy. "

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" If you have, especially with siblings, something like the competition for mom's affection, it just never goes away. "

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" I am huge fan of Australian comedy. 'Strictly Ballroom' is one of my favorite movies. Definitely the British Commonwealth's sensibility is where I draw a lot of my influences. "

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

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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 always want to push myself. "

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" There's a good family of actors in 'Portlandia.' It's a small community with people who pop up again and again. The show's a little weird show, and you want to grow with the people who are in it, like Dana who plays the chicken waitress, and Ellen who was the adult babysitter. "

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" There's a thing in comedy where you take one step into a bad idea, but if you take 10, then it becomes a good idea again. "

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" 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. "

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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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" 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. "

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

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" As the director, you have it in your mind how you want the part done, how you want someone to do it, and so sometimes you just say, 'Why don't I do it myself?' So for a little role, I'll just do it. "

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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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" My whole thing is, you listen to the actor and help them bring out their best thing. "

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" The end goal is to make a piece that everybody has ownership over and everybody's proud of because everybody contributed to it. I think there's a communist, socialist vibe to 'Portlandia' to make it work. "

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