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" I love the beige, tan, stucco world where the sun bleaches things out to the point that it can look somewhat ugly. "

Jonathan Krisel

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

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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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" 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. "

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

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" I'm never trying to make something esoteric; it just happens. "

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

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

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" I think any person who is starting out in a creative endeavor is not going to be good at it right out of the gate. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" There's some moments in your life where you're just like, 'I need something just funny.' That's the noble thing you can do. Make someone forget about their life for 22 minutes. "

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" Everything on TV is perfect, and it's so boring. "

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

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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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" 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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" One second here and there will make all the difference between something being funny and not being funny. That's why I like going, 'Well, we wrote that six months ago, and it was funny one time we read it, but it's not funny anymore. So what? Just dump it.' "

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

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