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" I saw Sleater Kinney perform back when I was in college. "
Jonathan Krisel
College
Saw
Perform
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" The Internet is a good way to try some stuff with no big crew and no money being spent. Since there are no stakes to it, you can try to be a little experimental. "
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" You can use cheap technology to get a great look. "
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Look
You
" 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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" 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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Small
Good
" Different actors have different rhythms. My goal as a director is to let these guys get their best work out. "
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Work
Different
" There is no 'recycle too much.' That's an oxymoron. "
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Recycle
Too
" I always want to push myself. "
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Want
Always
" '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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You
Mean
" If you have, especially with siblings, something like the competition for mom's affection, it just never goes away. "
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Never
Affection
Competition
" You can tell a lot about a person by what comedians they like. "
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Person
Tell
" 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. "
Jonathan Krisel
Past
You
Looking
" Things that people are doing constantly but aren't thinking about. That's the ultimate 'Portlandia' concept. "
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People
Doing
" 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. "
Jonathan Krisel
Comedy
Movies
I Am
" 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. "
Jonathan Krisel
Try
Bring
Everything
" I love working with nonactors. "
Jonathan Krisel
Working
Love
I Love
" I'm never trying to make something esoteric; it just happens. "
Jonathan Krisel
Just
Never
Trying
" 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. "
Jonathan Krisel
Comedy
You
Sweet
" 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.' "
Jonathan Krisel
Why
Time
Like
" I like dry-to-the-bone stuff. I don't know what it is. I was raised on PBS showing weird British comedies. "
Jonathan Krisel
British
I Was Raised
Know
" 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. "
Jonathan Krisel
Work
People
Simplicity
" 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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Ownership
Proud
End
" When people feel vulnerable, they make slapstick decisions. "
Jonathan Krisel
Vulnerable
People
Feel
" Comedy is like horror - you have to shock something in the viewer's system to make them feel it. "
Jonathan Krisel
Like
Horror
Feel
" 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. "
Jonathan Krisel
Comedy
Again
Bad
" 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. "
Jonathan Krisel
Good
Creative
Think
" 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. "
Jonathan Krisel
You
Art
Weird
" My whole thing is, you listen to the actor and help them bring out their best thing. "
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Actor
You
Listen
" On 'Baskets,' I'm not sure what the demographic is. "
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Demographic
Sure
" 'Portlandia' is 100 percent improvised, and I came into this business not knowing anything. "
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Business