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" I'm a weird guy. I'm practically albino. What about me isn't weird? "
Mike White
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" Sometimes when you write something on the page, it can seem very funny, but when you act it out - and this happens to me a lot, actually - the melancholy of the situation becomes more front and center. "
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" Most of the shows I've worked on have aired three times and are in the dustbin of history. "
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" I used to go online all the time, and then I had to stop myself... because I'm a writer, and it's like: to have a procrastination tool, like, within my computer... it was just getting too hairy. "
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" My first job was with 'Dawson's Creek' where everybody looked good and they spoke better than you. It was kind of a wish fulfillment, fantasy-type show. "
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" To me, I definitely stand in the corner of wanting to give voice to the bullied, and not the bully. "
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" I just think there are certain men who feel like engaging in a story told from a female point of view is somehow a feminizing experience. And that itself is something that they're almost supposed to not want to engage. "
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" I believe, in general, that even people that are self-pitying, you can feel for them. "
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" What I find frustrating about scripted television is that it's rare that you are surprised by how you feel about the character, or how you feel about the show. "
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" I started as a writer; I started writing when I was little. The acting and directing was an outgrowth of my desire to tell stories. "
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" My favorite thing is being able to follow my inspiration, and the freedom of being a writer is hard to beat. "
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" I think living in our culture right now, there's a universal experience where we feel like we become what we do. Sometimes that's rewarding and sometimes that creates an existential crisis. "
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" If I have a male protagonist, it's a studio movie, and if it's a female protagonist, it's an indie movie. That's just how it is. It's not about the studios. It's about America and who goes to see movies. Women are interested in men and women, and men aren't interested in the woman's story. They just aren't. "
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" 'Girls' is a huge show, as far as buzz, and magazine covers, and getting a ton of copy, and awards. And yet I don't think the viewership is huge. "
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