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" The thing that I like about Pee-wee is it can exist on the level of midnight college cult movies that the hip kids are into and, at the same time, it could be something a kid and his family watch together. Being able to straddle both lines of being subversive and, at the same time, very inclusive - I love that about the character. "

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" I grew up loving Pee-wee Herman. I was obsessed. I was the kid at school who everyone knew was obsessed with Pee-Wee. "

" I think it's sort of rare in TV shows or movies to see people being vulnerable. That's sort of scary to an audience. "

" I try not to rely on pop culture references as a crutch for jokes, because then, I think, that's when the timelessness quality is lost. "

" I came of age right around the time that the sort of priced-to-own VHS world began, and so the movies that you really enjoyed, you were able to kind of watch as many times as you wanted. "

" My sweet spot, the stuff I like the most, is hopeful melancholy. Optimistic melancholy. "

" The challenge in writing a show that's about people and their flaws is that it can easily tip over - okay, I'll sometimes watch something, and there will be characters that are written in a way that I'll know that the writer just hates human beings. They're expressing this misanthropic point of view with these detestable characters. "

" It made me proud to know I'd join a long gallery of actors covered in blood in movies. "

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" I watched 'Freaks and Geeks,' and I was like, 'Oh, if you write about your own personal experiences, and if you're specific about it both in what happened and how you felt about it, it can make for scenes that are really compelling.' For the rest of college, I was basically ripping off 'Freaks and Geeks' with plays I wrote and stuff like that. "

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College

Own

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Mom

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" I love watching movies. That's, like, my favorite thing to do with friends. "

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" I would never turn down an invitation to co-write another Pee-wee Herman movie! "

" The first three times we met, I don't think I remembered anything. I was just in this daze like, 'Oh my gosh, I'm sitting here with Paul Reubens.' And I kept almost calling him Pee-wee. "

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" Probably around junior high, I became obsessed with films. "