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" You want to work with people who you like and have an easy rapport with. "
Mike White
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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 find as a viewer, when I go to see comedies, the strain to be funny throughout the whole thing. I start to lose my sense of reality, and it ends up feeling like an empty experience; there's funny stuff in it but I've lost the emotional connection to the characters because it's just so bananas. "
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