The Office’ is less a comedy than so many other “comedies” that have been on the air. It’s really about the balance between what is real and what is comic.
B. J. NOVAKBattered Women: sounds delicious. Doesn’t make it right.
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The Office’ is less a comedy than so many other “comedies” that have been on the air. It’s really about the balance between what is real and what is comic.
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Mindy Kaling gets her own line in the acknowledgments, as previously negotiated by her representatives. Thanks, Mindy. I love you and you’re the best.
B. J. NOVAKMindy Kaling gets her own line in the acknowledgments, as previously negotiated by her representatives. Thanks, Mindy. I love you and you’re the best.
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If people are well paid for reality television and cotton candy and dunking a basketball, why can’t they be well paid for changing young minds?
B. J. NOVAKIf people are well paid for reality television and cotton candy and dunking a basketball, why can’t they be well paid for changing young minds?
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I wanted to be a writer first, and I struck out in the world to be a writer first, and then found stand-up as a more creative outlet, as a 3D way to be creative.
B. J. NOVAKI wanted to be a writer first, and I struck out in the world to be a writer first, and then found stand-up as a more creative outlet, as a 3D way to be creative.
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I do not have very much office experience.
B. J. NOVAKI do not have very much office experience.
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Regret is just perfectionism plus time.
B. J. NOVAKRegret is just perfectionism plus time.
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Good comics gravitate to each other; you know who’s your type of person by watching them onstage, hopefully.
B. J. NOVAKGood comics gravitate to each other; you know who’s your type of person by watching them onstage, hopefully.
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It’s not always enough to be brave, I realized years later. You have to be brave and contribute something positive, too. Brave on its own is just a party trick.
B. J. NOVAKIt’s not always enough to be brave, I realized years later. You have to be brave and contribute something positive, too. Brave on its own is just a party trick.
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There’s not many good comedies to watch – you know, comedies that make you glad you watched them.
B. J. NOVAKThere’s not many good comedies to watch – you know, comedies that make you glad you watched them.
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Perfect. Why was this so hard to find?”The other type of perfect is the type you never could have expected and then could never replicate.
B. J. NOVAKPerfect. Why was this so hard to find?”The other type of perfect is the type you never could have expected and then could never replicate.
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Travel is impossible, but daydreaming about travel is easy.
B. J. NOVAKTravel is impossible, but daydreaming about travel is easy.
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If you love something, let it go. If you don’t love something, definitely let it go. Basically, just drop everything, who cares.
B. J. NOVAKIf you love something, let it go. If you don’t love something, definitely let it go. Basically, just drop everything, who cares.
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I think it’s better to not know certain things. It gives the world an extra bit of mystery, which is important to us as human beings.
B. J. NOVAKI think it’s better to not know certain things. It gives the world an extra bit of mystery, which is important to us as human beings.
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Different people have different styles, but there is an opportunity as a director to be a writer in every moment, with every visual cue and every piece of production design. Everything is a decision, and everything can be obsessed over.
B. J. NOVAKDifferent people have different styles, but there is an opportunity as a director to be a writer in every moment, with every visual cue and every piece of production design. Everything is a decision, and everything can be obsessed over.
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Battered Women: sounds delicious. Doesn’t make it right.
B. J. NOVAKBattered Women: sounds delicious. Doesn’t make it right.
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I’m a believer in trusting the director.
B. J. NOVAKI’m a believer in trusting the director.
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