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It’s fun to discover things. I wouldn’t want everything laid out, simply and too obviously.

Bob Odenkirk

We’re all real people with moments of intense honesty and pathos and humanity. We all experience that, whether you’re comedic or not.
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Honesty People Real
I think everybody has a public persona. We all present ourselves.
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Everybody Persona Thinking
I think independent movies are actually very challenging right now, because it was this huge scene and it was great for a few years. Then, it was totally co-opted by the studios. Now, it’s become very corporate, the independent scene.
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Independent Thinking Years
And oftentimes people do have good drives that are sympathetic and can even be seen as selfless and good-hearted.
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Good Hearted Selfishness Sympathetic
I think that cable TV is a great venue to do something interesting.
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Interesting Television Thinking
It’s nice that the independent scene is taken seriously, and has been.
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Independent Nice Taken
I’ve had enough of those short comedy bits. Tell me a story, tell me a more complex story, something that lasts and maybe has a little more meaning to it.’ Don’t ever look at what’s happening now; look at what’s coming next.
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Comedy Complex Enough Happening Tell
If you surround me with darkness, suddenly, I am “somewhat fun.”
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Darkness Fun Surround
You’re not just a part of the team. You’re really in charge, and the responsibility falls on you if all the components aren’t there for a worthwhile film.
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Player Responsibility Team Worthwhile
The worst thing is to read bad reviews and go, “Yeah, I agree.”
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Reviews Worst Yeah
Comedy can be destructive, and still very, very funny. But if I can do something that is fun to watch and critical of the world but not wantonly destructive.
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Fun Ideas Watches
The alternative scene, for a couple years now, has been taken seriously and that’s a cool thing. I don’t think it’s exploded or anything, but I think it’s pretty cool that it still exists, it’s still affecting people.
BOB ODENKIRK

Couple Taken Thinking
In the end, the thing that really stays with you is not that you were clever enough to connect a sketch to another sketch, but what really sticks with you is when you just have an incredible moment happen, or execute a really funny idea.
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Clever Ideas Sticks
I pretty much read reviews and comments only looking for the negative. Literally, when I read positive comments, it’s like a zero. I think the issue is if you agree with it or not.
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Issue Thinking Zero
I don’t think the sketch on its own is a great sketch.
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Own Sketch Thinking
When you’re 20 you can put a ton of old-age prosthetics on and be an old guy, but when you’re 70 you can’t play a 20-year-old.
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Guy Play Prosthetics Years

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