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Being comedic is a skill, because there is a fine line where the context is important. And being dramatic is just being honest and real in that moment.

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’m about to go to Sundance for my 3rd year, and Sundance has never felt like a real independent festival at all. On the other hand, it might to start feel that way.
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Hands Independent Real
If you’re committed enough, you can make any story work. I once told a woman I was Kevin Costner, and it worked because I believed it.
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Enough Kevin Stories
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
It’s nice that the independent scene is taken seriously, and has been.
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Independent Nice Taken
I pursue those kinds of ideas more. The world needs less destruction. And destruction is kind of “easy,” too.
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Destructive More Needs Objective
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.
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Couple Taken Thinking
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
Comedy is tragedy plus timing.
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Comedy Timing Tragedy
We don’t feel constrained by what we did in the past.
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Constraints Feels Past
I think that cable TV is a great venue to do something interesting.
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Interesting Television Thinking
The world needs less destruction.
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Destruction Needs World
When you envy actors, only envy them for their good roles. Keep in mind they have to do a lot of roles to make a living, and not all of them are good.
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Envy Good Jobs Living Stupid
I don’t think the sketch on its own is a great sketch.
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Own Sketch Thinking
Being comedic is a skill, because there is a fine line where the context is important. And being dramatic is just being honest and real in that moment.
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Important Real Skills
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

Being comedic is a skill, because there is a fine line where the context is important. And being dramatic is just being honest and real in that moment.

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