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Working out has always been a stress reliever for me. I don't know if it's so much vanity as it more just keeps my mind from going crazy.
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I loved 'Lost,' from beginning to end.
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The passion to explore and not be afraid to fail - that's something I will always attribute to the Groundlings.
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There's always something exciting about small change.
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With writing, I love doing it, but there's that love-hate relationship: You're not having a good run, you've hit a wall; it's frustrating.
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I think the networks, in general, have to evaluate what's happening around them. I'm sure they're scared about a lot of things: Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, and all these places that allow people to watch shows in chunks.
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One summer, when I was a kid, I was in the car with my stepfather, and he was asking me where I thought I ranked, on a scale of 1 to 10. I said, '6,' and he said, '3.' I think it was his way of telling me that I needed to get out and really attack life.
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If there's ever going to be a challenge for an actor, it's that character who's often evolving - which is not often the case in television.
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On the personal level, the people that follow you on Twitter are always nice to hear from.
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If you're a writer, the insight of other writers - if there's some kind of Holy Grail message on how to deal with writer's block or how to deal with any problem that can come up - whether you're writing about yourself or a group of people, I find that very interesting.
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I think most co-directors and co-writers just hold hands.
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When you get onstage, you can see everyone in the audience's face, down to the detail. You can see who may or may not be yawning.
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For young boys, just to know you exist in any capacity is a strong feeling.
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There are a lot of shows that have been saved because the fans weighed in.
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I think what makes a good show is obviously a rabid fan base.
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Technology has changed, and we need to figure out how to improve the archaic way of what makes a hit, or how to determine how many viewers are watching beyond some people with Nielsen boxes in a small percentage of homes in random areas.
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On the movie side of things, the difficulties come with so few movies being made, and when they are, it seems that it's a marketing game. Story sometimes takes a backseat to that one grand marketing idea.
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As far as working with actors, I feel very comfortable working in that aspect of directing.
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We all know that technology has advanced to the point of watching TV online.
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Some people will ruin a movie for you if they enthuse too much.
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The director in TV and the writer and the creator are working very much hand in hand.
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You'd just die if you put your head to the grindstone.
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'Game of Thrones' is taking dense novels and trying to shrink it all down to a slightly manageable series in the sense that there are so many characters and so many locations.
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I think that... I would say that sometimes people get afraid of when you're balancing comedy and drama.