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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.
I think there's a fear of disconnect sometimes; communication is a huge issue for all of us, from adults to kids, as far as our face-to-face time and our ability to interact with each other without isolating itself to a phone. I think that has to be something that's very challenging.
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.
In a weird way, the drama behind the stage was sort of keeping 'Community' on people's minds.
I loved 'Dungeons & Dragons'. That was actually a good cartoon to me.
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.
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.
When you stop thinking about something, the idea comes to you. It seems to work.
To me, if people really want to improvise, get into classes and learn.
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.
I think the community that's created within a writers' room is a very interesting topic.
Wherever a writer grew up, they're obviously influenced by that area, and I'm sure their characters are pulled from those experiences.
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.
The idea of just improvising and riffing can sometimes be at the expense of story.
You'd just die if you put your head to the grindstone.
I was raised, I feel like, on television, definitely a child of TV, and was always fascinated by storytelling.
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.
With Saturday morning cartoons, you've got to start at 6 A.M., right?
I was very much a latchkey kid. My parents would feel the back of the television to make sure I hadn't been watching it when they were gone, which inevitably I was.
Some people will ruin a movie for you if they enthuse too much.
The passion to explore and not be afraid to fail - that's something I will always attribute to the Groundlings.
When I teach sketch writing, there's still a beginning, middle and end.
I loved 'Lost,' from beginning to end.
I watch too much TV.
For young boys, just to know you exist in any capacity is a strong feeling.
The director in TV and the writer and the creator are working very much hand in hand.
I like to believe we're always looking to evolve as writers.
Look at people that influenced me - but I didn't know if I had that sort of 'I'm going to take you under my wing' person.
I remember lying on the floor of my room, staring at a black-and-white television for most of the '80s - watching 'Diff'rent Strokes,' 'Facts of Life,' 'Silver Spoons,' Saturday morning cartoons, and 'Murder, She Wrote' while eating an insane amount of Stouffer's French bread pizza. I was sucked into it all.
When you're talking about people like Shonda Rhimes, Vince Gilligan or Beau Willimon, you're talking to people who are notable and celebrities in their own right. People want to know how their brains work.
I think what makes a good show is obviously a rabid fan base.
Can you imagine watching 'All in the Family' and having an outlet like Twitter? Where you could discuss it while it's happening? I think that would be a really interesting thing.
In television, the writer-creator-showrunner is embraced as the creative mind.
I think what's cool about a body-switching movie is, 'The grass is always greener:' the idea that someone else has a better life than I do.
In truth, I have always been amazed by a group of people who all work toward putting one person's vision forward - that's an interesting story for me.
Writing sketches, you're also learning about a journey and characters, and you translate that to bigger things.
I think that ... I would say that sometimes people get afraid of when you're balancing comedy and drama.
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.
Improv has been immensely beneficial to me as both an actor and a writer.
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.
There are a lot of shows that have been saved because the fans weighed in.
'Dexter,' while the pilot shares moments with the novel that created the character of Dexter, they completely abandoned the book from that moment on.
People are vocal, so you hear the pros and cons of your shows.
I've certainly been someone who has loved to mine the trials and tribulations of growing up in general, and the people who are in our lives, and I don't mind pulling from them and writing things down on my phone that my family says.
I will say you could always look at 'Looney Tunes' and learn about writing. I think you can learn a lot about the beats of comedy. I think you can find out about awkward pauses, because I think they did those well.
For there to be a 'Community' movie just seems like an appropriate way for the show to go out. That would be my perfect end.