I think movie sets can often be stressful, and people take themselves very seriously. — Mike White Copy Share Image
I think there are certain ways that people are always themselves, but I do think people change — Mike White Copy Share Image
Most of the shows I've worked on have aired three times and are in the dustbin of history. — Mike White History Copy Share Image
I believe, in general, that even people that are self-pitying, you can feel for them. — Mike White Copy Share Image
It's fun as a creator to make something that allows multiple interpretations. — Mike White Creator Copy Share Image
What I find frustrating about scripted television is that it's rare that you are surprised by how you feel about the character,… — Mike White Copy Share Image
I actually think it's helped me as a writer to have to act. It's only when you actually start putting yourself out… — Mike White Anxiety Copy Share Image
I just think there are certain men who feel like engaging in a story told from a female point of view is… — Mike White Copy Share Image
As an actor, it's better to just be more loose and give yourself over. That's always fun. It's fun to just let… — Mike White Actor Copy Share Image
As an actor and a writer, the anxiety about doing TV is that you start to feel like you get married to… — Mike White Copy Share Image
I have had moments where I've had mental-health issues and I've felt like yoga and meditating and reading these Buddhist self-help books… — Mike White Book Copy Share Image
I started as a writer; I started writing when I was little. The acting and directing was an outgrowth of my desire… — Mike White Acting Copy Share Image
I think living in our culture right now, there's a universal experience where we feel like we become what we do. Sometimes… — Mike White Crisis Copy Share Image
I've never been to the Oscars, but if I was ever invited to the Oscars, I would have this weird paranoia of… — Mike White Adventure Copy Share Image
To me, this is from a Buddhist perspective or whatever, sometimes people who are working out their political beliefs, they can rage… — Mike White Belief Copy Share Image
I find as a viewer, when I go to see comedies, the strain to be funny throughout the whole thing. I start… — Mike White Copy Share Image
People who write books - they live in their own world as they're writing. But people who are doing shows or big… — Mike White Copy Share Image
I once volunteered to teach English as a second language, and I thought that I would have all these intense relationships with… — Mike White Copy Share Image
You watch stuff like 'The Real Housewives' and you start to think, 'We're all so vacuous! Is there any nobility to any… — Mike White Copy Share Image
For me, writing is a solitary thing and a personal thing. And it's weird, because when you make something that requires money… — Mike White Collaborators Copy Share Image
If I have a male protagonist, it's a studio movie, and if it's a female protagonist, it's an indie movie. That's just… — Mike White Copy Share Image
To me, I definitely stand in the corner of wanting to give voice to the bullied, and not the bully. — Mike White Copy Share Image
From my experience, meditating can bring up the most stressful thoughts. — Mike White Meditating Copy Share Image
It's always interesting to challenge yourself to say, 'Is this the best you can do?' — Mike White Copy Share Image
I think I'm more of an absurdist than a satirist. I think I'm more of a - humanist? I hate to say… — Mike White Hate Copy Share Image
