I want to have compassion for my characters - I feel like I am the characters when I'm writing them. — Mike White Copy Share Image
The purpose of making people feel uncomfortable is to play with their preconceptions. — Mike White Copy Share Image
I don't even give my scripts to friends because I just feel it's, like, I don't need one more set of opinions. — Mike White Copy Share Image
I believe, in general, that even people that are self-pitying, you can feel for them. — Mike White Copy Share Image
I feel like so much of my life is about a conversation I'm having with myself. I do interact with other people,… — Mike White Copy Share Image
You feel a little weird, as a writer of scripted television for many years, to say you're a fan of reality TV.… — Mike White 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 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 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 believe, in general, that even people that are self-pitying, you can feel for them. — Mike White Copy Share
I started out writing when I was young; stuff about exposing the truth about how people are not what they appear, about how they… — Mike White Copy Share
I grew up in a religious family, and we weren't allowed to listen to rock music. — Mike White Copy Share
I started as a writer; I started writing when I was little. The acting and directing was an outgrowth of my desire to tell… — Mike White Copy Share
I'm not really a director or producer for hire. There's lots of big gigs out there, but I'm not looking to do that. Usually,… — Mike White Copy Share
I find as a viewer, when I go to see comedies, the strain to be funny throughout the whole thing. I start to lose… — Mike White Copy Share
As you get older, you realize just figuring out how to be nice to the people in your personal sphere is almost more challenging… — Mike White Copy Share
The things that drive me crazy are coming from this place of people suffering because of people polluting into rivers or whatever. It's not… — Mike White Copy Share
The purpose of making people feel uncomfortable is to play with their preconceptions. — Mike White Copy Share
