The purpose of making people feel uncomfortable is to play with their preconceptions. — Mike White Copy Share Image
I think movie sets can often be stressful, and people take themselves very seriously. — 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
People don't go to see things in the theater for the same reasons that I do. And movies are about mass audiences.… — Mike White Copy Share Image
The things that drive me crazy are coming from this place of people suffering because of people polluting into rivers or whatever.… — 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
As you get older, you realize just figuring out how to be nice to the people in your personal sphere is almost… — 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
I started out writing when I was young; stuff about exposing the truth about how people are not what they appear, about… — 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
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
You want to work with people who you like and have an easy rapport with. — 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
People sometimes seem surprised because often, you know, you know, there's a lot of tortured characters in the stuff I write. — Mike White 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 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 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 Image
I grew up in a religious family, and we weren't allowed to listen to rock music. — Mike White 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 to tell… — Mike White Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
From my experience, meditating can bring up the most stressful thoughts. — Mike White Copy Share Image
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 Image
I guess I'm trying to write stuff that I, as a viewer, would connect to. — Mike White Copy Share Image
