There are life lessons that can be derived from reality television. — Mike White Lessons Copy Share Image
From my experience, meditating can bring up the most stressful thoughts. — Mike White Meditating Copy Share Image
I'm attracted to polarizing characters who upend the civility of life. — Mike White Attracted Copy Share Image
I guess I'm trying to write stuff that I, as a viewer, would connect to. — Mike White Stuff 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 Fans 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 Bullied Copy Share Image
My first job was with 'Dawson's Creek' where everybody looked good and they spoke better than you. It was kind of a… — Mike White Better Copy Share Image
It's fun when you create a world to inhabit it and see the other characters from grounds eye view. — Mike White Characters Copy Share Image
My impulse is to create an aesthetic that's about a humanistic approach to a world and trying to create compassion for all… — Mike White Aesthetic Copy Share Image
I grew up in a religious family, and we weren't allowed to listen to rock music. — Mike White Family Copy Share Image
Girls' is a huge show, as far as buzz, and magazine covers, and getting a ton of copy, and awards. And yet… — Mike White Awards Copy Share Image
The purpose of making people feel uncomfortable is to play with their preconceptions. — Mike White Feel 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 Audience 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 About 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 Communication 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 About 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… — Mike White Bigs Copy Share Image
I used to go online all the time, and then I had to stop myself... because I'm a writer, and it's like:… — Mike White Because Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you write something on the page, it can seem very funny, but when you act it out - and this… — Mike White Happens 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 Curtains 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 Afterwards 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
I can be really annoying, but I also feel like I'm a nice person. — Mike White Annoying Copy Share Image
There's something magical about Oaxaca and the vibe of the people. — Mike White About 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
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 think movie sets can often be stressful, and people take themselves very seriously. — Mike White I think Copy Share Image
I believe, in general, that even people that are self-pitying, you can feel for them. — Mike White Believe 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
As you get older, you realize just figuring out how to be nice to the people in your personal sphere is almost… — Mike White Being nice 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 Big movie 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 Any Copy Share Image
