Because Quote by Michael Schur

“I think if you're too concerned with being cool or hip or liked, you can't really make good TV because sincerity and coolness are opposites.” quote by Michael Schur — Download Open image

“I think if you're too concerned with being cool or hip or liked, you can't really make good TV because sincerity and coolness are opposites.”

Michael Schur

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A million years ago, when doing research about the world of municipal government, one thing that struck me is how often people's job titles changed - from one department to another, from the public to the private sector and back again. People move around a lot, everyone has her eye on some other, slightly better situation in some other corner…

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Sometimes you've got to just commit to the idea and press forward and trust that you made the right decision.

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People do things with terrible motivations and those motivations are selfish and self-interested and financially driven.

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I find Billy Eichner to be hilarious, though I also imagine that for many, a little goes a long way. Billy provides a kind…

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I am of the opinion that there is more high-quality television being produced than at any time in the history of television.

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People think of taxes as money just being robbed from you. They don't consider the benefits of paying taxes. The benefits that they get…

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I don't know why anybody does anything in the world of television.

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All of comedy at some level is trial-and-error, whether it's a stand-up trying out jokes or a comedy show trying stories.

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If the doors aren't open, just kick them in and keep walking.

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