I love doing IMPROV, and I swear by it, and I encourage people to take CLASSES, and blah blah blah. But it's always been interesting how it doesn't necessarily TRANSLATE to TELEVISION.
Read MoreI had a strong vision for 'The Best Man Holiday,' so I was able to translate that to the actors and ultimately to the screen. Things can't GET too heavy or too outrageously funny; it has to strike a balance. TONE is everything. If you've SET the right tone, you can get away with a lot of stuff. You can get away with MAKING people cry.
Read MoreMy BIG THESIS is that although the world looks messy and chaotic, if you TRANSLATE it into the world of numbers and shapes, patterns emerge and you start to UNDERSTAND why things are the way they are.
Read MoreIt's part of a writer's profession, as it's part of a SPY's profession, to prey on the community to which he's attached, to TAKE away information - often in secret - and to translate that into intelligence for his masters, whether it's his readership or his spy masters. And I THINK that both professions are perhaps RATHER LONELY.
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