Jason Gann

Professions :

Born :

1971

Dogs are more of a responsibility than kids - you can send a kid off to their grandparents or a nanny, but with a dog you can't do that.

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To open the majority of peoples' minds to something new is difficult. I always think that, as long as it's funny underneath, then you can argue that a teaspoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.

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There are no real guidelines or maps in Australia as to how to write a show, whereas in Hollywood it's where the TV industry is created and there's a lot of work that goes into development.

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I often don't like seeing how different things are made. I'm not a big fan of behind the scenes stuff.

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The last few years I've had to force myself to go out and be more involved the world because I can get a bit more cerebral and escape into characters and the world of characters. But now I guess I escape into stories about 'Wilfred.

stories character years

My dad was in the army so we moved around a lot and I changed schools every year and had to make new friends, and I found that if I was the funny guy I could do that easier.

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I'm sort lucky in that for me, I'm a writer now. I started as an actor but I'm a writer and so things like 'Wilfred' and shows like that are where I escape to.

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I think that you can make a drama and have it be intensely funny,... by Jason Gann

I think that you can make a drama and have it be intensely funny, and vice versa.

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I don't get that many scripts. Back in Australia, I've pretty much done my own shows and really no work outside of that. It's only now that I'm starting to read some Hollywood film scripts, and I've read some really great ones.

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British comedy - which has been a big inspiration to me for many years - is very different to Australian comedy and different again to American comedy.

different inspiration years

Back in Australia, I did foster care for sick cats for years, and I was always most successful with the animals when I was given two - a brother and sister.

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I really think that you can extract a lot of comedy out of really... by Jason Gann

I really think that you can extract a lot of comedy out of really dramatic, intense situations.

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The writer's room is a really interesting place to be. by Jason Gann

The writer's room is a really interesting place to be.

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So many young pets burn out in Hollywood, it's crazy. by Jason Gann

So many young pets burn out in Hollywood, it's crazy.

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I've always been fairly confident in my acting. by Jason Gann

I've always been fairly confident in my acting.

I like drama as well. When I played Hamlet, I got one review that said, "This must surely be the funniest Hamlet in history," but schoolgirls would still cry when he died.

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I see something that seems like standard fare, that I can imagine any number of actors playing, and I'm generally not interested.

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I had a good theater career for years. I played Hamlet when I was 22, and I've played some really great roles.

roles careers years

I do have a couple of pets, but I am determined to keep them out... by Jason Gann

I do have a couple of pets, but I am determined to keep them out of the media spotlight.

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I'm much more a writer than an actor. Although I have a great respect for that and I enjoy acting still, it really is about the world that I'm creating. That's where my future is.

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