I am not on Facebook. I'm not on Instagram. I only use Twitter, which I wish I didn't. Michael Schur More Quotes by Michael Schur More Quotes From Michael Schur I am of the opinion that there is more high-quality television being produced than at any time in the history of television. Michael Schur qualityopiniontelevision I don't know why anybody does anything in the world of television. Michael Schur doetelevisionworld One of the worst things you could do in that world is curse at someone. Michael Schur curseworstworld I love crazy names. It comes right from Monty Python and Woody Allen - nothing in the world makes me giggle more than a funny name. It became a thing I started doing when I wrote. If a person came into a store and said, "How much is this apple?" that person would have an insane name. Michael Schur pythoncrazynames With mockumentaries, the conceit is that the characters are being interviewed, so you can start a scene and cut to a character looking at the camera and saying, "I'm working on this project," instead of having to figure out ways for people to talk naturally about what they're doing. You see this problem in pilots - people end up explaining things to each other that they'd never explain in real life. Michael Schur cuttingrealcharacter Mockumentary formats are great for a couple of things. One of them is delivering the toughest part of any sitcom episode, what writers call "pipe" - the nuts and bolts of the story where you explain what's happening, the boring plot stuff. Michael Schur plotcouplenuts What's important on a comedy show, or any show, is that some stories have to go somewhere. There have to be ends to the beginnings and middles you create. But sometimes it's like a way station on the highway, then the actual thing doesn't have to be this giant, climactic, life-changing, game-changing thing. Michael Schur life-changingimportantgames I personally think the best ideas for TV shows - at least comedies - are very low-fi ideas. High concepts often sell pitches in movies and TV, but, especially in TV when you're talking about hopefully a 100 or 150 episode proposition, those concepts just burn off, and then you're stuck with nothing. Michael Schur bestthinkyouideas The best episodes of 'The West Wing' that dealt with policy and stuff, in my opinion, were the ones where they were in the middle of a crisis, and they were trying to figure out how to solve problems. Michael Schur problemsbestopiniontrying If a show ever tries to be cool, then it's going to be doing something wrong. Michael Schur wrongsomethingdoingcool I believe in the importance of sincerity and emotion and honesty in TV, even when it's goofy comedy. Michael Schur comedyhonestyemotionbelieve When someone pitches a joke for a character that is just perfect, and you can imagine that actor reading that line at your table read or on the set, it's like the sound of a snap snapping into place. Michael Schur placeyoureadingcharacter
