I never thought I would write the way that I write for the studios now, which is like, not little novels, but be someone who literally is more like, you know, sometimes I guess we describe, we're more Salieri than Mozart. Thomas Lennon More Quotes by Thomas Lennon More Quotes From Thomas Lennon I guess I considered myself just sort of a sketch comedian, you know? Actual screenwriting hadn't really occurred to me as a viable job - I didn't really know anything about it. Thomas Lennon screenwriting comedian jobs That's the other thing about working on movies, the commitment is years. That's one thing that's so frustrating about the process is that it goes on and on and on for years. Thomas Lennon goes-on commitment years Writing studio movies is the best job in the world... it's awesome. Thomas Lennon best-job writing jobs People kept passing our [ with Robert Ben Garant] script around, and suddenly we had this reputation as screenwriters, which we're not - we're sketch comedy guys. Thomas Lennon scripts guy people I don't think you can teach someone how to come up with good characters or a story. Thomas Lennon stories character thinking Books are great for if you want to work on the craft of writing for yourself, or, you know, to write novels or indie films, stuff like that. Thomas Lennon crafts writing book I need to be spontaneous sometimes. Sometimes I find that the little detail or nuance that you add to it that's based on what's happening at the time that's not very rehearsed often ends up feeling like the funniest thing. Thomas Lennon details feelings add Being a movie star is stressful as hell. You've got to do crunches all day long. You've got to get up and learn lines. Thomas Lennon lines stars long The level of acting that I bring to films in three dimensions. I hope they make people sign some kind of waiver because if their mind explodes from my acting in 3D, it's not my fault. Thomas Lennon acting mind people Before any movie of yours gets made, it will be vetted by the studio's marketing department. So, you do have to answer the question: Who is your movie for? Thomas Lennon marketing made answers The good thing about being a writer is that you don't need anything except for a laptop. You can really do your own work and if you're not manically compelled to write all the time before you do it professionally, it's probably not a business for you anyway. Thomas Lennon laptops writing needs Who is writing these screenwriting books? Not actually writing for the studios in Hollywood. These are people that have one or a half of a credit on maybe one movie, or none. So they're all theoretical. Thomas Lennon writing book people We did one pilot for FOX which was about this couple that moves to a town, and we play everyone in the entire town. So it was like a Peter Sellers film. Thomas Lennon pilot everyone like play Our reward for Starsky and Hutch was getting to write The Six Million Dollar Man for Todd. Thomas Lennon dollar reward write man Super Troopers is hilarious. Everybody always thought we somehow - we did Reno way, way before any of us had seen Super Troopers. It sat on the shelf for a couple years. Thomas Lennon us thought always way I was on the speech team, we called it forensics. Thomas Lennon forensics speech team Kerri and I met at theatre camp when were 16 years old, which is pretty lame. The rest of us met when we founded the State at New York University in 1988. Most of our adult lives have been spent bickering with these people. Thomas Lennon rest new theatre people There was so long from when we did the pilot and then when the show was eventually picked up by Comedy Central - and, in fact, we had to shoot the pilot twice. Thomas Lennon shoot pilot comedy long
