I was entirely wrapped up in the idea of becoming an actor. I learned how to write on the job, basically out of necessity. I always thought it'd be fun to write something, but it never was an ambition of mine, per se. I just thought, "Well, maybe I'll do it one day just for the hell of it and see if it works."

Glenn Howerton

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One of my biggest pet peeves is that I just don't like it when characters do things that are funny to the writer, but you don't know why they're doing it and it doesn't make any sense.

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Sometimes presenting the most ignorant point of view can be the best way to satirize the issue and highlight that ignorance.

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I can never remember the name of anywhere I've ever been. I will say that I've eaten at a ton of GREAT places. I just don't remember their names. I'm not that guy.

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Anything that you really pour your heart and soul into is always rewarding. The most rewarding thing is probably making each other laugh.

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When you have a clear idea of what your character is trying to accomplish, it makes it a lot easier to riff on things.

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One of the things that makes any good entertainment, whether it's a play, drama, comedy, television, film, whatever, is that you feel a certain amount of spontaneity.

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One of the rules that I always follow is that no matter how crazy characters may act, and no matter how absurd or strange their actions may be, that it's justified in the character's mind why they are doing it. Not to get all heady about it, but it's fun for me to test how far I can go with things while still keeping it grounded enough that you believe that the character really believes that what he's doing will get him what he wants. It's a personal challenge to me to see how far I can go with that.

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I take my work very seriously, and that's the only way for it to... by Glenn Howerton

I take my work very seriously, and that's the only way for it to be fun for me.

I'm really bad at writing jokes. by Glenn Howerton

I'm really bad at writing jokes.

It always stings a little bit when somebody doesn't like what you put out there, or at least it does for me. I don't take it too much to heart, and it doesn't change anything.

We’re going to keep doing this show forever. If we get the right longevity doctor, we’ll see. We’ll keep doing this show as long as FX [Networks] lets us, and as long as we don’t start fighting with each other and hating each other, right now we’re still having fun and making each other laugh and we love each other and it hasn’t ruined our marriages.