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"The writers led by Mike Scully are fantastic. And they're creating original stories that not only don't repeat what we've already done, they also don't repeat anything I've seen on television."
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"I'm never at my best on television. There's a row of cameras between you and the audience, and it's very weird, very confusing."

"Directing television is really hard - it's so fast. You shoot an hour show in seven days."

"A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station."

"I do still like television very much, but the theatre does really have something special about it."

"I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book."

"Television? The word is half Greek, half Latin. No good can come of it."

"I made a rule for myself that the only television things I would do would be my own stories."

"I don't think we use television the way we should or the way the inventors intended."
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"Basically, everything I try to do is to present an alternative to what somebody else is doing."

"Since I was there in the very beginning, I know the history of the characters. So, I make comments about the tone and sometimes remind the writers that we've done that before."

"I also found child's play - stuff that was not considered serious, but goofy - was the stuff I liked to do, so I still do it as an adult."

"It's a funny show. The characters are surprisingly likable, given how ugly they are. We've got this huge cast of characters that we can move around. And over the last few seasons, we've explored some of the secondary characters' personal lives a bit more."

"Everybody doesn't have to get every joke. People really appreciate not being condescended to."

"Living creatively is really important to maintain throughout your life. And living creatively doesn't mean only artistic creativity, although that's part of it. It means being yourself, not just complying with the wishes of other people."
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