Perfect. Why was this so hard to find?”The other type of perfect is the type you never could have expected and then could never replicate.

I wanted to be a writer first, and I struck out in the world to be a writer first, and then found stand-up as a more creative outlet, as a 3D way to be creative.

'The Office' is less a comedy than so many other "comedies" that have been on the air. It's really about the balance between what is real and what is comic.

Different people have different styles, but there is an opportunity as a director to be a writer in every moment, with every visual cue and every piece of production design. Everything is a decision, and everything can be obsessed over.

Good comics gravitate to each other; you know who's your type of person by watching them onstage, hopefully.

I'm a believer in trusting the director.

I do not have very much office experience.