When you start and you're taking the character seriously, it's going to lead down a variety of paths.
Jon HurwitzA lot of our favorite comedies in general are usually directed by writers, whether or not they wrote the original script themselves.
Jon HurwitzFor us, we just start with the character. We think of Stifler, and that usually just leads to something that's outrageous.
Jon HurwitzWhen we approached the project, the very first thing we did was take each character and say, "Okay, where would this character be?" We didn't want them to be caricatures of themselves. We wanted them to live and breathe, and grow with the audience and with us.
Jon HurwitzI think Oz is the type of show that makes you turn away in fear and in horror, so for a television show, thats pretty intense.
Jon HurwitzOne of the things that we love most about our comedy [ American Reunion] is that it goes all-out.
Jon Hurwitz