There are Michael Scott moments, which are character choices, but there are also Steve’s reads. Usually the things that I’m the biggest fan of are these weird reads that he does – just the way he’s interacting with other people. Greg Daniels Read Quote
I’m like a slow starter. Everything I’ve done has built, or has taken a while. Greg Daniels Read Quote
When you do something unusual, the audience doesn’t 100 percent know what you’re up to in the beginning. And if you’re doing a character comedy, they haven’t learned the characters yet. Greg Daniels Read Quote
On a daily basis, you’re working with Steve Carell; you’re not working with Ricky Gervais. You try a line, and you can’t be writing for David Brent. You have to be writing for Michael Scott because Steve is Michael Scott. Greg Daniels Read Quote
I had my idea of what the series finale of ‘King of the Hill’ would be, but that’s not what the actual series finale was. Greg Daniels Read Quote
When you think about ‘The Simpsons’ or ‘King of the Hill’ or something like that, the worlds tend to expand each episode, because there’s no additional cost incurred to hire an animated character. Greg Daniels Read Quote
Whenever the boss has ‘fun’ activities, there’s got to be a parable or a lesson. Employees feel like they’re supposed to be taking notes. Greg Daniels Read Quote
I wrote Steve Carell’s last episode. I think it was a really good episode, but there’s always a tension between what’s good for the series and what’s good for an episode, because the more closure you put on an episode, the more significant feeling it is. Greg Daniels Read Quote
It happened to me on ‘King of the Hill,’ where I’d left it before the end and didn’t really participate in the ending, and I always felt a little bit like I wanted to try a different version of that story. Greg Daniels Read Quote
