Greg Poehler
Greg Poehler
Gregory M. "Greg" Poehleris an American actor, comedian, producer, and writer. He is known for creating and starring in the Swedish sitcom Welcome to Sweden...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFamily Member
Date of Birth11 October 1974
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
soon
I feel like the longer I hold out - I feel like as soon I move to L.A., I just become one of a million.
document draft pay
When you're a litigator, you write so much, so many briefs, over and over again, that you're kind of really focused on one document and have draft after draft, and really pay attention to every single word.
entertainment funny life lived looked maybe people saying soon
It's funny, I lived my first 38 years of my life with maybe one or two people ever saying that I looked like Greg Kinnear. As soon as I get into the entertainment industry, now it's 100 percent of people.
almost caught former life longer stay
If you take my own life, the longer you stay in a country, you almost lose your former self and become this third-party person who is caught in between two worlds.
famous guy
I didn't really watch 'Dallas,' so I wasn't as wowed by the idea of Patrick Duffy as Swedes were 'cause he's, like, the most famous guy in all of Sweden.
good missed
Acting is always something I thought I could do, and I thought I would be pretty good at it, but I thought that I missed the opportunity, that it was too late.
I was a lawyer for 12 years in New York and Sweden.
I created, wrote, produced, and starred in my first-ever acting gig!
watches whereas
It's interesting because Swedes subtitle everything, so they're so used to it. When my wife watches a show with subtitles, she has a skill to be able to watch and read. Whereas I'm more of a read or watch.
figure love whatever
My philosophy on love is that if it is The One, whatever the circumstances are, you'll figure it out. There's nothing too difficult to overcome.
food home
You don't take food home from restaurants in Sweden.
felt life movies tv watched
In my whole life, when I've watched TV and movies, I've almost always felt, 'I could do that better,' and I thought everyone felt that way.
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I met my wife in New York, so, we lived together there for five years, so my Swedish was kind of a gradual learning process.
I speak Swedish mainly with my kids' friends.