Mike White
Mike White
Writer, producer, actor, and director who was on Enlightened on HBO.
ProfessionTV Producer
Date of Birth28 June 1970
CityPasadena, CA
attracted life polarizing
I'm attracted to polarizing characters who upend the civility of life.
time
Why can't we get along? This is a time of crisis.
advised board election ill state
We would be ill advised to do anything other than what the state election board advised.
people
I think movie sets can often be stressful, and people take themselves very seriously.
emotional political position
You can come to a political position from an emotional place.
everybody good job looked spoke
My first job was with 'Dawson's Creek' where everybody looked good and they spoke better than you. It was kind of a wish fulfillment, fantasy-type show.
surprised
What I find frustrating about scripted television is that it's rare that you are surprised by how you feel about the character, or how you feel about the show.
I think I'm more of an absurdist than a satirist. I think I'm more of a - humanist? I hate to say it!
deeper themselves trying understanding
There's something very touching to me about someone almost communicating to themselves in some way - trying to come to some deeper understanding of yourself and having compassion for yourself.
Yeah, it's disturbing when someone has no self-awareness.
bucket compared drop games guys played poor
We played all games on the road, and it's a drop in the bucket compared to what these poor guys are going through,
affected counties katrina students
There are over 1200 students from counties that were affected by Katrina at MSU,
ball good palestine played speed team whale won
Palestine is a good ball club. They've got speed and a lot of good athletes. They played a whale of a game. The better team won tonight.
depth kids pleased
Overall, I've been pleased after our two scrimmages. We've just got to get some depth so these kids can get a breather. But I think the kids are doing fine. We just want to get better each game.