Mike White
Mike White
Writer, producer, actor, and director who was on Enlightened on HBO.
ProfessionTV Producer
Date of Birth28 June 1970
CityPasadena, CA
writing pages sometimes
Sometimes when you write something on the page, it can seem very funny, but when you act it out - and this happens to me a lot, actually - the melancholy of the situation becomes more front and center.
running book writing
People who write books - they live in their own world as they're writing. But people who are doing shows or big movies - not only are you writing this world that you're living in, but you're also simultaneously running a circus, and you can kind of start losing your mind like that.
writing want enjoy
For me, writing is a solitary thing and a personal thing. And it's weird, because when you make something that requires money and collaborators, you have to talk about them. I don't enjoy that part of it. I still want to keep it to myself.
writing plot feels
I feel like I know how to write plot.
writing trying stuff
I guess I'm trying to write stuff that I, as a viewer, would connect to.
smart writing people
I started out writing when I was young; stuff about exposing the truth about how people are not what they appear, about how they are much more dysfunctional than they seem. Pulling back the curtain - that felt smart. But as I got older, exposing how frail people can be seems less and less deep.
job knew lawyers review
Everyone knew that the lawyers had to do their job and review these things carefully, and that's what we've done.
bars beating heat leave vault
They (Lincoln-Way) really put the heat on us right away. So it was important for us to make it up by beating them on vault and then leave it up to bars and beam.
digs guys hard hope lose played wish worked
It was just a never-say-die attitude. If you lose a game, it just digs at you. When you lose, you just wish your guys played hard and worked hard and never said die. You just hope they take that on in life.
I want to have compassion for my characters - I feel like I am the characters when I'm writing them.
call lifestyle typical
It's not a lifestyle that I would call a typical lifestyle, but it's the lifestyle they chose,
looking opportunity stuff wearing
I'm not looking to be the King of Comedy, or the King of Hollywood. I just want to be able to keep making stuff that I'm into and have the opportunity to challenge myself with, wearing different hats.
history magical moments
It was one of the magical moments in the history of Albany State's football.
anytime assistant chance lose program success
Anytime you have the success our program has had, there is always the chance you are going to lose assistant coaches.