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There's not many good comedies to watch - you know, comedies that make you glad you watched them.

~B. J. Novak

Topics: Comedies Glad Good Know Make Many Them Watch Watched You

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I do not have very much office experience.

~B. J. Novak

Topics: Experience Much Office Very

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Travel is impossible, but daydreaming about travel is easy.

~B. J. Novak

Topics: About Daydreaming Easy Impossible Travel

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Good comics gravitate to each other; you know who's your type of person by watching them onstage, hopefully.

~B. J. Novak

Topics: Comics Each Good Gravitate Hopefully Know Onstage Other Person Them Type Watching You Your

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The most exciting thing I aspire to do is to write something new that I know is going to work, or perform something that I know is going to make people laugh.

~B. J. Novak

Topics: Aspire Exciting Going Know Laugh Make Most New People Perform Something Something New Thing Work Write

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I'm a believer in trusting the director.

~B. J. Novak

Topics: Believer Director Trusting

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Different people have different styles, but there is an opportunity as a director to be a writer in every moment, with every visual cue and every piece of production design. Everything is a decision, and everything can be obsessed over.

~B. J. Novak

Topics: Cue Decision Design Different Different People Different Styles Director Every Everything Moment Obsessed Opportunity Over People Piece Production Styles Visual Writer

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'The Office' is less a comedy than so many other 'comedies' that have been on the air. It's really about the balance between what is real and what is comic.

~B. J. Novak

Topics: About Air Balance Been Between Comedies Comedy Comic Less Many Office Other Real Really Than

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I wanted to be a writer first, and I struck out in the world to be a writer first, and then found stand-up as a more creative outlet, as a 3D way to be creative.

~B. J. Novak

Topics: Creative Creative Outlet First Found More Out Outlet Stand-Up Struck Then Wanted Way World Writer

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I remember my mum coming into my bedroom when I was lying awake one night, and she asked what I was thinking of... And I was telling her about the inventions I would invent, and she said, 'Can't you ever just think stupid thoughts?'

~B. J. Novak

Topics: About Asked Awake Bedroom Coming Ever Her Invent Inventions Just Lying Mum Night One Night Remember Said She Stupid Telling Think Thinking Thoughts Would You I Remember

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: July 31st, 1979

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