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Please God, I hope my experience in downtown theater isn't over, because I'd love to keep making weird plays. I can't wait for Charles Isherwood to call my next play 'sit-com-y' and tell me to stick to writing television.

~Elizabeth Meriwether

Topics: Because Call Charles Downtown Experience God Hope Keep Love Making Me Next Over Play Plays Please Stick Television Tell Theater Wait Weird Writing

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Why do British people make such good TV? It's so annoying. Stop it. Is it because they have free health care? Uggh.

~Elizabeth Meriwether

Topics: Annoying Because British British People Care Free Good Health Health Care Make People Stop Tv Why

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The striking thing about 'New Girl' is that under all the comedy, there's something about the emotions and reactions that feels very real - much more real than other sitcoms. Like - maybe everybody is sort of laid bare in different ways.

~Elizabeth Meriwether

Topics: About Bare Comedy Different Different Ways Emotions Everybody Feels Girl Laid Like Maybe More Much New Other Reactions Real Sitcoms Something Sort Striking Than Thing Very Ways

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Every show is unique, some shows have the master plan and have everything figured out and that's just the way they do things. It's like high school. Some people write their papers the second they get their assignments, and some people write it the day after it's due. I am the latter.

~Elizabeth Meriwether

Topics: After Am Assignments Day Due Every Everything Figured Get High High School Just Latter Like Master Master Plan Out Papers People Plan School Second Show Shows Some Some People Things Unique Way Write I Am

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I just want to keep writing characters who are interesting and complicated people and interesting roles for women, in TV or film or in theater. I think that's like my 'Blues Brothers' mission.

~Elizabeth Meriwether

Topics: Blues Brothers Characters Complicated Film Interesting Just Keep Like Mission People Roles Theater Think Tv Want Who Women Writing I Think

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It is hard to be an actor on a TV show, because you don't know what's coming and you sort of find out very last minute sort of what's happening.

~Elizabeth Meriwether

Topics: Actor Because Coming Find Happening Hard Know Last Minute Out Show Sort Tv Tv Show Very You

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I was really freaked out when I heard that Cookie Monster was going to be changed to Veggie Monster, but that turned out to be a lie.

~Elizabeth Meriwether

Topics: Changed Cookie Freaked Going Heard Lie Monster Out Really Turned

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I love 'Cheers.' I didn't watch it growing up, but I watched it getting ready to do the first season of 'New Girl.' It bowls me over every time I see it. The romance, the comedy, the performances - every bit of it is just so compelling.

~Elizabeth Meriwether

Topics: Bit Bowls Cheers Comedy Compelling Every Every Time First Getting Girl Growing Growing Up Just Love Me New Over Performance Ready Romance Season See Time Up Watch Watched I See I Love

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The funniest things just come from honesty. We have a tendency to see female characters as representative of something larger than what they are, when male characters are just characters.

~Elizabeth Meriwether

Topics: Characters Come Female Female Characters Funniest Honesty Just Larger Male Representative See Something Tendency Than Things

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I think they should create a holiday for friends-with-benefits relationships. Because I feel like Valentine's Day is, maybe it's a day to stay home and cry.

~Elizabeth Meriwether

Topics: Because Create Cry Day Feel Holiday Home Like Maybe Relationships Should Stay Think Valentine Valentine's Day I Think I Feel I Feel Like

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Playwright

Born: Unknown

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