- Most
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Mike White Quotes
Most Famous Mike White Quotes of All Time!
We have created a collection of some of the best mike-white quotes so you can read and share anytime with your friends and family. Share our Top 10 Mike White Quotes on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Experience
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I just think there are certain men who feel like engaging in a story told from a female point of view is somehow a feminizing experience. And that itself is something that they're almost supposed to not want to engage.
- Me
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- I Feel Like
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like I know how to write plot.
- Men
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
If I have a male protagonist, it's a studio movie, and if it's a female protagonist, it's an indie movie. That's just how it is. It's not about the studios. It's about America and who goes to see movies. Women are interested in men and women, and men aren't interested in the woman's story. They just aren't.
- Like
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I have had moments where I've had mental-health issues and I've felt like yoga and meditating and reading these Buddhist self-help books actually really help.
- Compassion
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
My impulse is to create an aesthetic that's about a humanistic approach to a world and trying to create compassion for all the characters.
- Feel
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I want to have compassion for my characters - I feel like I am the characters when I'm writing them.
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
People sometimes seem surprised because often, you know, you know, there's a lot of tortured characters in the stuff I write.
- New
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I remember I grew up in Pasadena in a very, kind of, homogeneous, kind of, suburban existence and then I went to college at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. And there were all these, kind of, hipster New York kids who were so-called 'cultured' and had so much, you know, like knew all the references and, like, already had their look down.
- Go
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I used to go online all the time, and then I had to stop myself... because I'm a writer, and it's like: to have a procrastination tool, like, within my computer... it was just getting too hairy.
- Friends
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't even give my scripts to friends because I just feel it's, like, I don't need one more set of opinions.
- Nov 07, 2020
It's fun when you create a world to inhabit it and see the other characters from grounds eye view.
- Being
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite thing is being able to follow my inspiration, and the freedom of being a writer is hard to beat.
- Culture
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I think living in our culture right now, there's a universal experience where we feel like we become what we do. Sometimes that's rewarding and sometimes that creates an existential crisis.
- Desire
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I started as a writer; I started writing when I was little. The acting and directing was an outgrowth of my desire to tell stories.
- Music
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a religious family, and we weren't allowed to listen to rock music.
- Nov 07, 2020
I used to have a road-rage issue.
- Doing
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
As an actor and a writer, the anxiety about doing TV is that you start to feel like you get married to one tone or one kind of idea and you feel like you want to be able to express a lot of different things.
- Feel
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I believe, in general, that even people that are self-pitying, you can feel for them.
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The purpose of making people feel uncomfortable is to play with their preconceptions.
- Nov 07, 2020
I still think of Heaven as a liberal-arts school.
- Feel
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Good
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Go
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
There's a victory in letting go of your expectations.
- Hate
- |
- Nov 07, 2020