Greg Daniels Professions : Television writer Born : June 13, 1963 Browse All Authors Top 12 quotes by Greg Daniels I'm like a slow starter. Everything I've done has built, or has taken a while. Greg Daniels starters done taken Whenever the boss has 'fun' activities, there's got to be a parable or a lesson. Employees feel like they're supposed to be taking notes. Greg Daniels boss lessons fun I feel responsible for everybody, and I couldn't imagine a scenario where I wouldn't be directing what was happening, at the end. Greg Daniels responsible imagine ends When you do something unusual, the audience doesn't 100 percent know what you're up to in the beginning. And if you're doing a character comedy, they haven't learned the characters yet. Greg Daniels beginning you comedy character When you think about 'The Simpsons' or 'King of the Hill' or something like that, the worlds tend to expand each episode, because there's no additional cost incurred to hire an animated character. Greg Daniels king hill you character On a daily basis, you're working with Steve Carell; you're not working with Ricky Gervais. You try a line, and you can't be writing for David Brent. You have to be writing for Michael Scott because Steve is Michael Scott. Greg Daniels daily try you writing I wrote Steve Carell's last episode. I think it was a really good episode, but there's always a tension between what's good for the series and what's good for an episode, because the more closure you put on an episode, the more significant feeling it is. Greg Daniels feeling good think you It happened to me on 'King of the Hill,' where I'd left it before the end and didn't really participate in the ending, and I always felt a little bit like I wanted to try a different version of that story. Greg Daniels ending king hill me I would encourage people that, if you are waiting for the end of 'The Office,' to re-tune in right away. It is the beginning of the end, where we start to break down what's going on with this documentary and see behind the scenes with who is involved. Greg Daniels beginning you waiting people There are Michael Scott moments, which are character choices, but there are also Steve's reads. Usually the things that I'm the biggest fan of are these weird reads that he does - just the way he's interacting with other people. Greg Daniels weird character people way I love 'The Office' format so much that I wanted to close it out. Greg Daniels close out office love I had my idea of what the series finale of 'King of the Hill' would be, but that's not what the actual series finale was. Greg Daniels would king had hill Similar Authors Brad Falchuk television-writer Bridget Carpenter television-writer Andrew Kreisberg television-writer Amy Sherman-Palladino television-writer Alec Sulkin television-writer Adrian Hodges television-writer All Authors
