I never really loved the acting, and I was never really that good at it, ... I never felt like I was better at this than other people. I started finding that my true passion is writing.
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Michael, David and I get along very well, ... That is why we have been able to stay collaborating for so long. The State was a much more tumultuous collaboration, that was a lot of fighting, and a lot of people needing their way. We had 10 very strong opinions in there, very strong comedic voices in one room is too many cooks.Michael Showalter
Showalter, 35, came up with the moniker for the arrested-development archtype because he wanted it to sound universal. But Shlomo Why not It couldn't hurt You know who he is, ... Baxter is the Mensch. He's the Pickle Guy from the film 'Crossing Delancey,' that nice Jewish boy who the girl discovers is not really the one she had in mind.
Michael Showalter
Baxters overdo it. The Baxter is the guy who's going to take a girl to the best restaurant in town, having no clue if it's appropriate for her. All that matters is, it's the best. Anything recommended as the most romantic place, that's where you'll find the Baxter.
Michael Showalter
The character of Elliot is one of a polite, chivalrous, modern Jimmy Stuart who you do not see much of in films today,
Michael Showalter
In contrast, the non-Baxter will simply go with his gut he has a spontaneous, 'Hey, what's that thing across the street' thing, ... And, of course, it's perfect.
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