61 Quotes by Jonathan Krisel

I love working with nonactors.

One second here and there will make all the difference between something being funny and not being funny. That's why I like going, 'Well, we wrote that six months ago, and it was funny one time we read it, but it's not funny anymore. So what? Just dump it.'

You see a lot of comedic content that's not funny, and you can tell that it's supposed to be funny, but it's actually not funny.

Different actors have different rhythms. My goal as a director is to let these guys get their best work out.

I love the beige, tan, stucco world where the sun bleaches things out to the point that it can look somewhat ugly.

When people feel vulnerable, they make slapstick decisions.

I look at a show like 'Roseanne.' That's super influential on me. It's very funny, very real, with real problems. That was a big influence, and I don't know if you see that all the time in the network world.

Everything else was snarky and high concept, while 'Roseanne' was just a normal family.

In your twenties, you might want to be radical and change the world, but in your thirties, you might just want to be happy and ground yourself.