David Crane
David Crane
David Craneis an American writer and producer. He is one of the creators of the television sitcom Friends, along with his longtime friend Marta Kauffman...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Producer
Date of Birth13 August 1957
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
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Our co-founder and company president, Jim Levy, came from a record industry background and understood the marketing and promotion of artists as well as products. So the video game business went from absolutely zero designer credit to something approaching rock star promotion.
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I think we paid a fair price at the right time. Companies like this don't become available in our sector very often.
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Looking back, video game design seems a natural fit, although there was no such thing when I was growing up. I built a Tic-Tac-Toe playing machine in my teens which went up in smoke on the night it was scheduled to go to a science fair.
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When we put them (Monica and Chandler) in bed together initially, I don't think we realized that this would be the loves of their lives. We went into it going 'Well, we'll see how many weeks this works,'
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We were advised that nobody could stop us from pursuing our craft simply because we had honed, or even developed that craft while working at a company.
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We're going to split crews up to handle the cargo. Some will go to Chicago and arrange for its export out of the country, and others will go directly to Beijing and wait for its arrival.
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We are pleased to be increasing our investment in California as the State has made progress with regard to capacity markets and long-term contracting options. As we've said, we will continue to pursue market development that supports the continued operations of existing plants that Californians need and investment in the next generation of energy infrastructure.
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I'd like to hope that years from now people can look at the reruns...and say 'That is still a really funny show' or 'It's still really sweet.' And if that happens ... I'll be thrilled.
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From a legal perspective, it is going fine.
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What is most important to us is that we don't have people pretending to be clients trying to get into this line to receive benefits they're not entitled to.
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You have a story, it doesn't work, you throw it out, and you have to come up with another story in the same week. That goes away and you have to find a third story. Every night you're coming up with a whole new idea.
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We are building more and more screened porches, sunrooms, decks and all sorts of outdoor spaces.
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We need to have Charles Taylor turned over to us and put into a detention cell where he will receive a fair and open trial, ... He is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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We wanted to create an environment where if a game player enjoyed the 'writing style' of a particular game designer, he or she could look for the next game by that same author and not be disappointed.