Mike White
Mike White
Writer, producer, actor, and director who was on Enlightened on HBO.
ProfessionTV Producer
Date of Birth28 June 1970
CityPasadena, CA
nice people challenges
As you get older, you realize just figuring out how to be nice to the people in your personal sphere is almost more challenging than trying to change the bigger culture.
stressful meditating
From my experience, meditating can bring up the most stressful thoughts.
smart writing people
I started out writing when I was young; stuff about exposing the truth about how people are not what they appear, about how they are much more dysfunctional than they seem. Pulling back the curtain - that felt smart. But as I got older, exposing how frail people can be seems less and less deep.
nice annoying feels
I can be really annoying, but I also feel like I'm a nice person.
voice giving bully
To me, I definitely stand in the corner of wanting to give voice to the bullied, and not the bully.
issues rage used
I used to have a road-rage issue.
time
Why can't we get along? This is a time of crisis.
brand card complaints faulty hall landlords number prominent ruby small staff
With Ruby being brand new, the small things are the most prominent problem. We feel a little more like landlords than residence hall staff right now with the number of complaints about faulty plugs and card readers.
looked offense
We looked like the kind of offense we want.
surprised
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.
chances field gave goals held points team three twice
We gave them too many chances and they capitalized on them, ... We held them to field goals twice after fumbles and three points is better than six, but you can't give a team that many chances.
chances field gave goals held points team three twice
We gave them too many chances and they capitalized on them. We held them to field goals twice after fumbles and three points is better than six, but you can't give a team that many chances.
bucket compared drop games guys played poor
We played all games on the road, and it's a drop in the bucket compared to what these poor guys are going through,
advised board election ill state
We would be ill advised to do anything other than what the state election board advised.