Mike White
Mike White
Writer, producer, actor, and director who was on Enlightened on HBO.
ProfessionTV Producer
Date of Birth28 June 1970
CityPasadena, CA
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I started as a writer; I started writing when I was little. The acting and directing was an outgrowth of my desire to tell stories.
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The Sports Authority has (signed it), but the county hasn't, because we've had physical possession of the leases up until now.
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The sideline never gave up. Guys like Uyl just kept encouraging everybody. It was like we had another quarter or something, more time on the clock.
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Production for movies or TV is very painstaking and slow.
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Our defense has played well, but we've got to put the ball in the end zone. We moved the ball well tonight, but we'd get so far and then make a silly mistake. We are a little down after the loss, but our seniors won't let us drop as a team.
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People sometimes seem surprised because often, you know, you know, there's a lot of tortured characters in the stuff I write.
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Dr. Ruby himself came by during move in and he loves the hall.
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The things that drive me crazy are coming from this place of people suffering because of people polluting into rivers or whatever. It's not simply just about systems; it's an emotional reaction to seeing animals or people suffering.
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They played a good game. You can't take that away. You can't knock 'em. But we got plenty more basketball to play. We're still undefeated in conference; they're still undefeated in conference.
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Coach Pittman is a good coach, and he'll be a good head coach wherever he goes. But we're happy to have him around a little longer.
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As an actor and a writer, the anxiety about doing TV is that you start to feel like you get married to one tone or one kind of idea and you feel like you want to be able to express a lot of different things.
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And the long-range toughness (for the Saints) is they know the next year is going to be different... the family insecurity... this one is going to be unbelievable in comparison.
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I just think there are certain men who feel like engaging in a story told from a female point of view is somehow a feminizing experience. And that itself is something that they're almost supposed to not want to engage.
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I remember I grew up in Pasadena in a very, kind of, homogeneous, kind of, suburban existence and then I went to college at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. And there were all these, kind of, hipster New York kids who were so-called 'cultured' and had so much, you know, like knew all the references and, like, already had their look down.