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With a live audience, it's ve...

With a live audience, it's very clear when you've pushed it too far to the edge - because you fall off that edge and hit bottom with a thud. Nothing abstract about that. You know you went too far when you hear that groan or worse - that silence instead of the big laugh you were expecting following your hilariously edgy joke.

Michael Patrick King 33 quotes

My female writers have always...

My female writers have always been my backbone. I had a writing room of six women for five years so I know what women do. Cultivated by me, by the way!

Michael Patrick King 33 quotes

Being a comedy writer gives y...

Being a comedy writer gives you permission to be an outsider and poke fun at what people think about other people.

Michael Patrick King 33 quotes

I really enjoy women and I to...

I really enjoy women and I totally understand and applaud the diversity that they have in terms of their emotions and intellects and vulnerability and strengths.

Michael Patrick King 33 quotes

There's no reason to do 'ex a...

There's no reason to do 'ex and the City' if it's not going to be everything 'Sex and the City' is, which is vibrant emotions, comedy, drama... and also, style.

Michael Patrick King 33 quotes

The first-time director thing...

The first-time director thing is just another label somebody puts on you.

Michael Patrick King 33 quotes

Maybe our mistakes are what m...

Maybe our mistakes are what make our fate. Without them, what would shape our lives? Perhaps, if we never veered off course, we wouldn't fall in love or have babies or be who we are.

Michael Patrick King 33 quotes

I don't wear a watch. How do ...

I don't wear a watch. How do I know my time? I find that someone will always tell me.

Michael Patrick King 33 quotes

Here's what happens - you cre...

Here's what happens - you create something in the moment that you feel will be good, and then... people's reactions to it or people referencing it years later, it's a compliment.

Michael Patrick King 33 quotes

I try not to repeat a story. ...

I try not to repeat a story. I try not to repeat an emotion. I want it to be all sort of new for the viewers and to challenge myself as a writer, so there's always pressure. What else can you come up with?

Michael Patrick King 33 quotes

Seasons change. So do cities....

Seasons change. So do cities. People come into your life and people go, but it's comforting to know: the ones you love are always in your heart. And if you're very lucky, a plane ride away.

Michael Patrick King 33 quotes

'Sex and The City' was made t...

'Sex and The City' was made to correct the myth that if you were single at a certain age, you were a leper. Its four characters are heroes to a lot of women; they run around New York, or Gotham - but they have fancy shoes instead of capes.

Michael Patrick King 33 quotes

The jokes I used to do on 'Se...

The jokes I used to do on 'Sex and the City' were always comic character things, and they were rarely hard jokes. As soon as you go up in front of people, it demands laughter.

Michael Patrick King 33 quotes

The thing you can't let go of...

The thing you can't let go of is gravity. The reality of gravity in writing. If someone says something really mean in a sitcom, and the next wave isn't a reaction to the reality of that, you start losing relatability. In a lot of romantic comedies, they throw out the rules of life.

Michael Patrick King 33 quotes

Who's to say where funny stop...

Who's to say where funny stops and 'too far' starts?

Michael Patrick King 33 quotes

The second episode of any new...

The second episode of any new show can be tough. You have about a week to top the well-crafted and polished pilot episode that was written over six months.

Michael Patrick King 33 quotes

Only two things change when y...

Only two things change when you get older: the energy in your voice and the time of night you feel it's appropriate to call someone. In your 20s, people call at 2 a.m. and yell, 'Are you up?' into the answering machine. Now, someone calls after 8 p.m., and my boyfriend is like, 'Who is that? Who could be calling at this hour?'

Michael Patrick King 33 quotes

If I talk to a woman for more...

If I talk to a woman for more than five minutes I can tell you exactly whether she's an Aidan girl or a Mr. Big girl. Aidan girls are more interested in nurturing relationships and building a nest while Mr. Big girls are more about show and having fun.

Michael Patrick King 33 quotes

I think I would love a shot a...

I think I would love a shot at remaking 'The Philadelphia Story,' as daunting as it is. I still think it's fantastic. I love the '30s comedies because they're allowed to be both comic and elegant, and the women are so complicated in them.

Michael Patrick King 33 quotes

'Sex and the City' is about o...

'Sex and the City' is about outsiders. Single girls as lepers, should have been married by now. It's the reason the whole thing took off.

Michael Patrick King 33 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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