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I had my idea of what the series finale of 'King of the Hill' would be, but that's not what the actual series finale was.

~ Greg Daniels

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I love 'The Office' format so much that I wanted to close it out.

~ Greg Daniels

Close Format I Love Love Much Office Out Wanted

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I would encourage people that, if you are waiting for the end of 'The Office,' to re-tune in right away. It is the beginning of the end, where we start to break down what's going on with this documentary and see behind the scenes with who is involved.

~ Greg Daniels

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I wrote Steve Carell's last episode. I think it was a really good episode, but there's always a tension between what's good for the series and what's good for an episode, because the more closure you put on an episode, the more significant feeling it is.

~ Greg Daniels

Always Because Between Closure Episode Feeling Good I Think Last More Put Really Series Significant Steve Tension Think Wrote You

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I'm like a slow starter. Everything I've done has built, or has taken a while.

~ Greg Daniels

Built Done Everything Like Slow Starter Taken While

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It happened to me on 'King of the Hill,' where I'd left it before the end and didn't really participate in the ending, and I always felt a little bit like I wanted to try a different version of that story.

~ Greg Daniels

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On a daily basis, you're working with Steve Carell; you're not working with Ricky Gervais. You try a line, and you can't be writing for David Brent. You have to be writing for Michael Scott because Steve is Michael Scott.

~ Greg Daniels

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There are Michael Scott moments, which are character choices, but there are also Steve's reads. Usually the things that I'm the biggest fan of are these weird reads that he does - just the way he's interacting with other people.

~ Greg Daniels

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When you do something unusual, the audience doesn't 100 percent know what you're up to in the beginning. And if you're doing a character comedy, they haven't learned the characters yet.

~ Greg Daniels

Audience Beginning Character Characters Comedy Doing In The Beginning Know Learned Percent Something Unusual Up You

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When you think about 'The Simpsons' or 'King of the Hill' or something like that, the worlds tend to expand each episode, because there's no additional cost incurred to hire an animated character.

~ Greg Daniels

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Whenever the boss has 'fun' activities, there's got to be a parable or a lesson. Employees feel like they're supposed to be taking notes.

~ Greg Daniels

Activities Boss Employees Feel Fun Got Lesson Like Notes Parable Supposed Taking Whenever

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