Television is certainly a writers-led medium. They're the ones who are there, they're the ones that are conferencing … - Brian Baumgartner

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I'm always on the side of the characters, rather than the side of the people attacking them. I get realistic. It's not gratuitous.

Brian Baumgartner

Television is certainly a writers-led medium. They're the ones who are there, they're the ones that are conferencing or whatever, with directors coming and going.

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So in terms of a large part of the job on our show specifically, what makes the show complex and interesting and funnier are the conversations about "Where's the camera?" and "How aware are the characters of the camera? Are the cameras hidden for this shot? Is it a spy shot from far away? Or is it really close and in their face, and they sort of have to play to it in an embarrassing situation?" There's a whole other level of questions and choices that come into play on our show that are not even a factor in anything else.

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