Elizabeth Meriwether Quotes

• If I'm writing something and I'm not feeling mischievous, then I know it's not going to be great.

  Elizabeth Meriwether

  Writing, Feelings, Mischievous

  "Liz Meriwether: Beginning And End Of The Fempire". Interview with Kate Branch, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 17, 2010.

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• What does being a woman today mean? Is there a right way of doing it? Is there a wrong way of doing it? Different kinds of women, female friendships: It's all pretty funny, and worth making fun of.

  Elizabeth Meriwether

  Fun, Mean, Today

  "Comedy Showrunners Week: New Girl creator Elizabeth Meriwether laughs at her characters' pain". Interview with Erik Adams, tv.avclub.com. September 25, 2012.

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• People want to put women in one box, and Im interested in how women can be everything at once.

  Elizabeth Meriwether

  People, Want, Boxes

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• In a show that has so many neurotic, broken beta characters, it's always fun to bring in a character who's really confident in themselves.

  Elizabeth Meriwether

  Fun, Character, Broken

  "‘New Girl’ creator on Megan Fox: ‘She’s funny in a cool way’". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. August 2, 2016.

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• Dysfunctional co-dependent relationships always appeal to me. I don't know exactly how it started. I start writing sketches of characters and little scene-lets, and then it builds.

  Elizabeth Meriwether

  Writing, Character, Littles

  "Liz Meriwether: Beginning and End of the Fempire". Interview with Kate Branch, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 17, 2010.

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• The striking thing about New Girl is that under all the comedy, theres something about the emotions and reactions that feels very real - much more real than other sitcoms. Like - maybe everybody is sort of laid bare in different ways.

  Elizabeth Meriwether

  Girl, Real, Way

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• The funniest things just come from honesty. We have a tendency to see female characters as representative of something larger than what they are, when male characters are just characters.

  Elizabeth Meriwether

  Honesty, Character, Males

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• Part of being an actor is being able to contribute to a character's rhythms. If there's room to explore, you find a happy medium. We almost always get it as written, and then, we throw some improvs in or some alternatives.

  Elizabeth Meriwether

  Character, Alternatives, Actors

  Source: collider.com

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• If women ran Hollywood, The Hollywood Reporter would have a "Men in Entertainment" issue every year, and those jerks would have to write something.

  Elizabeth Meriwether

  Writing, Men, Issues

  "If Women Ran Hollywood: Joel McHale, 'New Girl's' Liz Meriwether and Kurt Sutter Answer". The Hollywood Reporte Interview, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 12, 2012.

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• I was really freaked out when I heard that Cookie Monster was going to be changed to Veggie Monster, but that turned out to be a lie.

  Elizabeth Meriwether

  Lying, Monsters, Cookies

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• I think they should create a holiday for friends-with-benefits relationships. Because I feel like Valentine's Day is, maybe it's a day to stay home and cry.

  Elizabeth Meriwether

  Valentines Day, Home, Holiday

  "NO STRINGS ATTACHED Interview with Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Director Ivan Reitman and Screenwriter Liz Meriwether". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. January 19, 2011.

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• I think in a lot of romantic comedies it ends with a kiss, and I feel like in modern day relationships, and maybe just my own experience, it starts with a kiss and then all sort of falls apart and then comes together.

  Elizabeth Meriwether

  Fall, Kissing, Thinking

  "NO STRINGS ATTACHED Interview with Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Director Ivan Reitman and Screenwriter Liz Meriwether". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. January 19, 2011.

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• But, yes, I learned everything working in theater. I learned the importance of community - I was constantly going to play readings, stand-up nights, improv. nights.

  Elizabeth Meriwether

  Reading, Night, Play

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• Why do British people make such good TV? It's so annoying. Stop it. Is it because they have free health care? Uggh.

  Elizabeth Meriwether

  People, Care, Tvs

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• Funny women are honest women.

  Elizabeth Meriwether

  Inspirational, Empowering, Honest Woman

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• I think a lot of the romantic comedies need to catch up with what's actually kind of happening.

  Elizabeth Meriwether

  Thinking, Needs, Comedy

  "NO STRINGS ATTACHED Interview with Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Director Ivan Reitman and Screenwriter Liz Meriwether". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. January 19, 2011.

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