5/20/2023 0 Comments Jason segel and kirsten miller![]() The second two chapters were unwritten, so we talked through my ideas. And that she liked it! The original screenplay was planned as part one of a trilogy. It started by me giving that to Kirsten and talking about it to make sure we were on the same page in terms of tone. I had a plot and the tone and quite a bit of dialogue. ![]() I had a completed screenplay, in essence. I’d rather team up with someone who’s amazing at what they do and have something turn out great, than do it alone, out of pride, and have it be less good.Ī. I teamed up with an amazing collaborator, Kirsten Miller. Children get to experience the book however they please, which I think is a cool thing. It’s a collaboration between the words of the author and the images of the reader. The thing about a book is that it is itself a collaboration. Talk about the decision to collaborate with Kirsten Miller, an established and successful kids book author.Ī. ![]() Writing is something I’ve always had when I’ve needed it. The Albert Brookses and the Woody Allens. That’s what you do.” There’s a great tradition of nonstandard leading men who make it by writing. This is right after “Freaks and Geeks.” Judd Apatow, my mentor, said, “What you do right now is you start writing. I was caught in the in-between age where I was suddenly too old to play a kid and too young to play a doctor or a lawyer. I started writing it when I was about 23, when I was in a dry spell acting-wise. Have you always wanted to write a book?Ī. I understand “Nightmares!” began as a screenplay. ![]()
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