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Ben Stiller

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On with Kara Swisher: Why Ben Stiller Made Severance

No, they show us graphs and charts, but without numbers attached to them. And it's weird. I think that's weird for any creative person, especially when you're used to... You make a movie, you know exactly how many people went to see it on opening night, how much money it made you, the show, you get Nielsen ratings. So...

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On with Kara Swisher: Why Ben Stiller Made Severance

In a way, it took the pressure off of us because there wasn't some number we were waiting to hear. All we wanted to hear was like, yeah, we're happy a lot of people are watching it and you want people to watch the show. But the first season, we were lucky enough to get very positive, critical response, which hardly ever happens. My life. And it was, I was so happy about that.

Pivot
On with Kara Swisher: Why Ben Stiller Made Severance

In a way, it took the pressure off of us because there wasn't some number we were waiting to hear. All we wanted to hear was like, yeah, we're happy a lot of people are watching it and you want people to watch the show. But the first season, we were lucky enough to get very positive, critical response, which hardly ever happens. My life. And it was, I was so happy about that.

Pivot
On with Kara Swisher: Why Ben Stiller Made Severance

In a way, it took the pressure off of us because there wasn't some number we were waiting to hear. All we wanted to hear was like, yeah, we're happy a lot of people are watching it and you want people to watch the show. But the first season, we were lucky enough to get very positive, critical response, which hardly ever happens. My life. And it was, I was so happy about that.

Pivot
On with Kara Swisher: Why Ben Stiller Made Severance

And it seemed like people were watching it, but I didn't know how many people. And then we went into our process of making the second season, which got hit by the strike. And, you know, it took a long, much longer than we wanted. So coming back after three years

Pivot
On with Kara Swisher: Why Ben Stiller Made Severance

And it seemed like people were watching it, but I didn't know how many people. And then we went into our process of making the second season, which got hit by the strike. And, you know, it took a long, much longer than we wanted. So coming back after three years

Pivot
On with Kara Swisher: Why Ben Stiller Made Severance

And it seemed like people were watching it, but I didn't know how many people. And then we went into our process of making the second season, which got hit by the strike. And, you know, it took a long, much longer than we wanted. So coming back after three years

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On with Kara Swisher: Why Ben Stiller Made Severance

in this culture is you know it's like a hundred years in terms of just any guarantee that people are still going to be there but in the meantime apple had grown they'd built out their subscriber base and i think they also really get the show, have always gotten the show.

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On with Kara Swisher: Why Ben Stiller Made Severance

in this culture is you know it's like a hundred years in terms of just any guarantee that people are still going to be there but in the meantime apple had grown they'd built out their subscriber base and i think they also really get the show, have always gotten the show.

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On with Kara Swisher: Why Ben Stiller Made Severance

in this culture is you know it's like a hundred years in terms of just any guarantee that people are still going to be there but in the meantime apple had grown they'd built out their subscriber base and i think they also really get the show, have always gotten the show.

Pivot
On with Kara Swisher: Why Ben Stiller Made Severance

I thought they did a great job of marketing it the first season in terms of just like the aesthetic of it with the show and Apple.

Pivot
On with Kara Swisher: Why Ben Stiller Made Severance

I thought they did a great job of marketing it the first season in terms of just like the aesthetic of it with the show and Apple.

Pivot
On with Kara Swisher: Why Ben Stiller Made Severance

I thought they did a great job of marketing it the first season in terms of just like the aesthetic of it with the show and Apple.

Pivot
On with Kara Swisher: Why Ben Stiller Made Severance

Yeah, it does. And that wasn't intentional. I've never been to Apple headquarters. You know, I've seen like aerial shots, but like really we designed it, but it always felt like it's, you know, yeah, this fits on Apple. And then the second season was,

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On with Kara Swisher: Why Ben Stiller Made Severance

Yeah, it does. And that wasn't intentional. I've never been to Apple headquarters. You know, I've seen like aerial shots, but like really we designed it, but it always felt like it's, you know, yeah, this fits on Apple. And then the second season was,

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On with Kara Swisher: Why Ben Stiller Made Severance

Yeah, it does. And that wasn't intentional. I've never been to Apple headquarters. You know, I've seen like aerial shots, but like really we designed it, but it always felt like it's, you know, yeah, this fits on Apple. And then the second season was,

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On with Kara Swisher: Why Ben Stiller Made Severance

they really put a lot behind it i think they believed in it and they you know had money invested in it too um and luckily our fan base our core fan base really was still there for it and i felt like it could go either way it could go you know it's three years and we waited for this you know no thanks or like nobody cares it's back or it could be you know hey it was worth the wait and that's totally out of your control when you're making something so you just put your head down

Pivot
On with Kara Swisher: Why Ben Stiller Made Severance

they really put a lot behind it i think they believed in it and they you know had money invested in it too um and luckily our fan base our core fan base really was still there for it and i felt like it could go either way it could go you know it's three years and we waited for this you know no thanks or like nobody cares it's back or it could be you know hey it was worth the wait and that's totally out of your control when you're making something so you just put your head down

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On with Kara Swisher: Why Ben Stiller Made Severance

they really put a lot behind it i think they believed in it and they you know had money invested in it too um and luckily our fan base our core fan base really was still there for it and i felt like it could go either way it could go you know it's three years and we waited for this you know no thanks or like nobody cares it's back or it could be you know hey it was worth the wait and that's totally out of your control when you're making something so you just put your head down

Pivot
On with Kara Swisher: Why Ben Stiller Made Severance

and do it.