Paul Feig

Very good. I'm excited.

It was my great agent at the time, Renee Kurtz, who was steering me towards it. Honestly, I was offered several years before the chance to develop The Office, the British office, into a series. And I was like, oh, forget it. There's no way you can do it. It's too scary because it's such a great series. So I just didn't even take the bait. But then when Greg did it, I was really amazed by that.

It was my great agent at the time, Renee Kurtz, who was steering me towards it. Honestly, I was offered several years before the chance to develop The Office, the British office, into a series. And I was like, oh, forget it. There's no way you can do it. It's too scary because it's such a great series. So I just didn't even take the bait. But then when Greg did it, I was really amazed by that.

It was my great agent at the time, Renee Kurtz, who was steering me towards it. Honestly, I was offered several years before the chance to develop The Office, the British office, into a series. And I was like, oh, forget it. There's no way you can do it. It's too scary because it's such a great series. So I just didn't even take the bait. But then when Greg did it, I was really amazed by that.

The funny thing is I was making a pilot at the same time that Greg did the pilot for The Office. I remember we were both working at some studio and he was editing there. I remember him coming over to us, to Rodney Rothman and I, whose pilot it was. He's like, hey, come in here, come in here.

The funny thing is I was making a pilot at the same time that Greg did the pilot for The Office. I remember we were both working at some studio and he was editing there. I remember him coming over to us, to Rodney Rothman and I, whose pilot it was. He's like, hey, come in here, come in here.

The funny thing is I was making a pilot at the same time that Greg did the pilot for The Office. I remember we were both working at some studio and he was editing there. I remember him coming over to us, to Rodney Rothman and I, whose pilot it was. He's like, hey, come in here, come in here.

I got to play you a couple of different options for the opening theme song for this show that I just directed. And so he played a couple of different versions, including the one that would be now infamous piano one. So I was definitely there right at the very beginning.

I got to play you a couple of different options for the opening theme song for this show that I just directed. And so he played a couple of different versions, including the one that would be now infamous piano one. So I was definitely there right at the very beginning.

I got to play you a couple of different options for the opening theme song for this show that I just directed. And so he played a couple of different versions, including the one that would be now infamous piano one. So I was definitely there right at the very beginning.

You know, when the show got picked up, my agent called me, Renee, and she was just like, you know, they'd like you to direct an episode. And so I watched the first six that you guys had done. And thought they were so hilarious. You know, as soon as I saw Diversity Day, I was just like completely in. I just thought it was so great. Yeah, I came to that first table read.

You know, when the show got picked up, my agent called me, Renee, and she was just like, you know, they'd like you to direct an episode. And so I watched the first six that you guys had done. And thought they were so hilarious. You know, as soon as I saw Diversity Day, I was just like completely in. I just thought it was so great. Yeah, I came to that first table read.

You know, when the show got picked up, my agent called me, Renee, and she was just like, you know, they'd like you to direct an episode. And so I watched the first six that you guys had done. And thought they were so hilarious. You know, as soon as I saw Diversity Day, I was just like completely in. I just thought it was so great. Yeah, I came to that first table read.

I don't know if you remember, they did kind of a bunch of episodes all at once. And I remember you guys were reading the Dundies and all that. And then we read Office Olympics. And so I was in there.

I don't know if you remember, they did kind of a bunch of episodes all at once. And I remember you guys were reading the Dundies and all that. And then we read Office Olympics. And so I was in there.

I don't know if you remember, they did kind of a bunch of episodes all at once. And I remember you guys were reading the Dundies and all that. And then we read Office Olympics. And so I was in there.

Yeah, that was the one that was assigned to me. Because I remember having a moment going like, oh, I want to do the Dundies. That seems really fun. But then I just saw the potential of the Office Olympics was just going to be such a blast. I mean, it was just such a fun thing to kind of put together.

Yeah, that was the one that was assigned to me. Because I remember having a moment going like, oh, I want to do the Dundies. That seems really fun. But then I just saw the potential of the Office Olympics was just going to be such a blast. I mean, it was just such a fun thing to kind of put together.

Yeah, that was the one that was assigned to me. Because I remember having a moment going like, oh, I want to do the Dundies. That seems really fun. But then I just saw the potential of the Office Olympics was just going to be such a blast. I mean, it was just such a fun thing to kind of put together.

You know, I remember just what an interesting, I don't know, what an interesting feeling it was on the set for that. Because, I mean... If you remember, that was sort of, you know, aside from the Olympics part of it, that was the episode that kind of started to turn everything, because that's where, you know, Steve's character started to become slightly more sympathetic.