Sterling K. Brown

Let me say this real quick, because one of the important things to realize when you were directed in a John and Glenn episode, and especially when it has like a bit or a comedy thing, like you wind up doing the line as written and then they just stand next to the camera and they give you about 17 different alts that they want you to try.

Let me say this real quick, because one of the important things to realize when you were directed in a John and Glenn episode, and especially when it has like a bit or a comedy thing, like you wind up doing the line as written and then they just stand next to the camera and they give you about 17 different alts that they want you to try.

Let me say this real quick, because one of the important things to realize when you were directed in a John and Glenn episode, and especially when it has like a bit or a comedy thing, like you wind up doing the line as written and then they just stand next to the camera and they give you about 17 different alts that they want you to try.

And you just like take a breath and you're like, and you do the alt or whatever. And they're just like, and they're getting, you can see them just like, okay, say this. Okay, say that. Right? What I want to know is like, because it always seems you guys, no one's ever coming up at the same time to the actors. Do you guys talk at villages? Like who's going to talk to who?

And you just like take a breath and you're like, and you do the alt or whatever. And they're just like, and they're getting, you can see them just like, okay, say this. Okay, say that. Right? What I want to know is like, because it always seems you guys, no one's ever coming up at the same time to the actors. Do you guys talk at villages? Like who's going to talk to who?

And you just like take a breath and you're like, and you do the alt or whatever. And they're just like, and they're getting, you can see them just like, okay, say this. Okay, say that. Right? What I want to know is like, because it always seems you guys, no one's ever coming up at the same time to the actors. Do you guys talk at villages? Like who's going to talk to who?

Or is it just the shorthand now to the point where you're like, oh no, I don't want to say this to so-and-so and I'm going to say this to so-and-so.

Or is it just the shorthand now to the point where you're like, oh no, I don't want to say this to so-and-so and I'm going to say this to so-and-so.

Or is it just the shorthand now to the point where you're like, oh no, I don't want to say this to so-and-so and I'm going to say this to so-and-so.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So we're now on two projects together, This Is Us and Paradise. And I'm curious because you guys are writers, is it a different approach to directing something that you've written versus taking somebody else's words and directing those? Like how do they compare and contrast?

So we're now on two projects together, This Is Us and Paradise. And I'm curious because you guys are writers, is it a different approach to directing something that you've written versus taking somebody else's words and directing those? Like how do they compare and contrast?

So we're now on two projects together, This Is Us and Paradise. And I'm curious because you guys are writers, is it a different approach to directing something that you've written versus taking somebody else's words and directing those? Like how do they compare and contrast?

No such thing as stupid questions, guys. We know that.

No such thing as stupid questions, guys. We know that.

No such thing as stupid questions, guys. We know that.

Sure.

Sure.