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- Hey, I'm Tyler James
Williams from Abbot Elementary,

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and you're here with the AV Club.

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Can you start by giving the camera

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a classic Gregory Eddie type look?

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No, because you're not
doing anything funny enough

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to warrant it.

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Have you seen the comparisons
between The Office's Jim

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and Gregory in how they give
the camera a specific look?

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How do you feel about that?

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Any actor who's going,

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"I'm gonna throw this
zany look to get a laugh,"

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is doing it backwards.

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What makes John Krasinski
great at what he does,

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as you see in all of his other work,

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is he's a really good listener.

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He doesn't sit there,

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and there's an actor trope
that's called, you know,

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"Bullshit, bullshit, my line."

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Where you sit there and you read a script

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and you just only look for what's yours.

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Good actors look for the work in between.

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Will ever see Gregory be a principal?

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Does he truly want to be one?

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I think that's the end of the journey.

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You know, I think if you see
Gregory becoming a principal,

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more than likely Abbott
is done or almost done.

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Does he truly want to be one?

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I think he does.

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I think he has this idea of
how the job could be done,

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and how it could be more efficient,

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and how it could be done better.

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But I think there's also a
lot that he has to learn first

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before he can start implementing those,

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and know what it's like
like working on the ground.

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Do you have a favorite episode
of Everybody Hates Chris

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or a favorite memory
from filming the show?

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Fun fact.

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I've never really watched a
full episode of that show.

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It's not for me, it's for y'all.

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The same thing with Abbott,

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like I've seen episodes of Abbott,

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but I don't watch the whole season.

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I'll see like maybe one or two
a season and that's about it.

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That show, each show that I've ever made

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is for literally everybody else but me.

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So I just generally don't
really watch things.

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'cause also I can't watch it like you do.

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I know what's coming.

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Like I know, like I read the script

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I know what's about to happen.

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It's not as interesting as a watch for me.