Brian Baumgartner quotes

“I had a Shiatsu dog for 12 years - we were different in size but he was certainly man's best friend, he was my little guy.”
-- Brian Baumgartner

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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“I do have a childlike enthusiasm at times. I certainly enjoy life and get pleasure sometimes in childish things.”
-- Brian Baumgartner

Source : "Brian Baumgartner (Kevin) Accounts for The Office's Success". Interview with Sabrina Rojas Weiss, www.tvguide.com. February 1, 2007.

#Enjoy Life Quotes #Enthusiasm Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“I come from straight theater.”
-- Brian Baumgartner

Source : "Brian Baumgartner (Kevin) Accounts for The Office's Success". Interview with Sabrina Rojas Weiss, www.tvguide.com. February 1, 2007.

#Theater Quotes

“Television is certainly a writers-led medium. They're the ones who are there, they're the ones that are conferencing or whatever, with directors coming and going.”
-- Brian Baumgartner

Source : Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. January 12, 2010.

#Directors Quotes #Television Quotes #Mediums Quotes

“So in terms of a large part of the job on our show specifically, what makes the show complex and interesting and funnier are the conversations about "Where's the camera?" and "How aware are the characters of the camera? Are the cameras hidden for this shot? Is it a spy shot from far away? Or is it really close and in their face, and they sort of have to play to it in an embarrassing situation?" There's a whole other level of questions and choices that come into play on our show that are not even a factor in anything else.”
-- Brian Baumgartner

Source : Interview with Sam Adams, tv.avclub.com. January 12, 2010.

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“The show is called The Office and while it focuses on the people, the architecture of the space is very important.”
-- Brian Baumgartner

Source : "IGN Interview: The Office's Brian Baumgartner". Interview with Travis Fickett, www.ign.com. May 9, 2007.

#Space Quotes #People Quotes #Office Quotes

“We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. Even longer,' Pooh answered.”

“Acquaintance I would have, but when it depends; not on number, but the choice of friends.”

“I have a really great family, and when Im not filming, I go home and walk the dogs, take out the garbage, clean my room, all that stuff. My family and my friends keep me in line, and make sure I dont get crazy.”

“Man is too near all kinds of beasts,--a fawning dog, a roaring lion, a thieving fox, a robbing wolf, a dissembling crocodile, a treacherous decoy, and a rapacious vulture.”

Source : Abraham Cowley, Samuel Johnson (1822). “The Poems of Abraham Cowley ...”

“I'm pretty obsessive-compulsive and I'm very fast. I tend to not write for a long period of time until I can't not write, and then I write first drafts in gallops. I won't eat right. I forget to do my laundry. I have a dog now, and I have to remember to walk him. When I write, that takes over and I can't do anything else. There's something exciting about that free fall, but then my life gets really screwed up. I've lost lots of relationships because of my having to ignore everything.”

“Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.”

“This is our high calling, to represent Christ, and act in His behalf, and in His character and spirit, under all circumstances and toward all men.”

“No one man is superior to the game.”

“A devotee should be fixed in the conclusion that, the spiritual master cannot be subject to criticism and should never be considered equal to a common man.”

“Our first duty is to satisfy the spiritual master, who can arrange for the Lord's mercy. A common man must first begin to serve the spiritual master or the devotee. Then, through the mercy of the devotee, the Lord will be satisfied. Unless one receives the dust of a devotee's lotus feet on one's head, there is no possibility of advancement. Unless one approaches a pure devotee, he cannot understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”