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64 | Balancing Characters, Humor, and Action w/ Nicole Perlman

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

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I'm a Personal Assistant to a Felon and I'll Teach You How to Make Glass Beads

"I try to have my action be an expression of character, you know, of character and of what this particular character would choose in that moment," she said. "How do you take something that could feel very meat and potatoes and try to make it surprising or revealing or funny?" the writer-producer added. She also talked about her time as a personal assistant to a felon who used to hold nudist dance parties.

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