Paul Lieberstein
Paul Lieberstein
Paul Bevan Liebersteinis an American screenwriter, actor and television producer. A Primetime Emmy Award winner, he is known as a writer, producer, and as supporting cast member Toby Flenderson on the U.S. version of the sitcom The Office. He served as the series' showrunner from seasons five to eight. On March 22, 2012, it was announced that Lieberstein would step down from his showrunner role to focus on a planned spin-off series featuring Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute, which was...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth22 February 1967
CityWestport, CT
CountryUnited States of America
Soon, the viewer won't even know if he's watching on broadcast or the Internet. He'll just be eating his cereal and see an image on the spoon. That's how we'll be watching soon, on spoons. The commercials will be on the knives.
When someone leaves an office, often there's a series of successors until you settle on one.
The thing about many celebrities - not all - is that they're fantastic actors.
I feel it's very important to let individual writers' voices come through. But the character has to be consistent.
Catherine Tate was a proven comedy actress from a comedy background with great taste. I knew her work, and was an incredible fan.
The thing about many celebrities - not all - is that they're fantastic actors. If we've created a really juicy role, it just feels like a fantastic actor should be playing the part. If it's a long enough part, we consider anyone. If it's a single episode, we don't usually let a single actor on. Because that' s just stunting.
When we are in pre-production, this is the best job in the world. Working 10 to 7, sitting around and brainstorming with the other writers, making things funnier and writing and rewriting scenes - that's as fun as it gets.