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Elizabeth Meriwether

Elizabeth Hughes Meriwether (born October 11, 1981) is an American writer, producer and television showrunner. She is known for creating the Fox sitcom New Girl, and for writing the play Oliver Parker! (2010) and the romantic comedy film No Strings Attached (2011).

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What does being a woman today mean? Is there a right way of doing it? Is there a wrong way of doing it? Different kinds of women, female friendships: Its all pretty funny, and worth making fun of.

Female, Fun, Making, Mean, Right

People want to put women in one box, and Im interested in how women can be everything at once.

Box, Boxes, People, Want, Women

Part of being an actor is being able to contribute to a character's rhythms. If there's room to explore, you find a happy medium. We almost always get it as written, and then, we throw some improvs in or some alternatives.

Actors, Alternatives, Character, Explore, Part, Room

But, yes, I learned everything working in theater. I learned the importance of community - I was constantly going to play readings, stand-up nights, improv. nights.

Everything, Importance, Night, Play, Reading, Working

The striking thing about New Girl is that under all the comedy, theres something about the emotions and reactions that feels very real - much more real than other sitcoms. Like - maybe everybody is sort of laid bare in different ways.

Different, Girl, Real, Striking, Ways

Why do British people make such good TV? It's so annoying. Stop it. Is it because they have free health care? Uggh.

Care, Good, Make, People, Tvs

I think a lot of the romantic comedies need to catch up with what's actually kind of happening.

Comedies, Comedy, Kind, Needs, Think, Thinking

I think they should create a holiday for friends-with-benefits relationships. Because I feel like Valentine's Day is, maybe it's a day to stay home and cry.

Create, Holiday, Home, Relationships, Think, Valentines Day

In a show that has so many neurotic, broken beta characters, it's always fun to bring in a character who's really confident in themselves.

Broken, Character, Confident, Fun, Neurotic

I was really freaked out when I heard that Cookie Monster was going to be changed to Veggie Monster, but that turned out to be a lie.

Changed, Cookies, Lying, Monster, Monsters, Turned

If I'm writing something and I'm not feeling mischievous, then I know it's not going to be great.

Feelings, Know, Mischievous, Writing

The funniest things just come from honesty. We have a tendency to see female characters as representative of something larger than what they are, when male characters are just characters.

Character, Characters, Come, Female, Honesty, Males

I think in a lot of romantic comedies it ends with a kiss, and I feel like in modern day relationships, and maybe just my own experience, it starts with a kiss and then all sort of falls apart and then comes together.

Fall, Falls, Kissing, Modern, Romantic, Thinking

Dysfunctional co-dependent relationships always appeal to me. I don't know exactly how it started. I start writing sketches of characters and little scene-lets, and then it builds.

Builds, Character, Littles, Relationships, Sketches, Writing

Funny women are honest women.

Empowering, Funny, Honest, Honest Woman, Inspirational, Women

If women ran Hollywood, The Hollywood Reporter would have a Men in Entertainment issue every year, and those jerks would have to write something.

Hollywood, Issue, Men, Writing, Year, Years