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Mar 27, 2020 · Paul Lieberstein, who played Toby on "The Office" and served as showrunner for four seasons, looks back on his favorite moments with Steve Carell. He also remembers Carell's surprise visit in...
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Nov 30, 2018 · In our Paul Lieberstein interview, the former The Office writer, producer and actor talks about making his feature directorial debut.
- Marshall Shaffer
- Getting Hired as A Writer on The Office
- Becoming Toby
- Learning to Actually Act
Fans may know that Lieberstein was one of the show's original writers (who remained with the series for all nine seasons), but he was also the showrunner at one point. Lieberstein came a long way over the course of the show, and he explained that he landed the gig because of his relationship with Greg Daniels. "I had worked with Greg Daniels before...
Though Lieberstein was hired as a writer on Season 1, it wasn't long before he was on the show with a speaking role as Toby Flenderson. It's not common for writers to appear on-screen, but Lieberstein explained that Daniels felt that acting was crucial to developing better writing. "So there's this like kind of a very traditional thing that writers...
It's easy to forget, but because Lieberstein was a writer, he didn't reallyknow how to act. "It took a while to get there," Lieberstein told Fischer and Kinsey when reflecting on his acting skills. "I don't know if you remember, but we were doing this kind of room bit about like my acting school." "So imagine going into acting, knowing nothing abou...
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Apr 23, 2018 · A former showrunner for 'The Office,' Paul Lieberstein's feature directorial debut finds the humor in pain.
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Oct 6, 2020 · Paul Lieberstein may be best known for playing Toby on The Office, but in addition to play the man who is “everything that’s wrong in the paper business”, he...
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Dec 28, 2018 · Lieberstein left his job as Office showrunner following Season 8 to focus on developing The Farm, an Office spin-off about Dwight Schrute’s beet farm, Schrute Farms.