'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia': On the Set with Dennis, Mac, Charlie and Sweet Dee
By Carita Rizzo, Special to Hollywood.com
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
HW: We just watched you do about 15 takes. On average, does Take One make the show or do you use Take Ten?
Kaitlin: Somewhere at like number seven is where it’s good.
Rob: Yeah, it depends, we never know. I mean, sometimes we use the take that’s scripted and we just do it as is and sometimes take ten that has nothing to do with the script whatsoever.
HW: You have Danny (DeVito) for a certain amount of time and you also go to Philly. Is it really hard to keep your mind around you’re filming multiple episodes at the same time?
Glenn: We’ve had the advantage of not only just writing it, but also acting it. Because when we write, we’re basically acting everything, the three of us. Not only our roles, but everybody else’s roles, too, so we have the advantage of knowing the script but knowing how we want to play the scene.
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HW: Do you find it stressful wearing so many hats?
Charlie: Well, it’s stressful because the buck stops here. You know? I think anytime something’s not going well, you can’t say, oh, well, the stupid writer or the stupid directors didn’t get this right, you know? You can’t point a finger at anyone else, although we do. Point fingers constantly. But I guess the stress is something that we set on ourselves, with the expectation of the episodes.
HW: When you were writing the episode about who pooped the bed, how much of that is based on what happens to you guys outside of the series?
Charlie: Only the poop part.