Peter Tolan

Peter Tolan

"In a comedy, you should go out on a joke or go out on something that propels you to the next scene."

An accomplished writer, producer and director, Peter Tolan is probably best known as co-creator of TV shows The Job and Rescue Me, and co-writer of Analyze This, and its sequel, Analyze That. He started his career on the writing staff of television sitcoms and then became a writer and producer on HBO's The Larry Sanders Show. From there, Tolan made his foray into movies with the screenplays for My Fellow Americans, Bedazzled, and America's Sweethearts. In this candid interview, hear all about his tales of procrastination, writing movies in 5 days and why he says he would have a great career if it weren't for... himself. 

83 Minutes

Letterbox

$8.95
TD-PT8-3
Writer's Tip #19

"Writing scripts simultaneously allows me to get distance. A week away from a script is different to a week writing a completely different script."

DVDS FEATURING PETER TOLAN
DVD CHAPTERS
  1. Intro
  2. The Red-Headed Stepchild of Entertainment
  3. I Have An Ego
  4. The Edsel of Awards
  5. She Was a Sweet, Dear Bigot
  6. Laughing for the Wrong Reason
  7. It's Bitten Me in the Ass in the Past
  8. The Einstein of Pitches
  9. It's Almost Like a Roadmap
  10. The Brits Try To Do It All the Time
  11. If You Measure Your Cock, Somebody's Gonna Die
  12. Inspired by Jealousy
  13. The Secret Life of Walter Smutty
  14. The Lesser Person in the Equation
  15. I Have Only Hackneyed Advice