"People are flawed. I like peaking into their flaws. The way to humanize them is not to play them in any general way, but to make them very specific. If you make them specific, they have hopes and dreams and loves and vulnerabilities and quirks and you get to know them and you get to appreciate them."

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Rainn Wilson

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Rainn Wilson is an American actor and writer, best known for his role as Dwight Schrute on 'The Office', where he explored themes of authenticity and creativity.

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