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Rainn Wilson on Nightline

Saturday, September 8th, 2007

SPOILER WARNING! Video contains new Office footage.

Rainn Wilson was featured on ABC’s Nightline last night:

Words barely describe Dwight Shrute, the suck-up salesman and assistant regional manager of the Scranton branch for the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.

But Rainn Wilson, the actor who plays Shrute on NBC’s “The Office,” has a few for you. “Dweeby, fascistic, power-grubbing, hierarchical. Is that a word? Annoying and self-serious. How’s that? Those would be, those are seven words. I was counting them on my fingers,” Wilson said during an interview in his home outside Los Angeles. “And bizarre,” Wilson added. “Did I say bizarre? I didn’t say bizarre, throw that in the mix.”

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Tipster: ddker

Posted in Rainn Wilson, The Office Interviews, The Office Video

20 comments

  1. Didn’t care for the ABC interviewer, Brian Rooney or whatever? He seemed to dislike Rainn (or Dwight? or The Office?), & he had some inappropriate jabs, I thought. But! Rainn was a champ, & he made me proud of him — an upbeat gentleman.

    LOVED the open letter to NBC — so ironic it was written before the big stink.

    20 | Danna  Sun. Sep. 9, 2007 at 7:50pm

  2. I really am wondering what is with the interviewer’s tan. It’s kinda George Hamilton-esque.

    19 | Callan  Sun. Sep. 9, 2007 at 7:18am

  3. wait - rainn is 41? wow that’s older than my mom

    18 | Sara  Sat. Sep. 8, 2007 at 4:29pm

  4. Assistant TO the regional mgr…come on abc!!!

    17 | d  Sat. Sep. 8, 2007 at 2:56pm

  5. OMG, I bet they see Jim and Pam out on a date at that restaurant.

    16 | Angie  Sat. Sep. 8, 2007 at 2:51pm

  6. Wilson is 41 years old? Wow.

    15 | Dementia AL  Sat. Sep. 8, 2007 at 12:22pm

  7. Denise –

    “I may not get it up until after I get off of work though. ”

    That’s what she said.

    Too easy….. (that’s what she said too!)

    Ok, I need to go to bed.

    14 | Kristin  Fri. Sep. 7, 2007 at 9:22pm

  8. [from tanster: please proofread and re-post. thanks!]

    13 | Matt  Fri. Sep. 7, 2007 at 9:15pm

  9. That was fun to watch. Rainn is just so great. Oh also they showed a little bit of season 4 filming…. Don’t want to talk about it on here because it’s a spoiler, but it looked good!

    12 | SchruteBeetFarm  Fri. Sep. 7, 2007 at 9:03pm

  10. I just saw it! There was even a teeny little bit from an upcoming Office scene in the background at one point (I’m guessing it was the one Angela mentioned she and Rainn were filming during an evening a few weeks back). It looks good!

    11 | Laura  Fri. Sep. 7, 2007 at 8:56pm

  11. I plan on recording it and getting it on YouTube sometime tomarrow. I may not get it up until after I get off of work though.

    10 | Denise (ddker)  Fri. Sep. 7, 2007 at 6:28pm

  12. Yay us! :)

    9 | tanster  Fri. Sep. 7, 2007 at 3:46pm

  13. Wow! They’ve already fixed the Schrute spelling - do you think they monitor Office Tally…scary!!

    8 | TobyFan  Fri. Sep. 7, 2007 at 2:05pm

  14. I love Rainn, he is soooo funny!!!! And yes, somebody please put it on youtube tomorrow!!!!

    7 | ERB  Fri. Sep. 7, 2007 at 1:57pm

  15. Thanks for the heads up! I’m heading over to tivo.com to program the recording now, lol.

    6 | ThatsWhatISaid  Fri. Sep. 7, 2007 at 1:02pm

  16. Kind of weird, huh?

    5 | tanster  Fri. Sep. 7, 2007 at 12:28pm

  17. I can’t believe ABC is doing a story about an actor on a NBC show.

    4 | Matt  Fri. Sep. 7, 2007 at 12:23pm

  18. Can someone post this on You Tube tomorrow? It would be much appreciated. I won’t be able to watch tonight.

    3 | Flonkerton Rules  Fri. Sep. 7, 2007 at 12:07pm

  19. I so totally concur.

    2 | tanster  Fri. Sep. 7, 2007 at 11:51am

  20. Cool, but that’s lame they can’t even spell Schrute right.

    1 | JMB  Fri. Sep. 7, 2007 at 11:49am

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