Screenwriter PETER TOLAN: Tricks of the Trade

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.

This video is an excerpt from the full interview, available on DVD at TheDialogueSeries.com .

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[PaoloPaolo49]

and why are you telling us this?

[jeanbanahn]

haha he is the "wanna know a fun act about propane?" guy from rescue me

[bleerrgghhhh]

@TwilightMightKillMe what is the name of all the characters in best half foot forward? the play he wrote

[ArminiusRO]

@UniversalBrother108 well i know that name "Tolan" is celtic,but this means that i have celtic heritage????

I mean,i live in Romania and this name is clearly not romanian.

[UniversalBrother108]

Tolan is a celtic Irish name and it  spread to some central and eastern European countries. google world names profiler

[ArminiusRO]

is Tolan name irish?

i am romanian,but my family name is Tolan too,did irish people migrated to eastern europe a long time ago|???

[TwilightMightKillMe]

hes my dad hehehehe I feel so special!!!

[TheReverendMoose]

block comedy

does he mean a funny anything scene just thrown in type of thing?

[ashkid888]

i know him. he was my brother's friends dad.

[hellsing3000]

yay post please.