Newsmakers: Rainn Wilson, Donald & Martha
Newsweek, March, 2006 by Keith Naughton
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Rainn Wilson plays Dwight Schrute, the office nerd that everybody loves to hate in "The Office." He spoke with NEWSWEEK's Nicki Gostin.
I love Dwight. Do you ever cringe playing him?
Rainn Wilson: Absolutely. In the episode we're shooting, I'm singing at the top of my lungs Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down" with my fingers in my ears and I'm thinking, "Oh my God, I am such a p---k, but I'm getting paid lots of money to be an ass."
The guy you played on "Six Feet Under" was really weird, too.
I've always really felt a connection for the outsider, alienated, outcast type of person. I feel for those characters and I don't mind looking dorky and ridiculous.
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You also do a blog.
Yeah, on NBC.com. It's called Schrute-Space. I write it when I'm sitting around on the ...
