The prolific TV creator will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Sept. 10.
\n\nWhen Greg Daniels wants to be friends with you, he won’t invite you to grab a drink at a local bar. He’ll ask you if you want to write comedy.
\n\n“It’s kind of like my invitation to play tennis or hang out,” he says. “I’ve worked with some really amazing collaborators, and I’ve sought them out. It’s been the highlight of my social life.”
\n\nEarly in his career, that meant approaching Larry David and pitching a ton of ideas for “Seinfeld,” one of which became the Season 3 episode “The Parking Space.”
\n\n“My goal was to just get into that room, and find out how he’s doing ‘Seinfeld,’” Daniels says. “And I was given a 20-minute window to pitch him over the phone, so I pitched him, like, 11 episode ideas. He bought a story that happened to my dad in the streets of New York when I was a kid. So I got a chance to go in there and write three drafts of that with him, and hear all of his thoughts.”
\n\nDaniels, who is getting a star on the Hollywood…
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