Why ‘Office Space’ Actor Richard Riehle Was the Quintessential Actor’s Actor (Guest Column)
The first time I met Richard Riehle, I was making one of the first things I’d ever made.
Variety reports that the first time I met Richard Riehle, I was making one of the first things I’d ever made.
It was a Funny or Die video, and my friend Tanner Thomason and I were trying to figure out how to get an actual actor to be in it.
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