The Big Bang Theory creator Chuck Lorre says traumatic childhood inspired sitcom and jokes ‘comedy writers are broken’
The Big Bang Theory creator Chuck Lorre has revealed how a traumatic childhood inspired the hit sitcom and declared "comedy writers are broken".
The 67-year-old has worked on a number of hit sitcoms during his career including the CBS smash which came to an end in May this year.
Chuck is also behind shows including Two and a Half Men, Dharma & Greg and Mike & Molly.
Speaking about what makes a comedy writer, Chuck told the it was a "mutated gene" born out of a "terrible childhood".
He joked: "As a group, comedy writers are broken, that’s why we need agents.
"If we represented ourselves we’d be crying all the time."
He continued: “You can either become a bitter son of a bitch or write about mass murder, or you channel it into laughing at whatever it is.
"And if you had a wonderful childhood, you become a network executive, and that’s fine.”
Chuck's latest project for Netflix, The Kominsky Method, sees him writing solo for the first time in years.
He said: "I hadn’t written alone since 1987, it was a little scary but also liberating.
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"I was doing it because I believed in it, there was no census being taken in a room of comedy writers, I’m not looking for anyone to say it’s OK. If I believe in this, let’s shoot this.”
But writing for a streaming service as opposed to broadcast mediums comes with his own challenges.
He said: ";It changes the way the story unfolds, it’s not so episodic, the 30 minutes don’t have to wrap everything up."
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