: Many guest star interviews were originally longer and intended to be more than just a montage; Paul Lieberstein described them as full scenes that had to be heavily trimmed to fit the broadcast.
," was famously massive during its initial development. Originally written by Paul Lieberstein, the first draft of the script was 75 pages long the office search committee script pages initially updated
"I’m not interested in the job, I’m interested in the power." Updated line (Spader’s rewrite): "I’m the f**cking lizard king. You don’t even know what that means, and that’s the point. I have no fixed address, no fixed identity, and yet here I am, interviewing for a job selling paper. Why? Because paper is the only thing that doesn’t lie." : Many guest star interviews were originally longer
The search committee's journey had just begun, and the Dunder Mifflin Scranton branch would never be the same. You don’t even know what that means, and
The script had a scene where they pre-screen a candidate who lists The Fountainhead as his favorite book.
: Writer and actor B.J. Novak noted that the script was about 10 pages too long for the episode's designated time slot, leading to several cuts.