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WHO RUN
IT?
In an exclusive interview with MADE,
Insecure Showrunner, Prentice Penny
shared his journey to running the
show.
MADE By Kris D. Williams
MADE: What helped you get focused as you were working on building your name in the
industry?
PP: One thing was my wife. She was like, “It’s fine that you’re writing here and there, but
you’re not acting as if you’re a professional writer. I know you’re not getting paid for this
yet, but you need to treat your time and your resources like they’re precious and valuable.”
For example, I’d get up during a weekend day, this is before we had kids, and I might wake
up and fool around. Then I’d look up and it’s like 2 or 3 o’clock once I started writing. I
wasn’t treating time right.
MADE: And then kids came into the picture! The time management lesson probably
intensified, right?
PP: You know, I really appreciate it now - being a father of three and I’m married, doing
different shows. Time is the only thing. I can’t make more time. Money can’t buy you more
of it. It is what it is at the end of the day. We only get 24 hours of it. I understand now
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