all look up to, someone like bill gates, one of the most famous americans, he's this dorky kid from seatlekind of new and revered in different ways. you ask people like were you really popular and you fit in and you get along with everyone? it's a pretty small percentage of people that would go yeah. we relate to that. it's a universal experience. >> i grew up in suburban seattle, quite a nerd. united nations, computer club, marching band where i played the bells, i know that nerd world pretty well. >> dwight to me is the most bizarre character. he could exist in so many different times. >> one of the great things we did was to incorporate some of rainn's life story. he brought in, i remember, a photo album of relatives of his who were pretty rural. and that helped. we passed that around and really kind of saw what his stock was. >> when we discovery, on around season two or three, that dwight is actually a farmer -- >> welcome to schrute farm. >> it all clicks and falls into place. i don't know how much time you spent with farmers, kind of weird people. we think farmers are salt of the ea