Will Packer Quotes

I absolutely love television. What's so great about TV is that I can tell 20 stories in a year. If I was working at a feature studio, I'd tell 1% of someone else's story, over the course of four years.

When you're working on a movie you always hope that people will go for it and enjoy what you're doing.

I want to do films that provide entertainment, but are also content-driven.

I have no interest in writing, directing or producing.

I did 'Red Riding,' which is TV in the U.K. It became a feature project in North America, but we're in a great era of TV. We all know that, and we hear it all the time, but for filmmakers, it's just a godsend to have your television writing and work to do on television, and the means to do it properly.

My priorities are where they should be, which is making really great, really exciting television.

I want to go wherever there's great work. I'm a huge fan of film primarily. But you can get a great TV show and get attached to it. Making a great film is forever, though, so I always want to be part of film. It's my first love.

Never in the history of cinema has a medium entertained an audience. It's what you do with the medium.

I've learned that you never have to think about how to make money. You need only to focus on what you think is going to be a good movie or what's a movie I'd like to watch as the audience.

Although we're all in this to make a living, why not make something to make an impact? One day, I'll make a horror film. I think I know what the audience wants.

I'm interested in producing more TV shows.

I'd love to set up shop somewhere and develop projects - film, TV, digital would be a fun thing to do.

I guess the dream would be to do movies, and keep people updated with my videos.

Yes, there's more access to film than when I first came into the league, but because of it there's a desire to see more and study more and cover more.

I love to be in the entertainment space, and my aim is to create new content and entertain people, whether it's in movies or on TV.

There's a lot of politics in television and a lot of in-fighting and all that sort of stuff, but in the end, we are purveyors of entertainment. Viewers are not really bogged down in who's doing what and who hates who and who's doing best in the ratings. They watch television to be entertained.

I don't really think about film or television or going directly to the internet. I just think about doing something that people are going to get excited about.

I want to do film and TV. I want to make good stories. I want to write; I want to be more involved.

I love movies, I love television and I know that the kind of stuff I love to watch and that's what I want to do.

I think the way I sort of approach it is, you just sort of keep your head down and focus on what you are doing and making shows that people will want to see on Thursday night.

I'm not saying no to anything, at least as far as reading scripts. I don't care if it's television or films but, personally, I would say I'd like to establish myself more in film.

What I would do is a 10-minute short of some kind on video, and if it's good enough, you get it passed around town and just get some attention, so then they'll read what you have.

There's a great appetite for smart television. Every day I get up and there are interesting stories I want to do.

In some ways, you could argue, television is doing far more interesting work than the movies. It's more fulfilling.

Anyone who has an imagination can write a book - it's cheap to do - but movies are big money.