Shawn Ryan Quotes

The production must be faithful to the line. If the production fails, my work fails.

I'm very serious about what I write and who I allow to produce the music, because I want to make sure it's a true album, and not just something pushed out there to create hype and more fame for myself.

Our rational, realistic goals for 'Better Call Saul' were simply that it wouldn't suck, and it wouldn't embarrass us. It didn't rise much higher than that, to be honest.

If you don't like my work in 'The Affair,' that's fine, but I'll stand by the work because I felt that everything that went on camera was what I intended to go on camera.

I only want to be part of movies that I believe in and I have no regrets.

I've never been the type of person to jump up and throw out the album without it being what it's supposed to be.

I'd rather not make films than make bad ones.

I turned down twelve films last year... Huge money films, but I had no respect for the writer or the work.

I never choose a genre over quality. I never think, 'I want to do that,' and sacrifice the fact it might not be very good.

There have been times - and not just on 'The Newsroom,' but on 'The West Wing,' 'Sports Night,' 'Studio 60'... - where it was hard to look the cast and crew in the eye, when I put a script on the table that I knew just wasn't good enough.

I always have to have what I believe are the pillars of an album - songs which I can go back to and admire personally as a piece of writing.

I can't do the terrible mistake of thinking audiences are dumb and will accept anything I do. I want to be cautious about my choices.

Any of us directing at Pixar, whether it's our first time or not, feel a lot of pressure to not make a bad Pixar film.

The worst thing you can do after a test screening is slash it for the lowest common denominator.

I don't have many rules, but one of them is, 'Do not make a movie you yourself would not want to see.'

If you're the star of a show, the next one has to be as good or better, and if you're doing a series, if anything goes wrong, it's your fault. There's nobody else to blame.

You have to be very careful with the art you create and you put out.

I've made movies where I was not happy, and I'd rather not work for a year than do a bad film. It takes a long time for me to recuperate when I do that.

I am no longer willing to take parts in films and/or television shows which detract from the 50 years I have spent building my reputation.

One of the great business virtues of high publishing was that it was a difficult business to enter. You had to stand for something.

I am a perfectionist and the only reason why I started producing is because I didn't want to argue with a producer.

I don't want to say names, but there are certain companies I won't work with because of previous people they've worked with. I don't want to be put in the same category as another athlete that I don't necessarily think is a good role model.

I've always said that I would only ever release something that I would want to listen to as a fan.

I knew people would see 'PKP.' Although the packaging was weak, the product was good.

Good parts just don't fall off trees. I try to be very careful about what sort of projects I attack. There's an audience out there that expects high standards from me.