Craig Zadan Quotes

We all feel that if we have a crazy idea that might get laughed at, there's nothing wrong with seeing if there's a crazy writer out there who agrees with us and can take it to a crazy network and somehow bring something that's a little bit daft and edgy to life.

I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate.

I think it's the responsibility of a designer to try to break rules and barriers.

When you're a director, and you look at Scorsese's work, he's always challenging us to push the envelope and break the rules. Someone like that is necessary and a godsend.

I'm all about risque - I love that stuff. I love to be creative - that's what the entertainment business is about.

Sometimes, I'll hear from other writers or folks in the publishing industry that my books are rule-breakers, which I take as a compliment.

You can say I'm not the easiest architect in the world, because I'm always trying to push the limits.

It was actually the enormous risks I took with my pictures, skating right up to the edge of non-acceptance, that paid off so handsomely.

I've always enjoyed doing challenging things and also challenging common wisdom.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

I think we've established a convention on the show that allows us to do pretty much anything we want to.

I'd like to do a little bit more adventurous TV. Maybe Showtime or HBO or just a little bit edgier. But I would go back to NBC, CBS, whatever.

I don't shy from controversy. I'm telling stories, and I'll tell whatever story seems like it wants to be told.

I think I would do a much better job if I had a chance to do things that were edgier than I get to do in comedies.

Our film industry as well as the audiences are now open to unconventional pairings and subjects, which has aided my journey greatly.

When I brought 'Sex and the City' to HBO, I wanted to do something independent, where I could be like, 'I don't care if anybody watches this thing. Just let me do something that I would love to see.' Honestly, the success of 'Sex and the City' was what was most surprising to me. It was sort of like the anti-TV-show in my mind.

I enjoy provocative things that are questionable.

I have a real interest in pushing some of the limits of things that studios don't want to make.

This sounds really craven on some level, but on some level, a lot of what I'm doing is trying to not do a typical TV show.

Part of the beauty of Silicon Valley is that people generally encourage you to think crazy. It's the hypothesis that there's nothing sacred that can't be changed.

When I took on 'Fargo,' I thought, 'Well, this is just a terrible idea. Four people will watch it, and they'll hate-watch.' But that allowed me to just go for it and take the risks.

I wake up every morning thinking I need to be edgier.

Because I've worked with Netflix from the beginning, and that's my first job, I only want to work with creators, producers, and networks that are pushing the limit and putting people on the screen that haven't had their stories told yet.

The success of 'Deadpool' and 'Logan' have bolstered our confidence to make edgy, more daring, provocative bold movies that audiences will embrace.

I've really pushed the limits of what you can get away with at big studios, and I've been extremely well-supported.