Gena Showalter Quotes

People always come up to me now and say, 'Watchmen' is the best superhero movie ever made.' I'm always saying 'That's super cool. That's nice of you to say.' But it happens now, more and more and more than it did when it first came out.

I have been very pleased at the response we have got for 'SVSC.'

Every TV show is a crapshoot, really. But every once in a while, a show gets anointed as 'the show.'

I just don't know what makes a movie catch on and other ones don't.

With 'Scandal,' I was there from the beginning. I got to experience the transformation from its initial slow start to the water-cooler hit it became. I have thoroughly enjoyed the ride, and am deeply grateful for it. I can't believe how often people stop me on the street to talk about it.

I've had more reaction to 'Peaky' than anything. People react really intensely.

You can tell when you're in a hit.

At some level, I feel it is nice to know that a film of yours is doing well at the box office and has also got great reviews. That feels like success.

Around the time of 'The Lord of the Rings,' it was a shock to me just how big it is to be on that kind of media juggernaut. It was a big thing and the scrutiny was shocking.

'The Hangover' was lightening in a bottle. We're aware of that. It went through the roof all over the world.

A lot of things went incredibly well for 'Scrubs': from a ridiculous number of downloads on the iPods, to whenever they issue a new season on DVD it kinda sells out, and we got nominated for an Emmy. To be picked up for six years is all gravy, man.

A best-seller was a book which somehow sold well because it was selling well.

It would be real nice to have some kind of bell or whistle attached to this film - it would give it a longer life. People seem to need that validation to go to a film these days.

I had no idea that it was gonna take off the way it did. I thought we made a good movie.

I don't know why my shoes are so popular - I am always surprised and mystified by it.

'Sherlock' is one of the biggest things I will do, ever - we could never have predicted that level of insanity around the series.

'Awkward Black Girl' is spreading to all the right people because of word of mouth and social networks. I'm so grateful.

It's hard to be a breakout show and stay on top. We're like the flagship show over here.

Just when I think it couldn't get any bigger, 'Tuskegee' reaches a new level of success.

Being on a television show and having so many fans is something that I've never experienced before, and it's really neat when they come up to you and are like, 'That storyline is amazing and really spoke to me in my life,' and it's really cool. I really enjoy it.

The frustrating thing about 'Friday Night Lights' is I know a lot more people would respond to the show if they saw it.

The film's success so far involves winning a couple of prizes at Cannes and Sundance, and getting some very nice reviews in newspapers and magazines. That hasn't had a big impact on my life yet.

Never in a million years did I think 'Game of Thrones' was going to take off like it did.

'Limbo' has been one of the greatest hits of my career. A great response all over the world, not just Latinos but people in Europe and America.

'Orange Is the New Black' and 'Sense8' have enjoyed great success all over the world.