Alex Kurtzman Quotes

You can be far more challenging, articulate and intelligent writing for television than you can writing for the cinema.

There's some beautiful filmmaking on television. I'm getting a lot of my artistic sustenance from what's happening there.

I think that's why I keep being drawn back to television, because I think it's one of the most creative outlets.

Theater is still a medium which attracts young writers. You'd think that it would be all over by now, with television and film. But it's not.

If you have something to say, a movie is a really great medium to say it. It doesn't matter what the message is.

The nature of television - it's quicker than both a play and a movie.

Producing, in television, we're in the business of voyeurism.

The greatest thing that you have when you're a showrunner is this opportunity to create worlds.

I really enjoy working, you know, on streaming outlets because there's so much creative control for the creators of the shows, and, you know, you're allowed to make such great television.

It's not the love affair I have with film, but television can be a playground for interesting ideas.

The people I met for the first time in the period when I was making films like 'Tum Bin,' 'Ra.One,' 'Dus,' 'Cash' would often remark that I was very unlike the person who had made those films. This is not the best thing for a film-maker to hear because your film should reflect your personality, thinking, philosophy and character.

On television one gets to do things in detail and at an easier pace. You can experiment a lot with the character, give it lot more time, and let it grow.

When I started as a filmmaker, I never, ever imagined in a million years that I would be doing television because, at that time, TV was a very different medium.

I think Hollywood is an incredible tool to teach people. It brings stories and information to the television screen, to the movie theater screens, that people get to empathize with.

When you're doing the work, film and TV are exactly the same. TV is just film in reduced pieces.

My background is in broadcast television - I used to be a travel host for BBC, Discovery, and National Geographic.

Every film is a journey.

I only treat myself as an audience with each film, I enjoy different stories.

The writer is just so much more intimately involved in the television process than the feature film process.

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.

I have always believed that television is a very strong medium to convey stories, stronger than even movies. On television, you have more scope to explore a subject as it gives you more time.

I don't see myself as an actor. I see myself as a storyteller.

When you're writing for a game - even if you're using very well known characters like Batman and his villains who lend themselves to many different interpretations - you have to keep in mind that you're writing for a different medium. Things are a bit more straightforward than it is for a feature film or a TV show.

As a filmmaker, I really want to utilize the tools to carry the voice - my voice, and the voice of the characters.

Cinema is a director's medium; it's his story and his vision. If it's a good story, people will connect to it.