Rasika Dugal Quotes

All my stories are mainly slice-of-life and rooted to real issues and situations that I have experienced myself.

It's people politics, people dynamics that make a show really good, whether it's 'Desperate Housewives' or 'Lost' or 'The Sopranos.' It's the people we've grown to love or otherwise.

I love a really good storyline.

I can't imagine soaps will ever stop, because people will always watch as long as they have great stories and characters. But the soaps will have to keep evolving, won't they?

Ever since 'Jericho,' I've loved these big-idea shows.

You can't make a good show based on pure verisimilitude, pure anti-drama. But you have to acknowledge a lot of ordinary life. Most TV doesn't do that.

Actors, we like stories, we like storytelling, we love being a part of the story, and if you give us a story that's interesting then we'll want to do it.

I like having a plot; I like characters with a reason to get up in the morning.

When I was in school, I was always writing scripts and dressing up as characters. I'd constantly be that guy who'd get up on stage. I used to write imaginary TV shows, like soap operas, for fun.

We like drama. Even in our comedy, we like drama.

I've decided 'Breaking Bad' may be one of the best TV shows ever, but I had to watch every last episode of the first four seasons to come to that conclusion.

When I watch cop shows, I really enjoy them because you can really follow the story and get involved, and the characters are always really interesting.

I like 'Breaking Bad' and 'Game of Thrones.' I like that era. I like that fantasy world.

Any opera is interesting if the characters are worth seeing.

I think 'Pretty Little Liars' is going to be hugely popular for adults, for kids, for girls, for guys, you know, something for everyone to look at, and the stories are going to be great. There's suspense every week. The friendship is really fun to watch. I think it's going to have something for everybody.

I like the idea of shows where I don't know where I'll be at the end of the season.

We try to be driven by what's a good story, what's truthful, and the drama of what happens next.

I love 'Game of Thrones' and 'Breaking Bad.'

I like a drama.

I like 'Vampire Diaries' because it has great stories.

'The Leftovers' is my favorite job I've ever had in my life, anywhere, ever. It is one of the greatest TV shows ever made.

Would I have traded 'Homeland' for anything else? No. Would I trade 'Billions' for anything else? No.

Nothing beats a good part with good writers that you get to come back to year after year.

Dramatic shows are the ones that I am attracted to.

Watching something like 'Orange is the New Black' - the development of the characters is amazing. Or 'Breaking Bad' or 'Mad Men' - those shows went on for so long. You become so invested in those characters, and I think that's a pretty magic thing.