Hannah Simone Quotes

And of course Marc Cherry heightens it and makes it hilarious. But there's so many universal themes in the show, and he made it so funny. We knew he was onto something if he could keep it up and, thankfully, he did.

In the movies, you typically do get to see the script beforehand. TV is different because there are a lot of scripts in the future that you haven't seen. You commit to a show, and you have to believe in the showrunner and their team and the stories they're going to tell.

Nowadays, kids know how a programme like Merlin is made and how it works. But the show just seems to grow in popularity the more it goes on.

I think it's a lot easier to put together a reality show than to actually create a scripted show.

The thing with film and theater is that you always know the story so you can play certain cues in each scene with the knowledge that you know where the story's going to end and how it's going to go. But on television nobody knows what's going to happen, even the writers.

I'll watch Ricky Gervais in anything he does. The guy's hilarious.

I love TV, don't get me wrong. But with film, you're just banging out this one product and you're not waiting on another script. You have your script. It's great, in that way.

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.

I love doing television; it's such a brilliant way to tell a story over six hours rather over the two hours of doing a movie.

I'd love to do another television series. I really love the writing process, and as an actor I really like how much you get to examine in television.

On TV, you never know where it's going. They may even lie to you about where it's going. You never really know because the scripts come in every couple of weeks or so.

My day job is making TV shows.

I enjoy the process of TV; I like the pace of it; I like the continual work.

Writing is the greatest thing about really good sitcoms.

Movies, particularly the big hit movies, are all just special effects. But on television, the writers are in control of the shows, and they control the scripts.

I'm not a Larry David. I don't have a 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and a 'Seinfeld' in me.

I want to create content for TV and films.

I'm interested in producing more TV shows.

Television has always been an appealing medium for writers to work in.

Showrunning is when you're the constant creative voice in the show. For a year-and-a-half, you are working on the scripts, you're fine-tuning them, you're the final say on the edit, the music and the cast.

I have a DVD of 'Lois & Clark,' and I don't know how the special effects hold up, because all the technology's gotten so much better. But the writer - the woman that wrote 'Lois & Clark' - I think those stories were good.

With 'Deep Space Nine,' I learned that when you get a script, you should give honor to the writer. On 'Larry Sanders,' even on '24,' you could make up stuff.

The thrill of doing television versus features is, in television, you get to focus more on the characters.

TV is where writers get to tell interesting stories. Because writers, for the most part, run television.

Writing pilots is such a specific thing. It's not even really writing TV shows. A pilot is its own beast.