Steven Knight Quotes

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.

The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people.

I'm always flabbergasted and overwhelmed by the audience a film reaches.

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

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

Perhaps 'Big Bang' fans feel so protective of the show because it is, despite being a hit show on a big network, something of a word-of-mouth phenomenon.

I have been overwhelmed by the response to 'The Queen of Zombie Hearts.'

Pop music has always been about the mainstream and what appeals to the public.

I'm completely gobsmacked by the 'Rookie Blue' fans.

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 like to know why a video has suddenly gone viral, why a song has broken, why a TV show is suddenly rating out of pattern... I'm pretty good at understanding why things are becoming popular.

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

To me, in retrospect, it was amazing that 'Seinfeld' was a show that had such mass appeal. At first it was a disaster in the ratings, but then it became a cultural phenomenon. I don't know if that's possible anymore, but I don't try for that.

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

I think the general public's response to my projects is very strong. You can be an intellectual and say that popularity detracts from architectural quality. On the other hand, you can see in the public's identification something very positive.

I don't relate to the 'Twilight' books or movies at all, but I'm obsessed with it as a pop culture phenomenon - all these people just screaming like it was the Beatles.

The fan base and the passion of the fan base is a large part of the story of the show 'Fringe.'

I want every movie to have a big audience. I'm always hopeful that it's going to be discovered, and audiences are fantastic that way because every once in a while they surprise you. I didn't think 'Beautiful Mind' was going to be that kind of global success.

It's nice to be part of a film that will be watched by a large audience.

As films are a mass medium, if more people love your work, it is better.

I think when 'Perfect Strangers' landed and was so well received, it was a magic moment.

I've only experienced it a few times where you get to have a thing that simultaneously gets some critical respect, some critical success, while also having sales success. Sometimes you get one or the other if you're lucky.

I found the idea of trying to create a show that everyone can enjoy really appealing.

When 'Toast' got on Netflix, I noticed a difference. It was something I thought that only myself and a few people would find funny, and suddenly it's on a very large platform. Now it kind of belongs to everyone.

I'm thrilled at the continued success of the 'Big Show.'