Lenny Abrahamson Quotes

I did 'Red Riding,' which is TV in the U.K. It became a feature project in North America, but we're in a great era of TV. We all know that, and we hear it all the time, but for filmmakers, it's just a godsend to have your television writing and work to do on television, and the means to do it properly.

I love television. Television is a great medium; I'm fortunate enough to direct amazing television.

Television is a huge industry, and actors down south are aware of it.

In the U.S., there are around 300 shows in different networks, so there's a lot of work here.

It's how the '70s were for movies, the 2000s are for TV. I think it's a phenomenal time for TV and to be involved in it.

The future of American film lies on television.

Television in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used to be.

The directors you want to work with are in the television world.

There's a lot of progress happening in TV. You have amazing shows like 'How to Get Away With Murder.' You have people like Shonda Rhimes, Lee Daniels with 'Empire,' and Jason Katims with 'Friday Night Lights' and 'Parenthood.' You have people behind the scenes writing complex women.

Hollywood's best producers and directors are in film, not TV.

We are in this amazing age of television where there's an incredible amount and an incredible quality of television, of long-form narrative.

TV isn't like films; you can't rest on your laurels.

I think HBO and a couple of the other cable channels in America are making some of the best television that's ever been made.

Paddy Chayefksy was writing and it was a time where everybody was happy to be there [on TV].

American television is very much created by the writers, just the volume of it. The writers are so key. You're just trying to do something that serves that script. And in general, film isn't all about the script, really.

I've got a lot to say about television. There's a lot going on in television right now and I feel like a huge part of television.

I think there's a lot of interesting stuff on TV. I feel much more optimistic about TV than I do about movies. There will always be good movies but I think, for the most part, it's always going to be a huge fight to get those movies made. TV is the best place to be as a writer, I think.

TV has been very good to me, and I hope I've been good to it, but I also love film.

I've met big-name actors doing Hollywood films, and they've said that all they want is an in at HBO and their own show.

I mean, there are some amazing storytelling being done on the small screen right now. That's what so cool about being in television right now. Studios, networks are starting to throw more resources, better writers, more production values... and to be part of that is awesome.

These days, you can do a TV series for five years and all of a sudden be on top of the business. Features don't even run in theaters very long anymore before going right to television.

I don't watch much British television at all. I mean, it's ironic because I used to work in it for years.

It gets kinda monotonous, but that's television. There are plus sides and down sides. The positive side is that you have steady work for nine months of the year for however many years your show is on TV,.

I love working in TV. TV is fast. You shoot it, and it's done quickly.

I wasn't looking to get into TV. My family was in the movie business, so I was never interested in that world.