Douglas Wilson Quotes

I didn't expect people would embrace 'Ang Probinsyano' the way they did during its first year.

I knew it was going to be enormous because of the number of people who bought the books, but, to be honest, I never thought it would be bigger than Bond. Never in a million years.

Right after 'Desperate' sold to China, we were the most watched show around the world at the time. That's really something great to be a part of.

You can have a great script, and it can be a great show, but for whatever reason, it just doesn't take the public's interest.

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

We knew all along we were making a good show, so its success was not a surprise to me. What has surprised me is the magnitude of this show's success. More people see me now in one episode than saw me in 20 years of movies and theater!

In a way, I'm kind of a bystander looking at this phenomenon that is ABBA, which is still around, and that I thought would be finished in 1981 and forgotten. I'm amazed how this could happen, and I don't know why it happened. I'm just grateful and humble. I just sit back and enjoy.

Both 'Oz' and 'Homicide,' they're critically admired, so it's not like they're really neglected, but I wish they'd found bigger audiences.

It's a funny thing, 'The Office,' because millions and millions and millions and millions of people didn't watch it. But culturally, it is more of a phenomenon than almost anything else I can remember as far as British television is concerned.

Not every show needs to reach the same size of audience, or same width, of a 'Sopranos'.

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.

You're always a little surprised when something really takes off.

'Lost' did alright, you know. Not that I didn't get into it - I just never watched enough of them; but the uphill battle is that you've got to stay tuned.

What's great about cable is that the ceiling of expectation is lowered because fewer people have to tune in for it to be a success. You don't need 23 million people a week like you do in broadcast.

I feel like, with a television show, you're always biting your nails hoping you're going to get that next season.

What I didn't expect was 'VIP' becoming something of a cult and one of my biggest hits.

I created something that became a phenomenon without becoming a prisoner to it.

I never, ever pay attention to the ratings. I stopped paying attention to the ratings somewhere around season two or three of 'Grey's.' It's something I have no control over, so I don't even pay attention.

I thought 'ER' was a really good script, but I didn't have any inkling that it would become the phenomenon that it did, and I don't think anybody did back then.

It's never been our intention to sell millions of albums, but if our message touches that many people, then so be it.

When we first filmed 'Gilmore Girls,' I didn't know it would build such a cult following.

I know that one's visibility is very high on television, even with an unsuccessful show! With a successful role, it's even higher.

I can't create magic, where all my serials will have the highest ratings.

What's great about the way 'Shame''s been received is that I kept on thinking there's no way this film will be received well since I've had such a good time.

I was surprised to know I had so many hits on YouTube.