Julie Benz Quotes

You lose somebody you've possibly known for years and on top of that you lose a character that you love seeing on TV so I think that kind of makes it cool that we pay a price too. That it is painful on many levels and its amazing to be writing that moment and crossing that line right on the page and seeing the ugliness of it and having to deal with it. It's a very weird thing.

It is very touching that you are able to create some kind of impact through a character.

But I loved the script to 7th Heaven and couldn't say no. It made me laugh and cry, and I was hooked. I'd love to know who turned it down, because I'm sure at least one other actor did. But I'm glad he did, whoever it was.

When I did the film Generations, in which the character died, I felt like a guest for the first time. That made me very sad.

When any character gets killed, there's always a sadness about that, because they're part of the family in a way.

You really have to do your job as a writer and push people to be as creative as possible. What's nice about the TV medium is you have such a connection to the characters that when somebody dies, the audience cries. They really feel it. You really don't cry when someone dies in a horror movie.

I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself.

I love drama. Drama is, like, my thing. I want a movie that will move something inside me, that's going to shift something and keep me thinking.

'The Wire,' I was such a fan of that show the first season - I think that's the best-written show on TV.

'Mad Men' is the greatest example of a perfect cast uniting with a perfect group of writers and creators to create a show that is bold, brutal, and brilliant.

As a viewer, I love watching movies. There has to be an emotional connection.

You can't really compare any TV show to a show written by Aaron Sorkin.

The emotions triggered by fiction are very real. When Charles Dickens wrote about the death of Little Nell in the 1840s, people wept - and I'm sure that the death of characters in J.K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter' series led to similar tears.

I can't say enough about 'OLTL's' strong cast.

At the end of the day, I just want a movie that's great, that people are going to love and laugh at and be affected by, and also have an emotional journey.

When I saw 'Talk to Her' for the first time, I was crying out loud because I couldn't imagine that I was doing that film.

I sort of was inspired by 'Friday Night Lights,' where it was a very different show, but similar in that they were both large ensemble dramas where you had many stories going on at once. I wanted to do a show that shared that element, and that's really why I wanted to develop 'Parenthood' as a series.

Characters die all the time. At times, they die amongst a reader's tears, and at others, amongst the applause, and some, still, in quiet satisfaction.

It's the emotion of it that hits me, more than anything technical.

A TV show besides 'This is Us' that makes me cry? Not a shocker, but 'Game of Thrones.'

We don't have a problem killing off characters on 'House of Cards.'

I am a very active audience member. I want to be moved. I want to be confronted. I want to feel.

Alison Carr on 'Homeland.' She was such great character to play, so clever and full of surprises. I was sad to see her go.

'MotherFatherSon' was just an extraordinary read and I wanted to be a part of it.

The show impacted our lives immediately. It is crazy. I can't watch the show. I get weirded out.