Robert Schwentke Quotes

I didn't see myself doing TV. It's time-consuming.

People think you earn a fortune in TV, but that's not always the case, especially when you're working as a children's presenter.

Startups are not the best choice for work-life balance, and that's sort of just the sad reality.

As a matter of fact - it'll probably ruin my movie career - but I think better storytellers are in television.

I have done several films, but I've mostly done TV, and 99% of the work I've done has been in Japan.

There's certainly more work for me in TV these days.

I'm really getting into acting and TV. 'Sports Illustrated' is a big, iconic brand I'd like to work for, too. But TV and acting is really funny and a bit more exciting than shooting all the time.

I tell stories so only the independents do that and they don't pay you that much. I'd rather do TV or an HBO movie.

I've been looking to do TV for a while. I've always done guest starring stuff. I've done a couple of multi-episode arcs, and I've always loved the experience.

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

Any actor will tell you there's more of a schedule to doing a television show. That's why you'll notice a lot of big movie actors are doing television, and they'll tell you, it's because of the schedule.

Cable TV has become where the best actors, writers and directors have gone to work because they are allowed to do character-driven stories.

I've never worked in the U.K. television industry, but my guess it that it's a tough world for directors.

Television is blue-collar work. You clock in in the morning; you work 12, 13 hours - sometimes 18 hours if you're doing 'Orphan Black.'

Yes, I like doing TV. I like the idea of going to work with the same people.

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

A lot of movie stars don't want to go to TV because of how hard you have to work. You have to be a soldier.

I did a network show in the U.S. before, and I loved it, but you have eight days to shoot an episode, and it's just a ridiculous pace.

I don't get holiday, I'm self-employed. That's a really big risk for anyone in telly.

TV can be fairly rigid. I've done enough Network TV to know that it's fun but if I have to go somewhere every day maybe it's not the most satisfying [job].

When you're just starting out in the TV business, you don't know anything at all, and you think you're doing a better job than everyone else around you, and you just sort of presume that you're not getting the credit you deserve. And then when you start to get better, the pressure is extraordinary, and then you start to second-guess everything you do, and when people start looking to you for answers, for insight and for analysis and guidance, you start to wonder if you are the right person - even when you have all the information.

Working in television is very hard. I think people know that.

I always wanted to work with a TV. So I'm open.

I'm a much better musician than astronomer. I think the world got the right choice.

To understand this whole area, you have to stop thinking like a viewer and start thinking like a network programming exec.