Michael Zaslow Quotes

'Scandal' is great because it's intriguing and sexy, and it has a lot of play with secondary characters in situations, lots of drama.

As in all TV shows, and especially a show called 'Mistresses,' all is not going to be as it seems.

Dramatically it's always more interesting to conceal rather than reveal things.

The idea of withholding a massive secret is obviously quite exciting to some people. It is also the basis of much classic drama, of course, from Sophocles onwards.

I loved the movie 'Dangerous Liasons' with John Malkovich.

A fuel of discontent and anxiety is probably pretty central to the fuel at 'Scandal!'

There are other ways to create tension and drama than to have somebody stabbed through the back with a sword.

I love those books and movies where someone turns because they're blackmailed or they're passed over for promotion.

Secrets make for good drama, and revealing the hidden truths and contradictions of life is, for me, one of the most exciting aspects of making movies.

On an island, anything can happen. In a crime novel, it usually does.

Paula Milne was really the first thing that drew me to 'The Politician's Husband.'

I really like playing the bad guy. There are so many more objectives to play when you're mad or villainesque, or when there's some agenda that you have. That's drama, that's where the heart lives. I love playing the bad guy, but especially the bad guy who's still with the girl.

It's a thrilling world, and people really like stories about secrets, which is the essence of a spy drama.

Watching 'Scandal' is a fun and exciting guilty pleasure, which is how I imagine most real scandals start out.

Well, here's the thing with relationships on 'True Blood': Once they happen then you have to throw a monkey-wrench into them, because to have people be happy is not that exciting.

I'm not surprised, but I am disappointed that Katharine Carr Esters claims that she was 'tricked' into divulging her true feelings about Oprah and that she now denies that she revealed to me the identity of Oprah's biological father.

'Othello' was my first Shakespearean discovery. I was obsessed with drama at school, and I studied the play for my English GCSE. Desdemona is the part that everyone wants, but Iago's wife Emilia is the one I've always been drawn to.

Maybe because I'm a nice and sweet person in life, I like the darker roles. The really dark one is Lady Macbeth.

Himmler hates me. Now I am going to bring him down.

Deals, flattery, threats and promises are part of the process, certainly; do not flinch from any opportunity to scheme and plot, however sordid and demeaning it may appear.

The only thing as murky as a conspiracy is what's happening in Hollywood.

When I was teammates with Piquet and Prost, they were prolific in what they would get up to undermine you.

'Rakta Charitra' was more about human conflict than politics.

I love the characters in 'Wolf of Wall Street' and 'House of Cards.'

General Biassou is a simple, vulnerable man without much knowledge, and he is easily led astray by the scoundrels surrounding him. He has sworn eternal hatred for me, and for some time now, he has been trying to destroy me using whatever means he can.