Sterling K. Brown Quotes

I think one of the reasons for the success of 'Breaking Bad,' and now for 'Better Call Saul,' is that we have been blessed by AMC and Sony with enough time to figure things out.

Great art, the more specific you are, the more universal it becomes, and that's the thing that I loved about 'The Wire.'

Part of the responsibility of being a modern storyteller is understanding modern audiences and trusting what they can handle. It's not just settling into what we think they want.

I never know what I'm going to get. A 'Sopranos' fan is very different from a 'Big Lebowski' fan.

The whole format of 'Game of Thrones' is that you just don't know what to expect.

If the movie's well made and it's about things that count, people will ultimately see the depth in it.

The great thing about being an actor is things happen to you very quickly. I like to put myself in the way of surprise.

The interpretive element of 'Lost' - the fact that you immediately need, as soon as the episode is over, to seek out a community of people to express your own thoughts about it, understand what they thought about it and form an opinion - that's the bread and butter of the show.

It's a blessing to be a part of television shows that were, to a certain extent, staples in a lot of people's lives and as far as their entertainment lives.

People have really long attention spans, and they love complicated plots. TV series are giving the audience what they want.

People don't just want a mindless flick with a superstar; they want to connect more deeply.

The predictable thing about 'The Good Wife' is how unpredictable 'The Good Wife' is.

I honestly feel like we never had a bad episode by TV standards. Every week I felt there were so many strong components of the show, especially the writing.

Never in a million years did I think 'Game of Thrones' was going to take off like it did.

You never want your second act or the whole movie to just be this relentless march towards its goal. You want things to take the audience by surprise.

Sometimes shows get into their 5th and 6th season and you're like, where can you go? But 'Dexter' is still so strong, it's really refreshing.

Once in awhile, there's stuff that makes me say, That's what theatre's about. It has to be a human event on the stage, and that doesn't happen very often.

If you want to know what's going on in America, you have to watch soap operas.

It's awesome when people respond to your movie and love it.

'Psych' was so many different things, and they evolved in so many different ways over the years, and towards the end there, we were barely solving mysteries anymore. We were just paying homage to our favorite movies, television shows, and bringing through as many '80s icons as we possibly could.

I want to create a TV show that people will watch and say, 'Hey, I have a favorite character,' or 'Hey, that person reminds me of myself,' or 'Hey, I've made some of those same mistakes, or those are some of the things I've dealt with.'

I love high concept movies, but they can only work if the source of inspiration is really human - if they're driven by pain and strong emotions. Once you connect the audience with that, then I swear you can take them on the craziest journey, and they'll come along.

Whenever a film allows you to think and feel and take it beyond the moment, I think it's achieved something. And 'Funny Games' does that.

I think 'The Leftovers' is one of the most extraordinary shows that has ever seen the light of day.

I don't know whether it's audiences or filmmakers who want characters to be likable today, but I don't think actors are afraid of their characters being unlikable.