What's crucial about being an executive producer is that you stay in the loop, information-wise. They have to share all their major decisions with you.
When I graduated, I was really lucky because I got hired immediately by CBS as a production assistant.
I started working with James [Schamus] early on, and my role as an executive producer was more about being involved in the conversations of putting the film together. I didn't have to do much work because James is the most experienced first-time director you could imagine.
I see myself stepping more heavily into the producing world. I like having that control, and being in control so to speak, and being part of picking great material and bringing it to life.
My first project was 'Hunchback of Notre Dame'. I co-produced that.
My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
I'm a natural behind the camera... My attentions are more toward behind the scenes, more toward creating, producing, and directing what's going on here... When I finally do pop in front of the lens, I'm genuinely glad and relieved to be there.
Producing should be a creative responsibility.
I suppose I was always attracted to the producing function - trying to put things together and make things happen.
I have a lot to do with the writing, and also the production, but it would be wrong of me to say that I'm the most important member of the band, because everybody is important the way I see it.
I think from the age of thirteen, I really wanted to be a producer and I've always thought that the producer was the top of the tree.
I design music; I don't produce it.
As far long-term aspirations, other than acting, I do want to direct a little bit. I want to get on the production side and eventually start a production company and maybe make some projects of my own.
The people on 'Quintuplets' were great, but I wasn't a producer on that show, and it wasn't exactly my taste.
When I got back into the film business after college, I started out as a production assistant.
There are a lot of people who don't contribute anything to consumption and production.
I actually wanted to be a producer because I like to run things.
If I was going to do anything, I'd be a producer, only because I'd like to have a say in what gets made and what doesn't.
As a producer, I'm an objective observer, helping a band form their ideas into a cohesive album. It's a step back from the intimacy of creation.
I interned at NBC News and had a great experience there in both New York City and Washington. After graduating, I got an entry-level production job at PBS in Boston. There, I developed the bug for programming and production.
I would like to shift more into writing for and producing people.
As an executive producer, I feel really lucky.
Usually, I write the music and am involved in the production.
It's good to see so many actresses getting into production. It's a smart move.
I actually never acted on "Deadwood." I have meetings all the time where people look at my IMDb page and see that I played the part of "Accounting Clerk" on Deadwood. Actually, I was the accounting clerk for production of "Deadwood."
