It's interesting when women direct. The work is better. They ask more people to participate. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
I believe most people don't go into show business unless they've been majorly unloved as a child. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
I love Larry Kramer's advocacy, and I love him as a person, and I think young people need to see that story. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
I actually think actors both are drawn to playing real-life historical people and are terrified. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
In television and the movie business, the people who are promoted and the people who are mentored always look like the white… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
When I talk to young people, I always tell them the biggest lesson I learned was that you shouldn't care about the… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
I'd never had a mentor in Hollywood. Men have always been in control of the business, and they usually mentor people who… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
People think I'm just sort of this P. T. Barnum, razzle-dazzle guy. They think I go out of my way to be… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
What I'm interested in doing now is to go and give voices that are not being heard a platform and to sort… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
I've gotten death threats, yes. I have. I think anytime you shine a spotlight on homosexuality or minorities and you try and… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
Larry Kramer wisely realized so early on that to change the world, people have to know you. If they know you and see that… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share
I think everyone wants for their children a world that's better than the one they came up in. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share
One of the unique things about 'American Horror Story' is, it's very respectful to actors. Actors in many cases don't want to be tied… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share
I started off in this business in 1998, and I didn't fit in. There was no place for me, and I always felt like… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share
As a showrunner, you can never be a 'maybe.' When I do movies, there is a lot of, 'Maybe' and, 'Let's investigate that.' But… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share
I don't think there's ever a winner in a feud. It's about emotional pain and an inability to conquer the pain. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share
Well, I'm from Indiana. So to me when I was a little kid growing up, Cincinnati was the glamorous New York of it all. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share
The Hollywood thing is - like, it feels like the biggest thing in the world, and yet it's the smallest town. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share
“The sidewalks flash silver with mica. Skyline smeared with geese. By way of recognition I lost the sound of your voice.” — Ryan Murphy Copy Share
When I was growing up my favorite show was 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show', and I loved all the stuff that Norman Lear did. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share
I'm not interested in anything but emotionally driven stories; that's why almost all of my work is exclusively anchored by women. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share
You've not felt the pain of rejection until a television show based on your own life is canceled. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share
