The problem with ratings is that you can give yourself a million reasons why they are what they are. — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
A long-running show leaves behind a legacy of storytellers and their relationship with the audience. — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
'Originals' is a show that is not about struggling as a vampire but reveling in it. It's about embracing vampirism. — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
If people love 'TVD' in 20 years the way they still love 'Buffy' today - on its 20th anniversary - I will… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
'The Vampire Diaries' is a serialized drama. It deserved its final chapter. — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
TV is really, really, really hard work. You sacrifice a lot of your personal life, a lot of your sanity, just to… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
I feel like Caroline Forbes is such a crucial element... on 'The Vampire Diaries.' — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
'The Reckoning' is one of my proudest hours. I love that episode so much. — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
The joke of being a showrunner is that people ask how you get it all done, and you don't. The list of… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
I've always been a super-fan of television storytelling. It took me a while to figure that out in a career capacity, but… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
I wanted people to talk about the finale of 'The Vampire Diaries' as one of their favorites, which is a lofty ambition,… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
Don't do another show just because someone thinks that there's a dollar to be earned there. Do it because you love the… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
I would never say no to continuing to explore the - somebody coined the phrase for me the other day, which I… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
I remember just weeping my way through the 'Friday Night Lights' finale with my best friend and just being so happy all… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
It took me some time to realize television, for someone like me, was the perfect medium. I like to produce, I like… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
I look at 'Friday Night Lights' as one of my all-time favorite series finales, and that is what you want. After all… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
I think the model of The CW Network is really built on the fan platform more than anything else. The success or… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
Saying goodbye to Nina is both bittersweet and beautiful. After six-plus years together, the entire cast and crew of The Vampire Diaries… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
Because I was such a student of pop culture growing up, I love that on the list of things that I got… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
When you're the showrunner, you're the person that's in control of most of the details, and to be able to take all… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
I always talk about Meredith and Derrick from 'Grey's Anatomy,' and I loved them the most when they sort of opened and… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
Speaking only for myself, the ideal finale to me is 'Friday Night Lights,' where you have loved and worshipped a show for… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
Fans are always talking about endgame as though endgame has been chosen from minute 1. I don't know that you could talk… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
'Ghost World' was such an incredibly difficult episode to find the right tone for. I remember at the time it was very… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
I used to sneak 'General Hospital' when I was a kid. My cousin was my babysitter, and she watched it, so I… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
Cynicism doesn't have its way in series finales. My emotional desire when I watch a series come to an end is to… — Julie Plec Copy Share Image
Daily, I visualize the smart-ass troll who lives deep in my subconscious, and I pelt him with rainbows and unicorns. I fight a battle… — Julie Plec Copy Share
Fans are always talking about endgame as though endgame has been chosen from minute 1. I don't know that you could talk to a… — Julie Plec Copy Share
Actors have their own processes, and if you want to be respectful of their process, you've got to communicate with them in the language… — Julie Plec Copy Share
The problem with ratings is that you can give yourself a million reasons why they are what they are. — Julie Plec Copy Share
Because I was such a student of pop culture growing up, I love that on the list of things that I got to work… — Julie Plec Copy Share
I think that when you're exploring themes of humanity and what defines a hero and what makes us our best self and what makes… — Julie Plec Copy Share
Don't do another show just because someone thinks that there's a dollar to be earned there. Do it because you love the characters, and… — Julie Plec Copy Share
If the day-to-day culture is saying it's OK to not be inclusive or tolerant, that it's OK to be bigoted, then it's your responsibility… — Julie Plec Copy Share
Once a vampire drinks another vampires blood they are connected to them forever — Julie Plec Copy Share
The funny thing about the entertainment business is that we all feel like kids playing in a candy store, but we are entrusted with… — Julie Plec Copy Share
I remember, my freshman year of college, sitting in my TV room at the end of my dorm hallway with one other girl watching… — Julie Plec Copy Share
I used to sneak 'General Hospital' when I was a kid. My cousin was my babysitter, and she watched it, so I got hooked… — Julie Plec Copy Share
I do all these panels where people are always talking about the lack of female directors, and I have a lot of opinions on… — Julie Plec Copy Share
