I don't understand why people don't understand that the world of TV should look like the world outside of TV. — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I remember saying, very almost jokingly, I'm going to take over the world through television, that's my plan. And I said it… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I binge pretty much everything. If I'm watching something, I'm bingeing it. I binged 'The Good Place' recently. 'Handmaid's Tale.' — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
You don't necessarily have to watch something for 14 seasons. It's not necessarily the way everything's supposed to be. — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
Ive learned this is a very long marriage doing a television show. I like the people that I work with to be… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
There is no longer one way to consume TV. Some shows you want to watch live, some shows you only discover through… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I never, ever pay attention to the ratings. I stopped paying attention to the ratings somewhere around season two or three of… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I'm just obsessed with 'Game of Thrones,' especially Arya Stark. And I love 'Orange is the New Black,' although I just want… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
Writing for television is completely different from movie scriptwriting. A movie is all about the director's vision, but television is a writer's… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
My 15-year-old threw open the door the other day to my room and screamed, ''Freaks and Geeks' only has one season? Can… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I always like to say our shows should be something that, you know, before 10 o'clock, if your kid wanders into the… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I don't get to watch a lot of TV, mainly because I'm busy working. And I pretty much try not to watch… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I truly feel like my job is to make the shows. That's what I'm paid to do. It's somebody else's job to… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
I believe that good television should be challenging and frustrating and maddening and thrilling. If you just want to see people who… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
Everyone always says to me, 'Why aren't there more people of color on television?' I'm like, 'Why don't you ask a bunch… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
This moment right here, me standing up here all brown with my boobs and my Thursday night of network television full of… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
You literally can shoot someone in the face on television and a 7-year-old can watch it. But you can't show the slight… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share Image
My philosophy was always try to look like Whitney Houston at all times. That did not work out so well. — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
“Being numb no longer suits me. It’s ill-fitting and I’m antsy about it. I find myself snapping back at people more. Or writing little… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
You don't necessarily have to watch something for 14 seasons. It's not necessarily the way everything's supposed to be. — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
We all think we’re going to be great and we feel a little bit robbed when our expectations aren’t met. But sometimes our expectations… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
My worst trait is that I'm an introvert. When I've led stuff, the hardest thing for me to overcome has been my natural desire… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
There are stories to be told that are still untold and characters to be portrayed that haven't been portrayed correctly. So there's work to… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
I say it in the writers' room all the time: My black is not your black. What's terrifying is that, just the same way… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
I don't think of myself as a television producer. Obviously, that's crazy. Because I should. That's what I do. But I don't actually see… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
My father used to say to me, 'The only limit to your success is your own imagination.' I actually believed that - like, I'm… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
We spend our whole lives worrying about the future, planning for the future, trying to predict the future, as if figuring it out will… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
What I found fascinating for me was, I've never gotten so much approval and accolades and warmth and congratulations as when I had a… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
“Look. I will not be told what size to be. I do not care about anyone else’s judgment about my body. I am not… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
My parents created a world in which the only barrier to your success is your own imagination. — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
There have to be practical steps. There's no point in holding out for a magic door because there are no magic doors. You can… — Shonda Rhimes Copy Share
