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Steven Levitan

(1962) Film Director United States

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Steven Levitan is a film director from the United States.

Quick Facts About Steven Levitan

Born: April 6, 1962
Nationality: United States
Profession: Film Director

About Steven Levitan

Steven E. Levitan is an American television producer, director, and screenwriter. He has created many television series such as Just Shoot Me!, Stark Raving Mad, Stacked, Back to You, Modern Family, and Reboot.

Awards & Honors

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series Writers Guild of America Award Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series

Quotes by Steven Levitan

I believe 'Hollywood' is more like middle America than many people imagine.

America

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Twitter is fun - I'm a tech guy, I love anything new, I'm big on all that stuff.

Big stuff

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I'm a little bit in shock, to tell you the truth.

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What about the accusation that Hollywood is trying to advance its liberal agenda? Well, the fact is, while the creative community admittedly…

Accusation

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Some estimate Hulu IPO could bring in $2 billion. What will the content providers get? Zero. What is Hulu without content? An…

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At its core, 90 percent of my job is still sitting down in a room full of people, and breaking stories... and…

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I think that people with differing points of view find common ground in 'Modern Family' is very flattering, and I'm appreciative of…

Appreciative

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But at its core, 90 percent of my job is still sitting down in a room full of people, and breaking storiesand…

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I acknowledge that Hulu's easy accessibility probably keeps some people from pirating. But a respected industry analyst says less than 5% of…

Accessibility

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I once called the head of a network a liar. In hindsight, I should have called him an incompetent liar.

Hindsight

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I think every time there's a show like 'Modern Family' or 'Will & Grace' that portray gay and lesbian characters and is…

Character

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Friends in the Midwest often ask me what it's like to raise a family in Los Angeles. I say it's just like…

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None of us grew up feeling like winners. So thank you to the bullies, to the popular kids, to the gym teachers…

Bullies

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Right now the producers of 'Modern Family' have no idea how many people watch our show each week on all platforms, and…

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Sometimes you do have to scare people a little bit: if someone is not acting in the best interest of the show,…

Acting

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I was raised Jewish, my wife was raised Catholic. Though we respect each other's heritage, and while many of our friends are…

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With drama, especially, it seems like the bigger the budgets and the edgier the characters, the more interesting they are. We're very…

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