I went to school to be a psychiatrist. That's where I was going until I had a teacher-student conference with one of my teachers and there were film school pamphlets, and he said, "You don't belong here. Get out. Go… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
Everything was so designed by Hannibal to break down Will in the first season, until Will's sanity became questionable. It's so much easier to believe that somebody losing their mind is capable of terrible things than it is to consider Frasier Crane, a charming, fun doctor who invites you to dinner. If you put those two in a police lineup,… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share
Growing up, there were a lot of funerals that I attended, and the adults at the funerals went out of their way to make… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
I felt, selfishly, that if there was going to be a TV show about 'Hannibal Lecter' whether I was going to be involved or… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
Anything that happens on any show is a plot contrivance because that's just storytelling. — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
You can't measure a dog's intelligence by giving him a verbal test 'cause it's not on their scale, but that doesn't mean they're not… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
If it is true that if you believe in something, you manifest it, there are many Jesus Christs in the universe, because there are… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
That's just me wanting that supernatural tool to tell a story and also not wanting to be restricted by reality, with how we're telling a tale, because we are a heightened reality on Hannibal. There is a larger-than-life quality to the storytelling when it gets into particulars. I like the idea of being able to dismiss reality, depending on if… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share
I think if you are writing something that you are trying to design for someone else to like that is not necessarily you're demographic,… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
When you are developing something, you have to look at it individually. You can't compare and contrast it to the projects around it, because… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
I love actors, and I love the casting process. It's funny, like, some writers don't like actors because, I think, they are the faces… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
What was always interesting about Thomas Harris' books is they were a wonderful hybridization of a crime thriller and a horror movie. — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
If you see the blood, then there's an easy association of the violence. The violence that happens when there isn't blood is actually much… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
