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> [When you finish writing the scripts they have time to take a breath and think about everything. There's just a little more time to think. Network does not allow for that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/when-you-finish-writing-the-scripts-they-have-time-to-take-a-breath/)

[Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/)

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## More by Alex Graves

> [I was really, really stagnating and getting bored in the steady work of television and didn't really know what movies I would be making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/i-was-really-really-stagnating-and-getting-bored-in-the-steady-work/)

[Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/)

> ['Terra Nova,' more than anything I've ever done in my life, is for everybody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/terra-nova-more-than-anything-i-ve-ever-done-in-my-life-is-for/)

[Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/)

> [And one of the things that's interesting about how they're doing the show is that the audience almost knows more than the characters do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/and-one-of-the-things-that-s-interesting-about-how-they-re-doing-the/)

[Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/)

> [My experience on 'The West Wing' was, I think, now rare in that I was pretty young, and I walked into this environment where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/my-experience-on-the-west-wing-was-i-think-now-rare-in-that-i-was/)

[Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/)

> [For 'Game of Thrones,' I realized immediately that it was about the characters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/for-game-of-thrones-i-realized-immediately-that-it-was-about-the/)

[Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/)

> [Especially as a director on 'West Wing,' I directed a lot of different things in a lot of different ways and really stretched my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/especially-as-a-director-on-west-wing-i-directed-a-lot-of-different/)

[Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/)

> [The hardest part of 'Game of Thrones' is there is so much incredible talent bouncing off the walls that you'll actually miss some of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/the-hardest-part-of-game-of-thrones-is-there-is-so-much-incredible/)

[Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/)

> [Obviously the highest pressure scene, I guess it might've been a tie - what was the bigger death, Tyrion with Shae, Tyrion wth Twyin,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/obviously-the-highest-pressure-scene-i-guess-it-might-ve-been-a-tie/)

[Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/)

> [Because if you remember - and people forget this - the first two years of Game of Thrones everybody was going, "I don't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/because-if-you-remember-and-people-forget-this-the-first-two-years-of/)

[Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/)

> [Death is either an incredible ending to a story or, more often than not if you ask the right questions, it's the beginning of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/death-is-either-an-incredible-ending-to-a-story-or-more-often-than/)

[Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/)

> [For someone making a pilot, assuming the talent is there and you can maneuver the system properly, it's just a matter of standing your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/for-someone-making-a-pilot-assuming-the-talent-is-there-and-you-can/)

[Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/)

> [There weren't any deleted scenes, it was just a matter of tightening stuff. I didn't have any deleted scenes in what I did as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/there-weren-t-any-deleted-scenes-it-was-just-a-matter-of-tightening/)

[Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/)

> [You can certainly shorten things and tighten things, we tightened up Jon's walk to Mance Rayder's tent. That was something that got tightened up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/you-can-certainly-shorten-things-and-tighten-things-we-tightened-up/)

[Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/)

> [I was, and am, a frustrated filmmaker and film student, and my passion and love for movies was so broad that, in the earlier…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/i-was-and-am-a-frustrated-filmmaker-and-film-student-and-my-passion/)

[Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/)

> ['Game of Thrones' is the broadest of narratives. I don't know if anyone in the U.S. has done a story on such a large…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-graves/game-of-thrones-is-the-broadest-of-narratives-i-don-t-know-if-anyone/)

[Alex Graves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-graves/)

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