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> [We want 'McMafia' to be a tense gangster story but also a family story. It's a collusion of those two worlds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-watkins/we-want-mcmafia-to-be-a-tense-gangster-story-but-also-a-family-story/)

[James Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-watkins/)

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> ['The Godfather' is the talismanic giant that hangs over everything in the gangster genre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-watkins/the-godfather-is-the-talismanic-giant-that-hangs-over-everything-in/)

[James Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-watkins/)

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## Other authors on Gangster

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-graeme-base-39187.jpg) Lorenzo Carcaterra 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gangster/lorenzo-carcaterra/)

## More by James Watkins

> [If you think about the traditional mafia stories we grew up on, it is always about the death of criminal organisations - things like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-watkins/if-you-think-about-the-traditional-mafia-stories-we-grew-up-on-it-is/)

[James Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-watkins/)

> [The opportunity to be able to tell long-form character stories is something that TV affords and is therefore a terrain that a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-watkins/the-opportunity-to-be-able-to-tell-long-form-character-stories-is/)

[James Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-watkins/)

> [We want 'McMafia' to be a tense gangster story but also a family story. It's a collusion of those two worlds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-watkins/we-want-mcmafia-to-be-a-tense-gangster-story-but-also-a-family-story/)

[James Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-watkins/)

> [We think criminality is something that exists in somehow another world to us. But actually, there is an invisible criminal web in which we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-watkins/we-think-criminality-is-something-that-exists-in-somehow-another/)

[James Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-watkins/)

> [People like to see their lives mythologized in some way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-watkins/people-like-to-see-their-lives-mythologized-in-some-way/)

[James Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-watkins/)

> [As a screenwriter, you are so used to things going in directions that you wouldn't have taken, so to be able to say, 'This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-watkins/as-a-screenwriter-you-are-so-used-to-things-going-in-directions-that/)

[James Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-watkins/)

> [Directing is an act of interpretation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-watkins/directing-is-an-act-of-interpretation/)

[James Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-watkins/)

> [Parents fear for their children. Absolutely, I think it's a deep and troubling theme to explore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-watkins/parents-fear-for-their-children-absolutely-i-think-it-s-a-deep-and/)

[James Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-watkins/)

> [There are a lot of horror films out there that are nasty, but what's nasty isn't necessarily scary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-watkins/there-are-a-lot-of-horror-films-out-there-that-are-nasty-but-what-s/)

[James Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-watkins/)

> [If you look at 'The Sopranos,' there's this notion of a criminal element on its last legs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-watkins/if-you-look-at-the-sopranos-there-s-this-notion-of-a-criminal-element/)

[James Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-watkins/)

> [If you look around in London, there is a lot of dirty money. People see it as a safe haven: a bolthole to rely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-watkins/if-you-look-around-in-london-there-is-a-lot-of-dirty-money-people-see/)

[James Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-watkins/)

> [Television is ever more ambitious, more akin to the Victorian novel with multiple narratives and more discursive material.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-watkins/television-is-ever-more-ambitious-more-akin-to-the-victorian-novel/)

[James Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-watkins/)

> [I don't really watch a load of 'Game Of Thrones.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-watkins/i-don-t-really-watch-a-load-of-game-of-thrones/)

[James Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-watkins/)

> [There's nothing worse in television than what I call 'poor man's Jerry Bruckheimer.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-watkins/there-s-nothing-worse-in-television-than-what-i-call-poor-man-s-jerry/)

[James Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-watkins/)

> [I've got lots of friends who would just think, 'Horror movies - they're crap, aren't they?' I think there's a cultural snobbery more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-watkins/i-ve-got-lots-of-friends-who-would-just-think-horror-movies-they-re/)

[James Watkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-watkins/)

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