My mother had no interest in cartoons. I remember thinking, 'I am never going to grow into that person.' Which is so ironic - now I get to work on 'Family Guy' and 'The Simpsons' and 'Futurama', all of these… — Dana Walden Copy Share Image
To be a great creator, you have to be vulnerable. You're creating characters that have a little bit of yourself in them... And you want to know it's a safe environment for that. — Dana Walden Copy Share Image
When I was little, my parents took away candy except on the weekends. So I'd rush out of my room at 5:00 A.M. on… — Dana Walden Copy Share Image
I think the best entertainment tackles social issues in a sort of seamless way. — Dana Walden Copy Share Image
As a woman in this organization, I can say that I don't ever feel that I was discriminated against or prevented from opportunities. — Dana Walden Copy Share Image
In 1995, I had been chosen to make a short presentation about the state of the TV business at a company retreat in Santa… — Dana Walden Copy Share Image
It's hard to tell why something touches a zeitgeist and when that same show doesn't in other places. — Dana Walden Copy Share Image
When Calista Flockhart read for 'Ally McBeal', I saw this perfect chemistry between the words on the page and the person who would embody… — Dana Walden Copy Share Image
When I got the first e-mail suggesting we cast Zooey Deschanel in 'New Girl', I thought, 'That's exactly right.' In the pilot of 'Modern… — Dana Walden Copy Share Image
The development process is not that simple... When I started working at Fox in '92, the company had decided that dramas were dead: they… — Dana Walden Copy Share Image
We are providing a platform to creators who are expressing their emotions; they are expressing what they are feeling - fears, joys, terror. That's… — Dana Walden Copy Share Image
'Prison Break' on Netflix has generated a whole new generation of viewers. — Dana Walden Copy Share Image
A director has to be on the set when the crew is called and is the last one to leave at night. I'm not… — Dana Walden Copy Share Image
