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> [By actually taking Sleepy Hollow and the Rip Van Winkle story, and finding the spirit of what was great about both of them and putting them together. So it felt, actually, like one of those ideas that clicked for us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-kurtzman/by-actually-taking-sleepy-hollow-and-the-rip-van-winkle-story-and/)

[Alex Kurtzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-kurtzman/)

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## More by Alex Kurtzman

> [When you're working on a scene, both in the script phase and also in the moment, you look around and you wait for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-kurtzman/when-you-re-working-on-a-scene-both-in-the-script-phase-and-also-in/)

[Alex Kurtzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-kurtzman/)

> [As a director you have to be at 30,000 ft objectively looking at everything, wondering if you're making the right objective, emotional, story, character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-kurtzman/as-a-director-you-have-to-be-at-30-000-ft-objectively-looking-at/)

[Alex Kurtzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-kurtzman/)

> [I think our goal and intention is to make sure that, when you watch each episode, you don't have to make that choice, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-kurtzman/i-think-our-goal-and-intention-is-to-make-sure-that-when-you-watch/)

[Alex Kurtzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-kurtzman/)

> [I think what all the Universal monster movies are defined by, and what makes them very special, is that it's really the only genre…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-kurtzman/i-think-what-all-the-universal-monster-movies-are-defined-by-and-what/)

[Alex Kurtzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-kurtzman/)

> [The thing for me, and I can only really judge this by what I respond to myself as an audience member, I really only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-kurtzman/the-thing-for-me-and-i-can-only-really-judge-this-by-what-i-respond/)

[Alex Kurtzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-kurtzman/)

> [I think what people watch television for is the emotional continuity, from episode to episode, and feeling that the experience that they had, four…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-kurtzman/i-think-what-people-watch-television-for-is-the-emotional-continuity/)

[Alex Kurtzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-kurtzman/)

> [In fact, we actually listen to fans all the time. It's helpful because you want to get a sense of what people are looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-kurtzman/in-fact-we-actually-listen-to-fans-all-the-time-it-s-helpful-because/)

[Alex Kurtzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-kurtzman/)

> [You used to have to make a choice. Is it a serialized television show, or is it a stand-alone or procedural? We were wildly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-kurtzman/you-used-to-have-to-make-a-choice-is-it-a-serialized-television-show/)

[Alex Kurtzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-kurtzman/)

> [By actually taking Sleepy Hollow and the Rip Van Winkle story, and finding the spirit of what was great about both of them and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-kurtzman/by-actually-taking-sleepy-hollow-and-the-rip-van-winkle-story-and/)

[Alex Kurtzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-kurtzman/)

> [When you start a script you aim to hit a note you know you want to end in general.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-kurtzman/when-you-start-a-script-you-aim-to-hit-a-note-you-know-you-want-to/)

[Alex Kurtzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-kurtzman/)

> [I asked a director once what the secret of it all was, and he said you have to be so prepared that you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-kurtzman/i-asked-a-director-once-what-the-secret-of-it-all-was-and-he-said-you/)

[Alex Kurtzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-kurtzman/)

> [I love the opportunity to tell the story about the characters through the music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-kurtzman/i-love-the-opportunity-to-tell-the-story-about-the-characters-through/)

[Alex Kurtzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-kurtzman/)

> [An emotional story is an emotional story no matter how big or small it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-kurtzman/an-emotional-story-is-an-emotional-story-no-matter-how-big-or-small/)

[Alex Kurtzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-kurtzman/)

> [You always go by your gut. That's the best you can do. You go by what you feel, and you say yes or no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-kurtzman/you-always-go-by-your-gut-that-s-the-best-you-can-do-you-go-by-what/)

[Alex Kurtzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-kurtzman/)

> [We were such fans of Sleepy Hollow, in all of its iterations - growing up with the Disney show, and then Tim Burton's and,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-kurtzman/we-were-such-fans-of-sleepy-hollow-in-all-of-its-iterations-growing/)

[Alex Kurtzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-kurtzman/)

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