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> [The thing for me, and I can only really judge this by what I respond to myself as an audience member, I really only respond to a movie if I'm interested in the people who are in it. It's really…](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/)

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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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