Shows don't reunite because television doesn't work that way. There's no profit model and people go off to do other work. — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
We mapped out the whole movie, and then worked backwards from that to do these shows. It might not be a movie.… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
The "executive producer" title either means that you're the person who created, or co-created, the show, or you're the person who's in… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
Even on the old show, we would maybe not all be in the scene. Sometimes there would be a penthouse scene and… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
The form came out of the function because it is for the audience that already knows the show, while hoping to get… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
They say to just write about what's happening in your backyard because that's where you find the most creativity. It's in the… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
Well, at the time, you have to remember that we were not successful. The Showtime offer, as it was presented to me,… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
We figured the interesting question for them is, "Where has the family been since 2006, since the last time we saw them?"… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
One of the things I liked about bringing this show back was that it gives people something to look forward to. In… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
I've never had a working relationship like I have with them. I developed a lot of the design of this show with… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
People have outs for numbers of episodes, usually, written into their contract. Some studios will say, "We're going to let Julia Louis-Dreyfus… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
I don't know how that budget would have been worked out, but that was the initial idea. Obviously, we couldn't have had… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
At the time, I used to say, "We should market this like Everybody Loves Raymond. It's just a guy dealing with his… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
One of the challenges of the show has always been trying to be surprising, and that was easy to do when nobody… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
We started writing the shows in order, and then very quickly had to jump to, "Oh, we got Tony Hale today and… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
There are elements of that, where you'll see a scene again and you'll recognize it, but I wouldn't say it's got one… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
I could vomit, right this moment. I literally could vomit on cue. Yes. Here's the truth of that. We didn't have a… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
There were a couple times when we started working out the stories - and I was doing this with Jim Vallely and… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
I think it actually makes more sense for a new audience than the old show did because we're focusing on one character… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
Netflix will know everything. Netflix will know when a person stops watching it. They have all of their algorithms and will know… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
There are a lot of things that are in the show that harken back to the old show, but I really wanted… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
One of the best ways into the business is to get a job with a production, which you can do by cold-calling or by… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share
For the most part you are dealing with jealousy, you are dealing with love, you're dealing with hatred, you are dealing with revenge and… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share
I joked recently that I thought 30 seconds a day for three years would be the best way to enjoy it, and I'm going… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share
What you'll gain is the macro story. You'll get a good command of that. And what you might lose is some of the fun… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share
I always liked magic. I was always embarrassed by liking magic because I liked the fact that they're just lying. — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share
The revolution is here. It's established that Netflix is a place where you can get premium content. It's a whole new world. It's very… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share
We started writing the shows in order, and then very quickly had to jump to, "Oh, we got Tony Hale today and Jessica [Walter."… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share
There's real peril in trying to repeat yourself, and apply rules that applied to something else to a new project. — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share
The TV industry works in this crazy system where everybody's trying to get the same actors at the same time. — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share
When I was on 'The Golden Girls,' we'd have eight scenes per show. And when 'Seinfeld' came along, they went to, like, 30 scenes… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share
When we were making 'Arrested Development,' it was the hardest thing I'd ever done. You know, nobody was watching. We weren't getting feedback. The… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share
One of the challenges of the show has always been trying to be surprising, and that was easy to do when nobody was watching… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share
It's very easy I think when you're a creative person to wait for the right thing and to start getting self-conscious about how you… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share
The people that always impress me are the ones that are curious about what they're going to do next. — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share
If you've got a restaurant, you definitely want the line to be out the door the first night, but you're more interested in people… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share
