I remember being asked when I was in high school what do I want to do when I grow up and the answer is so indicative - I would like to have been a successful playwright. — 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, was half the money for half the show. I was not interested, at that point, in doing a… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
