Television Quotes by James L. Brooks

8 Television quotes by James L. Brooks

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James L. Brooks, a veteran storyteller, offers a brief set of eight reflections on television. The quotes blend his keen industry sense with gentle humor, providing a quick look at his perspective.

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Working on any show that works is the best job you can possibly have in any area of the business. You've got…

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That's the great thing about a series: you're driving to work, and you have an idea for a story for your characters,…

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I always think a successful television series is the best job because it gives you community, it doesn't demand temporary insanity the…

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A television job that's working is the best job in the world.

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I think television keeps on being a place where writers can go, and if they're successful, they can have their way, and…

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In television writing, even if you're running the writers room, it's a writers room.

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The fact is that television, even before the movies, offered the chance to control our work and to get to do it…

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I love bingeing. 'The Wire' was my first binge, and the thing about bingeing is, when you are doing four or five…

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Great things that can happen when you're doing a movie.

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I took some time out for life.

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I have a rule in research: The third time you hear something, it's generally true.

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I have a lot of nightmares.

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Nothing is a matter of course when you get to do your own thing. It's always a gift that can stop giving and probably…

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Kids in general make things fresh and alive and they have this great appreciation for, Holy mackerel, we're making a movie!

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I'm big on research.

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There was a great director who directed a picture that I wrote who barred me from the set quite appropriately and said, "I'm sorry,…

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Dagwood Bumstead was a great unrecognized hero of American literature. He showed up every day, he got knocked down every day, he never got…

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Working on any show that works is the best job you can possibly have in any area of the business. You've got so much…

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I love it if comedy reflects real life because to me it's more reassuring that we'll get through.

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I love romantic comedy, but I think you have to have another idea that you're chasing along with romantic comedy.

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When you work alongside somebody day in and day out, the relationships tend to be wonderful: they're lifelong.

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If you write about a process you're about to go through, market research, and you go through it, and it doesn't echo what you've…

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I laugh every day. There are days when my laughs are pretty hollow. Dust comes out of your mouth, and your bones make a…

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