--- title: "14 Television Quotes By Jason Katims" description: "14 Television quotes by Jason Katims. Plus more from Jason Katims and more Television sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e83/jason-katims-16317_called_my-first-job-in-television-was-on-my-so_1901939.png" --- > [My first job in television was on 'My So-Called Life.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/my-first-job-in-television-was-on-my-so-called-life/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e83/jason-katims-16317_called_my-first-job-in-television-was-on-my-so_1901939.png) > [The frustrating thing about 'Friday Night Lights' is I know a lot more people would respond to the show if they saw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/the-frustrating-thing-about-friday-night-lights-is-i-know-a-lot-more/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c91/jason-katims-16317_about_the-frustrating-thing-about-friday-night_1794507.png) > [Something that I learned from 'Friday Night Lights,' sometimes if you have four or five scenes in an episode, it's not having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/something-that-i-learned-from-friday-night-lights-sometimes-if-you/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ef/jason-katims-16317_episode_something-that-i-learned-from-friday-nig_86359.png) > [In 'Friday Night Lights,' the relationship between the coach and his wife, that marriage was something that you couldn't really understand until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/in-friday-night-lights-the-relationship-between-the-coach-and-his/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0a/jason-katims-16317_actually_in-friday-night-lights-the-relationship_3103416.png) > [I feel like not only are 'Parenthood' fans passionate, but that passion has grown over the run of the show and people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/i-feel-like-not-only-are-parenthood-fans-passionate-but-that-passion/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a62/jason-katims-16317_air_i-feel-like-not-only-are-parenthood-fans_3151668.png) > [The most frustrating thing to me is when I tell people I work on 'Friday Night Lights,' they'll say, 'Oh, I hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/the-most-frustrating-thing-to-me-is-when-i-tell-people-i-work-on/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ec/jason-katims-16317_friday_the-most-frustrating-thing-to-me-is-when_1579043.png) > [Because of streaming, serialized television has become less of a dirty word when you're pitching shows. I had to fight for that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/because-of-streaming-serialized-television-has-become-less-of-a-dirty/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/jason-katims-16317_always_because-of-streaming-serialized-televisi_2615200.png) > [I directed the next-to-last episode of 'Parenthood.' I wrote three of the four last episodes. I had the cast to my house.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/i-directed-the-next-to-last-episode-of-parenthood-i-wrote-three-of/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/jason-katims-16317_after_i-directed-the-next-to-last-episode-of-p_2601361.jpg) > [How do you do something where you're able to be specific and edgy enough to compete with what the cable networks are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/how-do-you-do-something-where-you-re-able-to-be-specific-and-edgy/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/461/jason-katims-16317_able_how-do-you-do-something-where-you-re-abl_174038.png) > [What's great is that I keep hearing from people who are discovering 'Friday Night Lights' because of streaming and Netflix and Hulu…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/what-s-great-is-that-i-keep-hearing-from-people-who-are-discovering/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9d/jason-katims-16317_because_what-s-great-is-that-i-keep-hearing-from_2885343.jpg) > [I came to NBC on 'Friday Night Lights' and they have supported that show and found ways - unprecedented ways - to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/i-came-to-nbc-on-friday-night-lights-and-they-have-supported-that/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1d/jason-katims-16317_able_i-came-to-nbc-on-friday-night-lights-and_2732259.png) > [There's something about the alchemy of the show - the actors, the writers, the directors, the editors - that makes 'Parenthood' unique.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/there-s-something-about-the-alchemy-of-the-show-the-actors-the/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/887/jason-katims-16317_about_there-s-something-about-the-alchemy-of-t_1428053.png) > [The shows I've been working on, especially 'Parenthood' and 'Friday Night Lights,' I think are completely character-driven stories. I think, for most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/the-shows-i-ve-been-working-on-especially-parenthood-and-friday-night/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e7/jason-katims-16317_been_the-shows-i-ve-been-working-on-especiall_2423061.jpg) > [I sort of was inspired by 'Friday Night Lights,' where it was a very different show, but similar in that they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/i-sort-of-was-inspired-by-friday-night-lights-where-it-was-a-very/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/jason-katims-16317_both_i-sort-of-was-inspired-by-friday-night-l_191182.png) ## Other authors on Television - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-postman-70716.jpg) Neil Postman 35 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/neil-postman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-joss-whedon-53730.jpg) Joss Whedon 31 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/joss-whedon/) - [Julie Plec 26 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/julie-plec/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-chuck-palahniuk-24118.jpg) Chuck Palahniuk 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/chuck-palahniuk/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 24 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/donald-trump/) - [Kevin Reilly 23 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/kevin-reilly/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anwar-alawlaki-14363.jpg) Carlton Cuse 23 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/carlton-cuse/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-alysia-reiner-12018.jpg) Vince Gilligan 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/vince-gilligan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-amy-jo-martin-12468.jpg) Tom Shales 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/tom-shales/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-adelaide-clemens-9427.jpg) Mitchell Hurwitz 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/mitchell-hurwitz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-shonda-rhimes-85145.jpg) Shonda Rhimes 18 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/shonda-rhimes/) ## More by Jason Katims > [As much as I thought the end of 'Friday Night Lights' was a really great ending, I was one of those people who wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/as-much-as-i-thought-the-end-of-friday-night-lights-was-a-really/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) > [Something that I learned from 'Friday Night Lights,' sometimes if you have four or five scenes in an episode, it's not having less than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/something-that-i-learned-from-friday-night-lights-sometimes-if-you/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) > [How do you do something where you're able to be specific and edgy enough to compete with what the cable networks are doing and,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/how-do-you-do-something-where-you-re-able-to-be-specific-and-edgy/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) > [I sort of was inspired by 'Friday Night Lights,' where it was a very different show, but similar in that they were both large…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/i-sort-of-was-inspired-by-friday-night-lights-where-it-was-a-very/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) > [If nobody has really done a show about people in their twenties that has been successful, why?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/if-nobody-has-really-done-a-show-about-people-in-their-twenties-that/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) > [Any show I'm working on, I want the stories to always be about something, and to have the potential to be emotional. That's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/any-show-i-m-working-on-i-want-the-stories-to-always-be-about/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) > [I think there's definitely a way to tell a story, to also look at marriages that are working, but find drama from what's challenging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/i-think-there-s-definitely-a-way-to-tell-a-story-to-also-look-at/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) > [It's so funny because a lot of times we'll have these discussions as writers, and you feel like you're having a discussion with your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/it-s-so-funny-because-a-lot-of-times-we-ll-have-these-discussions-as/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) > ['Parenthood' has been the beneficiary of wonderful performances by child actors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/parenthood-has-been-the-beneficiary-of-wonderful-performances-by/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) > [You're breaking up, you're getting together, you're changing your life, you're arguing with your parents, you're making terrible mistakes, you're having great triumphs. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/you-re-breaking-up-you-re-getting-together-you-re-changing-your-life/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) > [One of the things you realize when you have a health crisis in your immediate family is that life does not stop so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/one-of-the-things-you-realize-when-you-have-a-health-crisis-in-your/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) > [There's something about the alchemy of the show - the actors, the writers, the directors, the editors - that makes 'Parenthood' unique. You get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/there-s-something-about-the-alchemy-of-the-show-the-actors-the/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) > [Write what you’re scared about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/write-what-you-re-scared-about/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) > [The most frustrating thing to me is when I tell people I work on 'Friday Night Lights,' they'll say, 'Oh, I hear that's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/the-most-frustrating-thing-to-me-is-when-i-tell-people-i-work-on/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) > [Honestly, I don't know enough about what's a good timeslot and what isn't. Either you have a timeslot where nobody is really tuning in,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/honestly-i-don-t-know-enough-about-what-s-a-good-timeslot-and-what/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/jason-katims/#itemlist", "name": "14 Television Quotes By Jason Katims", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My first job in television was on 'My So-Called Life.'", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jason Katims" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/my-first-job-in-television-was-on-my-so-called-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e83/jason-katims-16317_called_my-first-job-in-television-was-on-my-so_1901939.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e83/jason-katims-16317_called_my-first-job-in-television-was-on-my-so_1901939.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e83/jason-katims-16317_called_my-first-job-in-television-was-on-my-so_1901939.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My first job in television was on 'My So-Called Life.'” — Jason Katims", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The frustrating thing about 'Friday Night Lights' is I know a lot more people would respond to the show if they saw it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jason Katims" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/the-frustrating-thing-about-friday-night-lights-is-i-know-a-lot-more/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c91/jason-katims-16317_about_the-frustrating-thing-about-friday-night_1794507.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c91/jason-katims-16317_about_the-frustrating-thing-about-friday-night_1794507.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c91/jason-katims-16317_about_the-frustrating-thing-about-friday-night_1794507.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The frustrating thing about 'Friday Night Lights' is I know a lot more people would respond to the show if…” — Jason Katims", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Something that I learned from 'Friday Night Lights,' sometimes if you have four or five scenes in an episode, it's not having less than having 10. 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