Vikings Quotes by Michael Hirst

9 Vikings quotes by Michael Hirst

Michael Hirst’s nine brief quotes pull you into the rugged world of Norse warriors, delivering a quick taste of the drama and myth that fuels his storytelling.

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With 'Vikings,' I had the task of making these people interesting and, to a point, sympathetic.

Michael Hirst

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If you're in America or Europe, walk for three blocks, and you'll pass about 14 Vikings. Their reach was immense.

Michael Hirst

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I couldn't give 'Vikings' away - I mean, I love these people. And I'm not sure anyone else writing it would necessarily…

Michael Hirst

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I got interested in the Vikings, and then you realize that there isn't much to be read about them because they did…

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TV drama - not always, but on the whole - were pretty appalling and very secondary, too. No one expected it to…

Michael Hirst

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The Vikings certainly didn't write anything about themselves; it was not a literate, but rather a pagan, culture. So what we get…

Michael Hirst

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With 'The Tudors,' I had a huge amount of material - I mean, so many books and so much stuff about what…

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I felt that a lot of Viking culture had been caricatured and misconstrued. After all, they were far more democratic than the…

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For 'Vikings,' we have to do so much outside shooting, and it's normally - I think with American shows, it'll be 60…

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For 'Vikings,' we have to do so much outside shooting, and it's normally - I think with American shows, it'll be 60 or 70…

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People love cliches. If you can give people cliches, that's very good TV, then.

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With 'The Tudors,' I had a huge amount of material, I mean so many books and so much stuff about what they really said.…

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I couldn't give 'Vikings' away - I mean, I love these people. And I'm not sure anyone else writing it would necessarily have the…

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The Vikings certainly didn't write anything about themselves; it was not a literate, but rather a pagan, culture. So what we get was written…

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When I did 'The Tudors,' there was massive information available and a ready-made market.

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My instinct is to absolutely recoil when talking about writing in a mechanistic way. Nothing could be dumber than writing a film or TV…

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I've found that using historical material and being rooted in historical material is liberating because I always think to myself, 'Well, this actually happened,…

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People offer me loads of stuff, and some of it I like, but I just can't do it because I can't write it all.…

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The American obsession with 'Downton' amuses me slightly because it's such a fiction. I've always been questioned about my historical veracity, and 'Downton' just…

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