--- title: "17 You Quotes By Jason Katims" description: "17 You quotes by Jason Katims. Plus more from Jason Katims and more You sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97a/jason-katims-16317_crisis_one-of-the-things-you-realize-when-you-h_1314695.png" --- > [One of the things you realize when you have a health crisis in your immediate family is that life does not stop…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97a/jason-katims-16317_crisis_one-of-the-things-you-realize-when-you-h_1314695.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) > [That's the thing that I've always kind of kept in the back of my head in writing about teens, that everything is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/that-s-the-thing-that-i-ve-always-kind-of-kept-in-the-back-of-my-head/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae0/jason-katims-16317_about_that-s-the-thing-that-i-ve-always-kind-o_2872648.png) > [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…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0db/jason-katims-16317_about_honestly-i-don-t-know-enough-about-what_1593389.png) > [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) > [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…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/jason-katims-16317_arguing_you-re-breaking-up-you-re-getting-togeth_1223477.jpg) > [What's fun about comedy is you're pushing things a little further than you would in a drama; you're pushing reality a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/what-s-fun-about-comedy-is-you-re-pushing-things-a-little-further/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/252/jason-katims-16317_about_what-s-fun-about-comedy-is-you-re-pushin_3076960.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) > [We shoot with three cameras, try to shoot both sides of coverage if possible. That allows the actors to overlap and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/we-shoot-with-three-cameras-try-to-shoot-both-sides-of-coverage-if/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/jason-katims-16317_actor_we-shoot-with-three-cameras-try-to-shoot_2828685.png) > [I think there's definitely a way to tell a story, to also look at marriages that are working, but find drama from…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad7/jason-katims-16317_about_i-think-there-s-definitely-a-way-to-tell_666959.png) > [I feel that people are basically trying to do their best in the world. Even when you see people making mistakes, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/i-feel-that-people-are-basically-trying-to-do-their-best-in-the-world/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/jason-katims-16317_basically_i-feel-that-people-are-basically-trying_2280595.jpg) > [Many of the things that I have written on have focused, at least a big part of the story, on adolescents. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/many-of-the-things-that-i-have-written-on-have-focused-at-least-a-big/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e98/jason-katims-16317_adolescent_many-of-the-things-that-i-have-written-o_2704229.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) > [A lot of times as writers, you want to come up with the best possible story, and you bend it according to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/a-lot-of-times-as-writers-you-want-to-come-up-with-the-best-possible/) [Jason Katims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-katims/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11b/jason-katims-16317_about_a-lot-of-times-as-writers-you-want-to-co_2605315.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) > [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…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c82/jason-katims-16317_another_it-s-so-funny-because-a-lot-of-times-we_858046.jpg) ## Other authors on You ## 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/you/jason-katims/#itemlist", "name": "17 You Quotes By Jason Katims", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One of the things you realize when you have a health crisis in your immediate family is that life does not stop so that you can go through that experience.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jason Katims" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-katims/one-of-the-things-you-realize-when-you-have-a-health-crisis-in-your/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97a/jason-katims-16317_crisis_one-of-the-things-you-realize-when-you-h_1314695.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97a/jason-katims-16317_crisis_one-of-the-things-you-realize-when-you-h_1314695.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97a/jason-katims-16317_crisis_one-of-the-things-you-realize-when-you-h_1314695.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One of the things you realize when you have a health crisis in your immediate family is that life does not…” — Jason Katims", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "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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