Director Quote by Alan Taylor

The fact is that HBO is doing the kind of films and the kind of stories that the movie industry used to do. You…

— Kevin Spacey

But HBO is less interested in how many people are watching than in how much the people who are watching are liking the show.…

— Aaron Sorkin

I was opposed to doing TV for a long time because I thought the quality of writing wasn't very strong, as opposed to film,…

— Peter Dinklage

I'm on record saying that HBO is the best television company in the world, and I believe they are. I think they absolutely understand…

— James Purefoy

What's great about HBO is they just care about quality. They care about the brand. They're not worried about ratings; obviously they want people…

— Eddie Kaye Thomas

When dealing with HBO, you actually are dealing with real filmmakers.

— Gary Goetzman

The really important people in TV are not the directors; they're the writers.

— Mary Harron

Television can become a bit of a treadmill for directors. You come in, nobody knows you, the actors are already doing what they're doing,…

— Michael J. Bassett

It's nice that HBO is in business with the audience and not with the advertisers. There's a difference.

— Aaron Sorkin

HBO spends almost a month perfecting an episode. They shoot at the same speed that you would shoot a major motion picture, and they…

— James Tupper

The more unique your film is and unusual it is and difficult it is, the harder it is to get it financed. That's why…

— David Cronenberg

At HBO, they seem to be well-informed. They make what I think are really quite mature films.

— Bruce Beresford