The original pilot script [ of "Mary and Jane"], we literally just wrote for fun. It was, let's just do this. — Harry Elfont Fun Copy Share Image
We feel like we are using the East Side to kind of spoof what everybody thinks is cool. — Harry Elfont East Copy Share Image
Somebody said, there is no show if it goes legal. But actually, there is. — Harry Elfont Ifs Copy Share Image
I don't think it feels like a burden. We did not really think of it ["Mary and Jane"] that way. I think… — Harry Elfont Bits Copy Share Image
It feels like a totally different MTV now.Now they have all their own original series, and people are talking about going back… — Harry Elfont Different Copy Share Image
We did want it ["Mary and Jane"] to feel a little different and have some surreal weird touches, which we try to… — Harry Elfont Advantage Copy Share Image
I don't think we had a hard time with ["Mary and Jane"]. It is just, it was the constant management of it. — Harry Elfont Constant Copy Share Image
We like to make sure there is a plot at the center of it and that you care about the people but… — Harry Elfont Care Copy Share Image
Two years ago it felt novel to do the East Side and then tons of other stuff have come up set in… — Harry Elfont Come up Copy Share Image
We also had an "in" with MTV those days. Tara Reid was engaged to Carson Daly. She just called him and was… — Harry Elfont Engaged Copy Share Image
There is an episode [in "Mary and Jane"] where there is not a lot of pot smoking, but there is a giant… — Harry Elfont Apartment Copy Share Image
Totally whatever we want to put in there. Then it was really "Now we are going to make it. We really need… — Harry Elfont Consistent Copy Share Image
The pilot is easy. It is 30 minutes, 20 minutes. It is not that much to juggle. — Harry Elfont Easy Copy Share Image
It is just fun to play with [in "Mary and Jane"]. I think our sense of humor tends to go that way. — Harry Elfont Fun Copy Share Image
We ["Mary and Jane"] did not want to be a weed show, like it is a bunch of people sitting around smoking. — Harry Elfont Bunch Copy Share Image
Hopefully we have a slightly different vibe, but also East Side is where a lot young people live. It is a really… — Harry Elfont Areas Copy Share Image
I don't want to call the show [ "Mary and Jane" ] a satire because it is not, but there are satirical elements. — Harry Elfont Elements Copy Share Image
When we were done and not picked up to series yet, they wanted us to read lots of writers. I was like,… — Harry Elfont Done Copy Share Image
The one thing that we wanted to make sure in the pilot [of "Mary and Jane"] is that we could go everywhere.… — Harry Elfont Areas Copy Share Image