I believe most people don't go into show business unless they've been majorly unloved as a child. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
I had a very rocky, difficult, emotional childhood with my parents. — Ryan Murphy Childhood Copy Share Image
I actually think actors both are drawn to playing real-life historical people and are terrified. — Ryan Murphy Actor Copy Share Image
I love Larry Kramer's advocacy, and I love him as a person, and I think young people need to see that story. — Ryan Murphy Advocacy Copy Share Image
I think I have a pattern of nice and lovely and then dark and twisted. — Ryan Murphy Dark Copy Share Image
I lean into fear because I feel like that excites me as an artist. — Ryan Murphy Art Copy Share Image
I'm very black and white about what I like or don't like, and I've always been that way. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
Part of being an artist is being able to write about the world you live in and the times that you've been… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
I started off in this business in 1998, and I didn't fit in. There was no place for me, and I always… — Ryan Murphy Business Copy Share Image
I had been accepted to film school, but my parents couldn't afford it, and yet they made too much money for me… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
I feel like I grew up in such a big way in the past couple of years, in a way that I… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
It's a weird thing, my shows. I don't know how to describe it, but I feel because I go about the casting… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
I've always felt I've related to women deeply because of being gay and feeling like there was always somebody trying to oppress… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
Well, I'm from Indiana. So to me when I was a little kid growing up, Cincinnati was the glamorous New York of… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
In television and the movie business, the people who are promoted and the people who are mentored always look like the white… — Ryan Murphy Business Copy Share Image
For me, growing up in Indiana with cornfields and churches, I was always very intrigued by the Academy Awards - they were… — Ryan Murphy Academy award Copy Share Image
One of the unique things about 'American Horror Story' is, it's very respectful to actors. Actors in many cases don't want to… — Ryan Murphy Actors Copy Share Image
Larry Kramer wisely realized so early on that to change the world, people have to know you. If they know you and… — Ryan Murphy Change Copy Share Image
I was very much raised by my grandmother, who actually was Bette Davis - looked like her, acted like her, talked like… — Ryan Murphy Affection Copy Share Image
I formed this thing called the Half Foundation, and what I tried to do is quantify hiring practices in Hollywood. Half the… — Ryan Murphy Female Copy Share Image
I would much rather have watched Jill Clayburgh in 'An Unmarried Woman' than 'Star Wars.' Even though I saw that movie when… — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
I wanted to create a culture that allowed my children to see the world differently, if only from a strictly visual perspective:… — Ryan Murphy Children Copy Share Image
I've gotten death threats, yes. I have. I think anytime you shine a spotlight on homosexuality or minorities and you try and… — Ryan Murphy Acceptance Copy Share Image
I'm passionate about actors, and I'm passionate about showing actors in different lights. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
The only way to get through the life I had was just to have a big head of steam and determination. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by the whole clown phobia thing because I personally don't have it. — Ryan Murphy Clown Copy Share Image
It's interesting when women direct. The work is better. They ask more people to participate. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
You've not felt the pain of rejection until a television show based on your own life is canceled. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
I don't think there's ever a winner in a feud. It's about emotional pain and an inability to conquer the pain. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
The Hollywood thing is - like, it feels like the biggest thing in the world, and yet it's the smallest town. — Ryan Murphy Copy Share Image
