Believer Quote by John Wells

I'm interested in working with groups of actors to tell complicated stories about what's happening to people, and that's because I came out of…

— John Wells

I love working with actors, and it's all been based on my being trained in the theater.

— John Wells

I come from labor country. My mom was a teacher and was very involved in the teachers' union.

— John Wells

As an adult, you think of yourself as being someone else when you're away from your family, but when you come back to your…

— John Wells

Both of our children are adopted, and my wife and I didn't go out of ways to find kids that looked like us. We…

— John Wells

If you don't have nerves and a little trepidation about any new project, then I don't think you're really alive.

— John Wells

You have to have wonderful actors for material, particularly difficult material that requires complicated performances.

— John Wells

It is harder to get adult, character-driven material on television than it used to be, but there are lots of other places that you…

— John Wells

I was a directing student and a production design student at Carnegie Mellon. I went in as a production design student and became a…

— John Wells

You want to mix acting styles correctly. People approach the work in different ways. You want to make sure no one wants to kill…

— John Wells

As people, we're generally optimistic, no matter how disabled our lives are, and we find the humor in the darkest situations.

— John Wells

People say to me, 'Well, how do you direct Meryl Streep?' You're not wandering over to Meryl telling her how to act. She's an…

— John Wells