Bruno Heller
Bruno Heller
Bruno Helleris an English screenwriter, producer and director. He is known for creating the HBO television series Rome and CBS television series The Mentalist. He has recently produced the TV series Gotham based on the Batman franchise for FOX...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
blessed years tvs
One of the tricks that you have to learn, with episodic TV, is you don't know how many years you're going to be blessed with.
tvs
You can't be someone you're not on TV. You can in movies, but not on TV because you can't hide.
cheer hard-times tvs
When I've had hard times in my life, the one thing about being in TV is that it's positive. I withdrew to 'Cheers,' it was familiar in that it was family. It had a kind of realistic positiveness to it.
drama giving tvs
It gives me vertigo to watch TV dramas.
mind tvs advantage
One of the advantages of series TV is that you can change your mind and plan things as you go.
caught events ordinary people point rome street view
Rome from street level. (It's) Rome from the point of view of ordinary people caught up in the extraordinary events of that time.
historical point seed street took
I essentially took the seed of that idea to try to tell a big, historical epic, but from the street level, the everyman's point of view.
entirely felt strange
There he was in the Forum, bellowing at these soldiers, and the whole thing was entirely real. It was a very strange moment. Everyone felt a shiver.
running
Never name a show after a character if you want to be the guy running the show.
art opposed
Film is still an art there, as opposed to an industry.
america dealing issue republic
It's the transformation of a republic into an empire. I think America is dealing with that issue right now.
aspect everyday great historical life novel time
The novel aspect is that it's about everyday life in a time of great historical import.
Everyone is on tenterhooks to see how it is received.
america dealing history issue moment particular pivotal republic turned western
It was a moment in history that's pivotal in western history. If things hadn't turned out the way they did at that particular point, the world that we live in now would be very different ... It's the transformation of a republic into an empire. I think America is dealing with that issue just now.