Darren Star
Darren Star
Darren Bennett Staris an American producer, director and writer for film and television. He is best known for creating the television series Melrose Place, Beverly Hills, 90210 and Sex and the City...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth25 July 1961
CityPotomac, MD
CountryUnited States of America
fun girls push start town women
When the women start to push 40, they're not single, fun girls around town any more.
certainly creative ego flip people stuff tension
Certainly when, you know, you put a lot of creative people together, there's ego and tension and all that stuff comes into play. But on the flip side, there's a lot of camaraderie and closeness.
art certain energy home love modern totally
I love the idea of modern art in a home that isn't totally modern. There's a certain energy that comes out of that juxtaposition.
generation line people relating seems tapping universal
In the moment when you're doing a show, you're thinking of that moment, but you don't think of, 'Here's down the line how people will be relating to the characters.' There's something very universal about 'Sex and the City' that people are still tapping into, where every generation seems to be discovering for itself.
bad characters good guys worst
In general, I think writing characters, no one is 100 percent good or bad, and certainly, the bad characters never think they're bad themselves. Even the worst characters don't feel like they're bad guys on the inside.
life
In L.A., you just kind of come and have a nice hiking-yoga-gym life.
affair grew love park
I grew up in D.C. but always had a love affair with New York. I did 'Central Park West,' 'Sex and the City,' 'Law & Order.'
work
I'm used to pressure. When writing must get done, I work in bed, on a bus, a train.
accepted ended hoping major sophomore time ucla usc
I never did theater. I was a theater major at USC my first year because I didn't get into the film school. I was biding my time, hoping to be accepted to film school, and I ended up transferring to UCLA my sophomore year.
broadcast death hearing sample
Cable's on fire. Traditional broadcast TV's hearing a death knell. I sample as much television as possible. I like 'Homeland,' 'Game of Thrones,' 'Veep.' Now reinvention's important.
great realized
I realized early on I was not an actor. And it was a great thing to have that realization. To see actors and see what that talent is... it wasn't me.
As a writer, it is always fun to imagine yourself in someone else's shoes.
board existing opportunity realized tv ucla
I've been on the board of UCLA Film and TV School, and I went to UCLA. I realized that the same movie theater that was there when I went to school, 30 years later is the same movie theater in the same condition. There was an opportunity to refurbish an existing room, and I jumped at the opportunity.
city great sex
It's been a great ride, ... Sex and the City