Frank Spotnitz
Frank Spotnitz
thinking two judging
I think a pilot is a pilot, no matter who's judging it, but I will say I am thinking a lot about how to tell stories for the series in a streaming environment where you can anticipate a huge portion of the audience will consume an entire season in the course of a day, two days or a week.
assessment skins remember
I have always read all my reviews, the bad along with the good (although you remember the bad much more than the good!). I am just too curious to see how it's playing with the audience, and I have a thick-enough skin to handle the less charitable assessments.
games done forget
If my whole game depends on whether you can guess the ending or not, I'm done, forget it.
character eye people
The primary reason people watch television is you want to see the world through somebody else's eyes, and learn what that's like. You can only live one life, and so you get to see other lives through these characters.
character years creating
The challenge is creating a character that's rich and interesting to warrant following for a number of years.
two good-movie half
The beauty of a really good movie is that it's a whole world, complete in an hour and a half or two hours.
people trying stories
Let's make really good stories that people get something out of. That's the one common denominator with everything I try to do.
jobs thinking people
It sounds corny, but I think people need stories to process the world. That's our business. That's the job we're in. We tell stories.
want-something views world
I love films where I'm looking around the world a little different now that I've seen that. I want something that nourishes my view of the world.
thinking television junk
I don't like television and movies where it's like, "Well, that was entertaining, but when I think back on it, that didn't really make sense and it's empty." That's like junk food, to me.
thinking projects entertaining
I like projects that are entertaining, where I'm emotionally engaged and there's something to think about afterwards.
people acting want
I have so many things that I want to do, and I don't have enough time in my life to do them all. The problem with acting business is that it's so expensive and you've got to get so many people to say yes.
thoughtful appreciate special
The actors in Britain are incredible, and I didn't appreciate that until I got there. They interpret your words and you realize how deliberate and thoughtful they are. There are great American actors, too, don't get me wrong, but the technique that British actors have is something really special.
thinking giving television
When I sit down, I find that it's much easier for me to want to consume a movie than to dip back into 20 or 40 or 60 hours of a television series. I think a great movie is really amazing. But, television does give you a larger canvas.