Frank Spotnitz
Frank Spotnitz
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.
drive interact needed newsroom people relationships
I needed other people in the newsroom for Kolchak to interact with, ... relationships that were going to drive these stories.
audience bad business consumer declining expensive good harder hours justifies libraries maintain network news options people tv viewing
There's been a declining audience for network TV for a while, People have their own libraries of things they specifically want to see, which competes for TV viewing time. More options is good news for the consumer but bad news for the networks, who are responsible for the most expensive hours of TV produced. It'll be harder and harder to maintain an audience that justifies that business model.
beyond dvd equivalent everybody home hope life network provides retail shelves stay
For everybody who does what I do, you hope you have life beyond network television, and DVD provides that. It's television's equivalent of immortality: You get to stay on retail shelves and in home libraries.