Stephen J. Cannell
Stephen J. Cannell
Stephen Joseph Cannell /ˈkænəl/was an American television producer, writer, novelist, and occasional actor, and the founder of Cannell Entertainmentand the Cannell Studios...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionProducer
Date of Birth5 February 1941
CountryUnited States of America
certainly dna grab grabbed people pieces shows
Once you put something like 'The A-Team' on the map, it does become part of the DNA of television. People grab little pieces of it. I certainly grabbed little pieces of other people's shows when I was creating my shows.
finally hardly hit matured mind sit
I finally get to the place where the book has matured in my mind and I can hardly wait to start writing it. Then I just sit down and I start. I hit the go button. I have an outline, which is 70 pages, but I don't look at it. I never have to look at it.
battles carrying cast create darkness energy gets grudges guy involved kinds moral people righteous themselves tons waste
So many people get involved with carrying grudges and having these moral battles with people, where they cast themselves as the righteous and the other guy is the dirtbag. They waste tons of energy on it, create all kinds of darkness around themselves and the other person. It gets you nothing.
bottles tvs
A lot of making TV is lightening in a bottle.
book writing months
I can write a book in probably three months.
shows
I really hesitate to say that any of my shows influenced other writers.
kids class perfect
Since I was the stupidest kid in my class, it never occurred to me to try and be perfect, so I've always been happy as a writer just to entertain myself. That's an easier place to start.
firsts television online
I'm hoping that these series, that originally aired in the 80's and 90's, prove to be as entertaining online and on portable devices as they were when first broadcast on network television.
attitude character writing
The character's attitude is more important than plot.
mean school parent
Failure in school does not mean failure in Iife.
coffee home office
I never waited for my Irish Cream coffee to be the right temperature, with a storm happening outside and my fireplace crackling ... I wrote every day, at home, in the office, whether I felt like it or not, I just did it.