Steven Bochco
Steven Bochco
Steven Ronald Bochcois an American television producer and writer. He has developed a number of television series, including Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, Doogie Howser, M.D. and NYPD Blue...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionProducer
Date of Birth16 December 1943
CountryUnited States of America
allowed high humor indulge nature wacky
'Hill Street,' because of the wacky nature of many of our characters, really allowed us to indulge a kind of cheek-to-jowl juxtaposition of high drama with very low humor.
I don't think there's going to be a SAG strike,
prison-time done taste
If bad taste were a felony, every writer I know would've done prison time.
beautiful emotional brain
Vivid images are like a beautiful melody that speaks to you on an emotional level. It bypasses your logic centers and even your intellect and goes to a different part of the brain.
giving directors blueprints
You have to give directors and cinematographers a word blueprint for visuals, but I had to learn that from experience.
memories television might
Hill Street Blues might have been the first television show that had a memory. One episode after another was part of a cumulative experience shared by the audience.
opportunity people ensemble
Hill Street Blues gave me an opportunity to work with an ensemble cast of people whose work I admired.
media bombarded-by inhumanity-to-man
The entertainment world, television, movies, social media, YouTube stuff, we're so bombarded with so much imagery and such a great sense of inhumanity, and there is a coarseness, a coarsening of interaction.
aerospace casting painting
Casting is sort of like looking at paintings. You don't know what you'll like, but you recognize it when you see it.
believe writing problem
One of the problems of writing is that anyone who commits themselves to that process has to believe that they're good.
imagery
Imagery is like music.
shooting kind behavior
The thing that has always interested me in the kinds of shows that I do have more to do with the consequences of behavior than the behavior itself. Pulling a trigger and shooting somebody, or dismembering somebody.
stories television film
Television and film are such streamlined story mediums. You can't really meander about, whereas a novel is an interior experience.
passion decision risk
When all of your decisions are based on economics, you end up with a sameness of vision. You're not taking the risks, you're not exploiting the passions of your creators. You're manufacturing product for a huge vending machine.