Billy Lawrence Quotes

• The writing is what's most important to me.

  Billy Lawrence

  Writing, Important

  Source: www.vulture.com

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• By engaging someone for five minutes, you can make them a lifelong fan.

  Billy Lawrence

  Fans, Minutes, Lifelong

  "The Showrunner Transcript: Cougar Town's Bill Lawrence and Kevin Biegel on the Show's Transformation and Masturbating Time Travelers". Interview with Josef Adalian, www.vulture.com. May 18, 2011.

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• It's a nightmare of editing. That's what I do all day.

  Billy Lawrence

  Editing, Nightmare

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• Part of walking the line as showrunner is trying to please people and still be true to what you believe creatively.

  Billy Lawrence

  Believe, People, Trying

  "The Showrunner Transcript: Cougar Town's Bill Lawrence and Kevin Biegel on the Show's Transformation and Masturbating Time Travelers". Interview with Josef Adalian, www.vulture.com. May 18, 2011.

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• Fans can't ruin shows. Only creators can.

  Billy Lawrence

  Fans, Ruins, Shows

  "The Showrunner Transcript: Cougar Town's Bill Lawrence and Kevin Biegel on the Show's Transformation and Masturbating Time Travelers". Interview with Josef Adalian, www.vulture.com. May 18, 2011.

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• In a landscape where a 2.8 [demo rating] keeps you on the air, you can maintain that just by treating your fans with respect.

  Billy Lawrence

  Air, Fans, Landscape

  "The Showrunner Transcript: Cougar Town's Bill Lawrence and Kevin Biegel on the Show's Transformation and Masturbating Time Travelers". Interview with Josef Adalian, www.vulture.com. May 18, 2011.

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• The only way to keep a show alive is to stay loyal to your fans and not betray them creatively or ignore them when it comes to extra content. I'm on Twitter because I'm trying to answer their questions.

  Billy Lawrence

  Trying, Fans, Answers

  "The Showrunner Transcript: Cougar Town's Bill Lawrence and Kevin Biegel on the Show's Transformation and Masturbating Time Travelers". Interview with Josef Adalian, www.vulture.com. May 18, 2011.

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• I'm done with the shows about "women got murdered by husband." My wife watches them constantly, but it makes me want to kill myself. They serve no purpose. They're not news shows. They just exploit all of these murder victims.

  Billy Lawrence

  Husband, Murder Victims, Wife

  Source: www.vulture.com

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• I am done with the hour-long [true crime] shows: "She was a happy married wife. Everything was perfect. Until the trip to Aruba."

  Billy Lawrence

  Long, Perfect, Wife

  Source: www.vulture.com

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• When you're on a staff, it's not your job to write what you think is funny. It's your job to write what the person who created the show thinks is funny.

  Billy Lawrence

  Jobs, Writing, Thinking

  Source: www.vulture.com

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• Until I created my own shows, I had nothing but bad experiences on staffs.

  Billy Lawrence

  Shows, Bad Experiences, My Own

  "The Showrunner Transcript: Cougar Town's Bill Lawrence and Kevin Biegel on the Show's Transformation and Masturbating Time Travelers". Interview with Josef Adalian, www.vulture.com. May 18, 2011.

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• Any time you try to be edgy just for the sake of being edgy, that's the worst way.

  Billy Lawrence

  Trying, Sake, Way

  "The Showrunner Transcript: Cougar Town's Bill Lawrence and Kevin Biegel on the Show's Transformation and Masturbating Time Travelers". Interview with Josef Adalian, www.vulture.com. May 18, 2011.

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• With showrunning, the more successful you get, the more you're pulled away from the writing.

  Billy Lawrence

  Writing, Successful

  "The Showrunner Transcript: Cougar Town's Bill Lawrence and Kevin Biegel on the Show's Transformation and Masturbating Time Travelers". Interview with Josef Adalian, www.vulture.com. May 18, 2011.

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• If something's working, you lean into it. You don't fight it.

  Billy Lawrence

  Fighting, Ifs

  Source: www.vulture.com

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• I used to search and search for that actor or actress who's exactly what's in my head. But you have to realize you have to cast whoever's super talented and super funny, and then the character has to become at least partially theirs.

  Billy Lawrence

  Character, Actors, Actresses

  Source: www.vulture.com

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• One of the things I'm proud of is my ability to change directions if something's not working.

  Billy Lawrence

  Proud, Ability To Change, Ability

  Source: www.vulture.com

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• You have to lean into the turn. On every creative aspect, you have to lean into what's working.

  Billy Lawrence

  Creative, Aspect, Turns

  "The Showrunner Transcript: Cougar Town's Bill Lawrence and Kevin Biegel on the Show's Transformation and Masturbating Time Travelers". Interview with Josef Adalian, www.vulture.com. May 18, 2011.

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• I never went after character payments. I'm pretty much terrible at naming characters, so I usually name them after people I know.

  Billy Lawrence

  Character, Names, People

  "The Showrunner Transcript: Cougar Town's Bill Lawrence and Kevin Biegel on the Show's Transformation and Masturbating Time Travelers". Interview with Josef Adalian, www.vulture.com. May 18, 2011.

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