Latest Melissa Rosenberg Quotes from Interviews

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• My husband is a director, and I understand what it takes to direct. It's a skill set where you have to be able to talk to actors and understand them, and I don't. It's a very different way of being in the world, and I much prefer writing and producing.

  Melissa Rosenberg

  Husband, Writing, Skills

  "Screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg Talks THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 1, EARTHSEED and NBC’s AFTERTHOUGHT". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 15, 2011.

• Directing doesn't appeal to me. I'm much more in the world of ideas.

  Melissa Rosenberg

  Ideas, World, Appeals

  "Screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg Talks THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 1, EARTHSEED and NBC’s AFTERTHOUGHT". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 15, 2011.

• That's how I operate best. I just ignore feelings and jump right into the next thing.

  Melissa Rosenberg

  Feelings, Next

  "Screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg Talks THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 1, EARTHSEED and NBC’s AFTERTHOUGHT". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 15, 2011.

• The only kind of film I want to write is a story where I can keep on seeing the stories play out. I'm a huge television fan, and I'm a huge continuing storyline fan.

  Melissa Rosenberg

  Writing, Play, Fans

  "Screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg Talks THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 1, EARTHSEED and NBC’s AFTERTHOUGHT". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 15, 2011.

• My humor tends to be a little more edgy than is appropriate for 'Twilight', although I got some in there. That was fun! There's just a tonal difference. For me, storytelling is storytelling. But, I do like writing for grown ups.

  Melissa Rosenberg

  Fun, Twilight, Writing

  Source: collider.com

• Women, in general, are very passionate fans, and that's what you love about them.

  Melissa Rosenberg

  Fans, Passionate, What You Love

  Source: collider.com

• Trish "Patsy" Walker is just one of my favorite characters and she was a big comic character in the '40s.

  Melissa Rosenberg

  Character, My Favorite, Comic

  Source: deadline.com

• Showrunning is not a one-man job; it's literally impossible to do for one person. I have learned the hard way now from two seasons, one with Red Widow, and this, I can't control everything. I certainly have tried, but having an incredibly strong team around you, surrounding yourself with incredibly talented people, that is the trick, and I certainly had that for the first season here of Jessica Jones.

  Melissa Rosenberg

  Strong, Jobs, Team

  Source: deadline.com

• In in some ways Jessica Jones and Supergirl are the opposite of one another, they both happen to have superpowers. But, in terms of the lack of parity, I think it is a good start and this is just the beginning I hope.

  Melissa Rosenberg

  Thinking, Opposites, Way

  Source: deadline.com

• I'm a little jaded about change actually happening, I'll admit. The numbers are exactly the same as they were two decades ago, in terms of the number of female leads, or people behind the camera, all of that. I'll certainly do my part, and I feel like Jessica Jones is a great step.

  Melissa Rosenberg

  Two, Numbers, People

  Source: deadline.com

• I've really been very focused on 'Jessica Jones.' Our series was well on its way to being created by the time we even saw scripts from 'Daredevil,' and 'Luke Cage' didn't even have a showrunner hired then. Jeph Loeb [Marvel TV boss] is the master of the connective tissue, but each series exists in its own world.

  Melissa Rosenberg

  Boss, Tissues, World

  Source: deadline.com

• When you have a show that's called Jessica Jones, if Jessica Jones isn't in a scene the rest of it become almost irrelevant until you earn other character storylines. You've got to flesh out those characters enough that you can travel.

  Melissa Rosenberg

  Character, Flesh, Enough

  Source: deadline.com

• When I was developing the [TV Series "Daredevil"] idea, we were really doing something closer to what was in the comic book. By that, I mean in terms of civilians in the street knew that superpowers were an everyday matter of fact. When it finally ended up at Netflix, they really decided to land it in the Marvel Universe that exists in the cinematic universe. That changes the story entirely. It was no longer about the other, which is what that metaphor was. It's really more about the character herself, which I love.

  Melissa Rosenberg

  Book, Character, Mean

  Source: deadline.com

• 'Jessica Jones' is its own animal, I think each one of these series is its own animal. There is some connective tissue, in terms of referencing the Marvel Universe, but it glances off of the other stories.

  Melissa Rosenberg

  Animal, Thinking, Stories

  Source: deadline.com

• The Daredevil comic book was the first comic book Marvel had ever put out that was an adult R-rated book, so I started with that. When I was creating the series, I just started with that tone, and that edge, and it just kept going.

  Melissa Rosenberg

  Book, Creating, Adults

  Source: deadline.com

• Jessica Jones is the first female superhero Marvel's ever introduced as a lead.

  Melissa Rosenberg

  Superhero, Female, Firsts

  Source: deadline.com

• TV is very much my first love. I love this world. It's where writers have the most creative control, and I just love that.

  Melissa Rosenberg

  First Love, Creative, World

  Source: collider.com

• Women tend to be categorized as Madonnas or whores.

  Melissa Rosenberg

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com