Frank Spotnitz Quotes

• 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.

  Frank Spotnitz

  Views, Want Something, Different

  Source: collider.com

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• Let's make really good stories that people get something out of. That's the one common denominator with everything I try to do.

  Frank Spotnitz

  People, Trying, Stories

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• 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.

  Frank Spotnitz

  Thinking, Giving, Doe

  Source: collider.com

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• I like projects that are entertaining, where I'm emotionally engaged and there's something to think about afterwards.

  Frank Spotnitz

  Thinking, Projects, Entertaining

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• The challenge is creating a character that's rich and interesting to warrant following for a number of years.

  Frank Spotnitz

  Character, Years, Creating

  Source: www.hitfix.com

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• I think a pilot is a pilot, no matter who's judging it, but I will say I am thinking a lot about how to tell stories for the series in a streaming environment where you can anticipate a huge portion of the audience will consume an entire season in the course of a day, two days or a week.

  Frank Spotnitz

  Thinking, Two, Judging

  Source: www.hitfix.com

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• If my whole game depends on whether you can guess the ending or not, I'm done, forget it.

  Frank Spotnitz

  Games, Done, Forget

  "'Hunted' creator Frank Spotnitz on his new Cinemax drama & 'The X-Files' legacy". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. October 19, 2012.

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• Usually monsters are some aspect of human behavior or humanity at large.

  Frank Spotnitz

  Humanity, Monsters, Behavior

  Source: movieweb.com

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• If people walk out of the movie and they think about it, then that's quite something.

  Frank Spotnitz

  Thinking, People, Walks

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• The beauty of a really good movie is that it's a whole world, complete in an hour and a half or two hours.

  Frank Spotnitz

  Two, Good Movie, Half

  Source: collider.com

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• 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.

  Frank Spotnitz

  Jobs, Thinking, People

  Source: collider.com

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• 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.

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  Thinking, Junk, Television

  Source: collider.com

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• 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.

  Frank Spotnitz

  Thoughtful, Appreciate, Special

  Source: collider.com

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• 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.

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  People, Acting, Enough Time

  Source: collider.com

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• Create a really interesting, complex person that you want to know more about, and take her on a journey that is rich and fulfilling and that has an end that is perfectly fulfilling, and that has an end that is perfect for that character, and the audience will love it.

  Frank Spotnitz

  Character, Journey, Perfect

  "‘Hunted’ creator Frank Spotnitz on his new Cinemax drama & ‘The X-Files’ legacy". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. October 19, 2012.

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• I have always read all my reviews, the bad along with the good (although you remember the bad much more than the good!). I am just too curious to see how it's playing with the audience, and I have a thick-enough skin to handle the less charitable assessments.

  Frank Spotnitz

  Assessment, Skins, Remember

  "‘The Man in the High Castle’ producer Frank Spotnitz on his Amazon pilot". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. February 2, 2015.

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• You can't outsmart or outguess the audience in terms of what the narrative answer is.

  Frank Spotnitz

  Answers, Narrative, Term

  "‘Hunted’ creator Frank Spotnitz on his new Cinemax drama & ‘The X-Files’ legacy". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. October 19, 2012.

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• The one thing you can do that the audience can't do - all those smart people online in the chat rooms can't do - is deliver a satisfying emotional journey for a human being, for a character.

  Frank Spotnitz

  Smart, Character, Journey

  "‘Hunted’ creator Frank Spotnitz on his new Cinemax drama & ‘The X-Files’ legacy". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. October 19, 2012.

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• 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.

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  Character, Eye, People

  Source: www.hitfix.com

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• As a journalist you have to think quickly, you're exposed to all types of people and situations and you've got to synthesize your thoughts in a very clear and concise way and write them down quickly. Those were all things that have proven really useful in my life as a television writer.

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  Writing, Thinking, People

  Source: movieweb.com

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• It's my belief that when you're dealing with the supernatural, the supernatural still has to trump we mortals, it still has to be more powerful than we are. You can't really defeat it. You can live to fight another day but it's very rare that a human being can actually destroy a supernatural force.

  Frank Spotnitz

  Powerful, Fighting, Supernatural Forces

  Source: movieweb.com

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