American - Writer | October 11, 1966 -
I don't want my writing to be so unique that when you apply it to different genres, it seems like the previous show that people know you from.
Shawn Ryan
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I don't want my writing to be recognized.
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One of the tricky things about running a TV show is that you just never know how good the guest stars you cast on a weekly basis, how good they're going to be in the episode. Sometimes they surprise you in good ways and sometimes they surprise you in disappointing ways.
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I would say on a creative level I put a lot of pressure on myself.
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In order to appeal to a wider audience on network in order to survive, generally your characters need to be, at a base level, a little bit more likable.
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I've worked in network and cable on and off for a number of years, and you just understand what your parameters are. A lot of times, I think the best work that my team has come up with comes from having to deal with certain boundaries.
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There are certain economics involved in making a network TV show that you want to amortize the costs of that, so the more episodes you make, the cheaper they all are individually.
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There will always be economic pressure to make hits, identify hits, and then exploit hits. And you're going to exploit them with as many episodes as you probably can.
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I still feel driven to try to make great shows and to make each episode great.
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I don't ever want to have a weak episode of television with my name on it.
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Everyone in Hollywood who is successful becomes less successful at some point. I'm just trying to delay that fall for as long as I can.
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I think the bar is higher these days in terms of audience expectations of authenticity.
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