American - Producer | January 13, 1970 -
If we're not shooting, if we're not filming, if you're not standing on the soundstage, turn off your phone and go live your life.
Shonda Rhimes
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I always like to say our shows should be something that, you know, before 10 o'clock, if your kid wanders into the room, they should be able to glance at the TV, watch what's happening, but not quite know what's happening. That's always my standard.
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You don't necessarily have to watch something for 14 seasons. It's not necessarily the way everything's supposed to be.
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The idea that the more you hide something, the more it becomes something that's supposed to feel shameful is very true.
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My philosophy was always try to look like Whitney Houston at all times. That did not work out so well.
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I spent a lot of times sitting in big rooms full of a lot of men and executives thinking, 'What would Oprah say right now?' and trying to channel that as hard as I could. And mostly that was just about having the confidence. If this woman did it, it can be done. And there's no reason for anybody to stop you.
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You have to have more people who don't look like you in the writers room. I try to have some people who don't look like me in my writers room. I think it's important to have a group of voices, of people who can dissent.
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I've always said if I'm winning at one thing, I'm failing at another.
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I say it in the writers' room all the time: My black is not your black. What's terrifying is that, just the same way we've all accepted that normal is white, everybody seems to buy into the idea that there's only one way to be black or one way to be Hispanic. That's as damaging as anything else.
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The way I write my shows, every character is its own organic thing. No character has a life at all until I see it played by somebody.
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There is a part of me that's oblivious. People always ask me, 'What obstacles have you faced?' and I always think, 'What are you talking about?' Whether or not there were obstacles, I never saw obstacles. It's never occurred to me that I wasn't good enough for something.
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My worst trait is that I'm an introvert. When I've led stuff, the hardest thing for me to overcome has been my natural desire to run and hide. I'm very proud of the fact that I have been able to do that.
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