American - Writer | October 2, 1960 -
Does 'Jersey Shore' make me sad for humanity that this is what's passing for entertainment? Well, this is a business, and if that's what millions of people want to watch, I can't fault someone for producing it.
Terence Winter
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I look at the feature films that come out, and by and large, 85 percent of them are things I wouldn't in a million years sit down and watch. The more interesting storytelling is happening on television by a long shot.
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I'm not interested in someone's credits. Let me see who you are, and tell me a story of your life.
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I'm not exaggerating when I say 'Taxi Driver' was the movie that stopped me in my tracks. That was the first time it got me thinking about movies.
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I was a big fan of the show 'Deadwood' on HBO, which was created by David Milch. And as soon as I heard that all of those characters on Deadwood were based on real people, the first thing I did was Google everybody.
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I think I sing a few songs, and I sing them well, and one of them is the mob genre, you know, as a writer.
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In TV, writers generally are the show runners, and they have enormous control over everything. In feature films, very often the writer will turn in a script and never be heard from again.
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Nothing about Tony Soprano's life was glamorous. He was never somebody I wanted to be. His life was terrible.
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I've had ideas for romantic comedies, but it would be a much more darkly comic version than what usually sells tickets.
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To get to work with my idol, Martin Scorsese, has just been lovely - the highlight of my career.
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There's a certain type of person drawn to the gangster world, and they're generally young men who were predisposed to violence and risk-taking, who like to make a lot of money quickly and wear flashy clothes.
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