“Cable TV has become where the best actors, writers and directors have gone to work because they are allowed to do character-driven stories.” CharacterStoriesActorsGoneTvsDirectorsDrivenCablesCable Tv Author:Kevin Spacey
“I can imagine there is going to come a time when someone will do 13 hours of a story without breaks.” I CanStoriesHoursBreakImagine Author:Kevin Spacey
“When the story is good enough, people can watch something three times the length of an opera.” PeopleEnoughStoriesThreeWatchesLengthGood EnoughOperaThree Times Author:Kevin Spacey
“It is not about whether you are an executive, a studio or a network. If you have a story or an idea you can build a following for it.” IfsIdeasStoriesFollowingStudiosExecutives Author:Kevin Spacey
“The characters created cannot just be a mouthpiece for the writer. When you look at a piece of writing, and it's genuine and it doesn't feel like every character is just a mouthpiece for the writer, but that they've been created in such a way that they're expressing an idea that a writer wants to get across, that's when a story succeeds.” WayWantFeelsWritingLooksIdeasCharacterStoriesPiecesSucceedGenuineMouthpiece Author:Kevin Spacey
“You've got to trust the ground you're standing on and the work you've done in telling your story. The goal should be to bring those thousands of people - viewers - together and make them one. When you feel that happening, it's usually in silence, not applause or laughter.” PeopleFeelsShouldDoneStoriesTogetherGoalSilenceLaughterHappeningsStandingViewersApplauseTelling Your Story Author:Kevin Spacey
“At the end of the day, storytelling is actually very simple in its origin as long as there are people who want to tell stories and there are people who want to hear them.” PeopleWantLongEndsStoriesSimpleStorytellingThe End Of The Day Author:Kevin Spacey
“No one’s personal life is in the public interest. It’s gossip, bottom line. End of story.” EndsStoriesLife IsInterestLinesBottomGossipPersonal LifeBottom LinePublic Interest Author:Kevin Spacey
“But I feel that I have a responsibility to help the film and I have relations with the studio and with those who put up the money so that I can tell a story that I believe in.” FeelsBelieveI CanHelpingStoriesFilmI BelieveResponsibilityRelationStudiosI Believe In Author:Kevin Spacey
“The audience has spoken. They want stories. They’re dying for them. They’re rooting for us to give the right thing. And they will talk about it, binge on it, carry it with them on the bus and to the hairdresser, force it on their friends, tweet, blog, Facebook, make fan pages, silly GIFs, and god knows what else about it..” KnowsWantGivingStoriesForceAudienceFansDyingPagesSillyRight ThingBusGod KnowsBlogsTweetBingeHairdresser Author:Kevin Spacey
“In recent years we've seen an explosion of creative programming, and I think it represents a third golden age of television because the creators have more control over the story. The audience doesn't care about the platform. They care about the content.” ThinkingYearsStoriesWisdomCareAgeAudienceCreativeTelevisionThirdsCreatorGoldenProgrammingPlatformsExplosionsGolden Age Author:Kevin Spacey
“The story is everything, which means it's our job to tell better stories.” MeanStoriesJobs Author:Kevin Spacey
“For kids growing up now, there's no difference watching 'Avatar' on an iPad or watching YouTube on TV or watching 'Game of Thrones' on their computer. It's all content. It's just story.” StoriesKidsGamesDifferencesGrowing UpGrowingTvsComputerThronesYoutubeIpadsKids Growing Up Author:Kevin Spacey
