“Who knows where the talent goes? Sometimes it goes where the money is. Sometimes I think writers are really interested in the glory.” ThinkingKnowsSometimesTalentGlory Author:Matthew Weiner
“Success has a lot of things that go along with it and I haven't experienced any personal resentment. I can't control any of that and I try not to worry about it. I hope that's not the case, you know. Most of the writers that I know and artists that I know understand what was going on. I think there's just as many things going on in the awards process that have to do with the show having won a few times.” ThinkingKnowsTryingI CanShowsArtistProcessCasesWorryHavensAwardsResentment Author:Matthew Weiner
“I do find it sometimes that people project their own feelings on to the characters and I think that there is a certain amount of sexism - I mean the proprietary nature, for men and women.” PeopleThinkingMenMeanSometimesCharacterFeelingsCertainAmountProjectsMen And WomenSexism Author:Matthew Weiner
“The chance to tell personal, language-specific, culturally specific stories is really flourishing on TV and I think it's just the nature of movies and international demands that you need to get a much bigger audience. TV is more like independent film was. The forms of adult drama and certain kinds of sophisticated comedy, there's no room for them in the tentpole movie universe.” ThinkingKindFilmUniverseChanceAudienceComedyDramaIndependentSophisticated Author:Matthew Weiner
“I am a competitive person, but it's so hard to do a show. Anybody who gets to the point where they get their show on the air, I wish them the best. It's too hard. I'd rather waste energy thinking good things on myself.” ThinkingEnergyWishGood Things Author:Matthew Weiner
“My life philosophy and personality has been driven by the fact that I am incapable of really understanding the future, on some level. I am in this moment. I take risks because I really don't think that far ahead.” ThinkingPhilosophyMomentsUnderstandingRiskLife PhilosophyPersonalityDriven Author:Matthew Weiner
“I have this amazing team that I trust. I completely go with their decisions on things. I don't have to go in and micromanage everything. And I think the other thing is, you start to sort of... I wouldn't say relax, because I've never relaxed. But I've tried to have more confidence in the things I like, or the things other people like. That's really the big thing in this job, to second-guess yourself all the time.” PeopleThinkingDecisionTeamRelax Author:Matthew Weiner
“I think there's a kind of elegance to it, to work within that framework where what you don't see is often more enticing.” ThinkingKindEleganceEnticing Author:Matthew Weiner
“I don't want to pretend like I'm clairvoyant or anything, but I had a tremendous sense of malaise about our political future. This is right around the millennium, right around 1999, when I wrote it. The Sopranos certainly reflected that; when I saw that on the air, I was like "Oh my God, I'm not alone." But it doesn't seem that the culture really caught up with that. George W. Bush won two elections... I'm not even trying to say this from a political standpoint. I think there is a resonance to the kind of glory of that period, and the foreboding of what happened.” ThinkingTryingKindPoliticalCultureGloryElectionCaught UpNot AloneSopranosForeboding Author:Matthew Weiner
“I was never really that worried about being a member of the Sopranos crew. I think it looks kind of fun to not have to work, to not have to take crap from anybody. And then there's the reality check in there, which is that you do have to work, you do have to take crap from people, and you can fail, and all these other things.” PeopleThinkingKindRealityFunFailingWorriedCrapSopranos Author:Matthew Weiner
“You don't drink and smoke that much, and womanize that much, unless you really want to be punished, I think.” ThinkingDrink Author:Matthew Weiner
“But you know what, honestly? I'm not that interested in advertising. I think it's a great way... It's such a huge part of our culture. It's like saying, "Are you interested in hair?" It's such a part of our life, and it's such a reflection of how we feel about ourselves, and what we're interested in, and what we want to be.” ThinkingCultureReflectionHonestlyAdvertising Author:Matthew Weiner
