“Seeing movie people trying to get into TV now who don't understand that is very interesting.” PeopleTryingInterestingSeeingTvsVery Interesting Author:Matthew Weiner
“If you've ever had somebody try to sell you something - people who can sell, they really are not manipulating you. They are selling themselves.” PeopleIfsTryingSellsSelling 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 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 am trying to be as impartial as possible. As you can tell from the trailers for Mad Men, I am a person who believes that you should know nothing.” KnowsMenShouldTryingBelievePersonsMadTrailersMad Men Author:Matthew Weiner