“There's something about the sci-fi genre that gets an audience interested in it, so maybe you can take some risks that you couldn't, if you were just doing a drama. It lets you maybe reach a little further and surprise people a little bit more because there's still that little safety base of working on that genre that everybody loves.” PeopleIfsLittlesStillsBitsAudienceRiskDramaLittle BitSafetySurpriseGenreSci Fi Author:Rian Johnson
“I look for characters that are fun and that I'm going to have fun playing. By the way, that's whether it's drama, sci-fi, action, comedy, family movies or action-comedy. I just always want to have fun doing it. That's the bottom line.” WayWantLooksCharacterActionFunLinesComedyDramaBottomHaving FunSci FiBottom Line Author:Dwayne Johnson
“I have not watched the TV show. I do not generally watch TV sci-fi drama shows. They make me itch.” ShowsWatchesTvsDramaSci FiTv Shows Author:Charles Stross
“I certainly do all sorts of work. I'm very, very blessed to do drama and other types of television, and things like that, but I always go back to sci-fi, whenever possible, because that's really exciting for me.” TelevisionTypeDramaExcitingBlessedSci Fi Author:Gina Holden
“What was so great about Lost was that it came to the front door as a drama that was straight-up and really gave you the sci-fi underneath it all. It backed into sci-fi show, at least in my opinion. As soon as they got hooked, they were like, "Okay, I'm there."” ShowsLostOpinionDoorsFrontsDramaOkaySci FiHookedFront DoorsStraight Up Author:J.H. Wyman
“Comedy, drama, Westerns, sci-fi... it's all fine if the story's compelling and the character is interesting to me. I do like action a lot.” IfsCharacterStoriesActionInterestingComedyFineDramaSci FiCompelling Author:Jensen Ackles
“In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?” IfsKnowsNeedsFilmComedyDramaIndependentStudiosExperimentsSci FiIndependent Film Author:Famke Janssen
“The big thing is it's a domestic drama. Everything else in science fiction tends to be high-concept. Really for the last 40 years or so I think sci-fi's been a little cold and a little inhuman quite often - certainly since the 1980s - and I really wanted to do something that almost felt like a regular, real-life drama but just set it in a sci-fi setting. I think the best stuff is always like that.” ThinkingYearsLittlesRealBigsWantedLastsFeltStuffFictionColdDramaConceptsScience FictionReal LifeSettingSettingsSci FiBig ThingsInhumanDrama Life Author:Mark Millar
“I was a huge 'Star Trek' fan. I loved the 'Twilight Zone' growing up. In the future, I hope to create some thoughtful, sci-fi drama.” StarsGrowing UpGrowingFansHugeDramaThoughtfulZoneSci FiTwilightTwilight Zone Author:Seth MacFarlane
“I'm really into sci-fi. The reason I'm an actor is because of Star Wars - I saw that and I knew that's what I wanted to do. But most of the projects I'm offered as an actor are straightforward dramas, so I haven't really been given a chance to do that kind of role.” KindWarReasonWantedActorsGivenStarsChanceRolesSawsHavensDramaProjectsSci FiStraightforwardGiven A Chance Author:Ricky Schroder