“The problem is these days people don't watch television together. The husband is downstairs watching The Game and the wife is upstairs watching The Good Wife. They don't need a show they can watch together. What family dramas are on now that are working?” PeopleNeedsShowsProblemTogetherGamesWatchesWifeTelevisionDramaHusbandThese DaysFamily DramaUpstairsGood Wife Author:Warren Leight
“I don't believe in making movies to cater to a foreign audience. You never know what the reaction is going to be anyhow. At the time I made Maborosi, the Japanese movies getting any foreign attention were all period dramas and seemed to be about some representative element of Japanese life, and my movie was contemporary movie about one specific woman trying to understand her husband's suicide.” KnowsTryingBelieveMadeAttentionAudiencePeriodsDramaHusbandElementsSuicideDon't BelieveReactionsContemporaryRepresentatives Author:Hirokazu Koreeda
“I think there's definitely a way to tell a story, to also look at marriages that are working, but find drama from what's challenging them. That's what I think, certainly, 'Parenthood' is kind of about: the unexpected things that come up in your life that challenge you as a man, as a woman, as a husband and a wife, and as a parent.” ThinkingMenWayLooksKindStoriesParentChallengesWifeDramaHusbandCome UpUnexpectedParenthoodUnexpected Things Author:Jason Katims
“Pregnancy humbles husbands. After an initial rush of male pride they quickly recognise the minor role that nature had assigned them in the drama of reproduction.” RolesPrideDramaHusbandMalesPregnancyMinorsInitialsRecogniseReproduction Author:Jeffrey Eugenides