“The more unique your film is and unusual it is and difficult it is, the harder it is to get it financed. That's why a lot of good filmmakers are doing television. They do HBO movies.” FilmDifficultTelevisionUniqueHarderFilmmakerUnusualHbo Author:David Cronenberg
“Television has - particularly at the HBO level in the United States - become a completely new genre. Something like Deadwood or The Wire is a whole new thing - there was no equivalent to that medium before. It's like a new way of telling stories.” WayStatesWholeStoriesLevelsUnitedUnited StatesTelevisionMediumsGenreNew ThingsNew WaysWireTelling StoriesHbo Author:William Gibson
“I'm a great admirer, fan and consumer of television. I love serial drama. I have been a major fan of HBO's series for many years.” YearsHas BeensFansTelevisionDramaMajorsSeriesConsumersSerialsAdmirerHbo Author:Todd Haynes
“One of the differences between HBO and other television is that they demand the same coverage that you would have in a feature film. We need to have all the shots in order to make it as rich and as stunning as it looks. We can't cut any corners.” NeedsLooksFilmOrderDifferencesRichCuttingTelevisionDemandShotsCornersFeaturesCoverageStunningHbo Author:Mark Addy
“Television is completely another medium. For me, Lady Gaga and HBO are bringing us to mass culture.” CultureTelevisionMassMediumsGagaHboMass Culture Author:Marina Abramovic
“I think where Playground is heading is deeper into that marriage between stage, film and television, with the increasing number of people in the film business working in television, obviously something that we were very influential in starting and doing at HBO. And I think that that's the focus of where I see the company moving forward, continuing to explore that intersection of all that talent.” PeopleThinkingFilmMovingNumbersCompanyFocusStageTalentTelevisionStartingDeeperMoving ForwardContinuingInfluentialHeadingsPlaygroundsIntersectionsHboFilm And Television Author:Colin Callender
“HBO exists because people must have a place to say "f***" on television as many times as they can.” PeopleTelevisionHbo Author:Tom Snyder
“I think network television is really hard because it has to sail right away. HBO's so much more nurturing, patient. They think it takes a while for a show to kind of congeal and figure out what its strong spots are.” ThinkingKindHardShowsStrongFiguresTelevisionPatientSpotsSailNurturingHbo Author:Amanda Peet