Mitchell Hurwitz famous quotes

03-24-2025

I think it's a big part of being a creative person.
-- Mitchell Hurwitz

#Thinking #Creative #Bigs
The "executive producer" title either means that you're the person who created, or co-created, the show, or you're the person who's in charge of day-to-day operations. Whereas "producer" is often just a writing credit.
-- Mitchell Hurwitz

#Writing #Mean #Credit
One of the best ways into the business is to get a job with a production, which you can do by cold-calling or by getting your rÃ©sumÃ© out there, and also through contacts. That's where nepotism really helps.
-- Mitchell Hurwitz

#Jobs #Calling #Way
It's very hard, I think, for critics to write positive reviews, because there's not that much to say about something you like. You can kind of say 'I really like that band' and then if you're forced to fill up the rest of an article, you've got to start saying heady things. It's much easier to say negative things in a review.
-- Mitchell Hurwitz

#Writing #Thinking #Negative
The people that always impress me are the ones that are curious about what they're going to do next.
-- Mitchell Hurwitz

#People #Next #Curious
I think of there being two conditions that creative people go through. I think it's fear and curiosity.
-- Mitchell Hurwitz

#Thinking #Two #People
I have this identity for myself as a writer and the only thing that can happen is that I chip away from it.
-- Mitchell Hurwitz

#Identity #Chips
I remember being asked when I was in high school what do I want to do when I grow up and the answer is so indicative - I would like to have been a successful playwright.
-- Mitchell Hurwitz

#Growing Up #School #Successful
Chance favors the well prepared. The more stuff you throw in, the more chances you have of looking like, 'I did that.'
-- Mitchell Hurwitz

#Favors #Stuff #Chance
Regret is a tricky word. Here's a big secret: nobody knows what wasn't.
-- Mitchell Hurwitz

#Regret #Secret #Bigs
Character is what someone does, much more than who they are. I can be sarcastic or I can be fearful, but it doesn't really matter until there's a story - until someone comes in and holds us hostage.
-- Mitchell Hurwitz

#Sarcastic #Character #Stories
Television is so much about continuing to work with people.
-- Mitchell Hurwitz

#People #Television #Continuing
The TV industry works in this crazy system where everybody's trying to get the same actors at the same time.
-- Mitchell Hurwitz

#Crazy #Trying #Tvs
I always liked magic. I was always embarrassed by liking magic because I liked the fact that they're just lying.
-- Mitchell Hurwitz

#Lying #Magic #Facts
For the most part you are dealing with jealousy, you are dealing with love, you're dealing with hatred, you are dealing with revenge and all of these sort of classic things.
-- Mitchell Hurwitz

#Revenge #Love You #Hatred
The more constraints I have, the more opportunities I have to be creative to fix those constraints.
-- Mitchell Hurwitz

#Opportunity #Creative #Be Creative
It's very easy I think when you're a creative person to wait for the right thing and to start getting self-conscious about how you are going to express what you do and what's special about you. I would say in general, a lot of times the answer is that you just dive into something and you find your own voice through that process.
-- Mitchell Hurwitz

#Thinking #Self #Voice
If you've never watched people watch television, I don't recommend it. It's not an exciting thing to do.
-- Mitchell Hurwitz

#People #Television #Watches
Television is a very writer-driven business, and it's one of the few parts of entertainment where writers are treated with respect, only because they need you. If they didn't have to treat you with respect, they would be happy to dismiss you.
-- Mitchell Hurwitz

#Needs #Television #Entertainment

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