You don't knock television, even if you don't always like what they make of your work. It makes all the difference between being an also-ran writer and very famous.
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You can be far more challenging, articulate and intelligent writing for television than you can writing for the cinema.
TV is a different animal these days. You can bring together really smart writing and directing, in-depth character development and really meaty political and emotional stories.
As a writer, you're really in control of almost everything. That's not the case in TV. You have to be prepared to work with a lot of people to make something happen, and you got to be prepared, at least in the beginning, to not be too good at your specific task.
TV writing is tricky to navigate because you have so many different personalities - the actors, multiple producers.
I think television keeps on being a place where writers can go, and if they're successful, they can have their way, and they can have creative freedom.
In TV, there's so much compromise, it does start to grate a bit. But if you're a writer or an actor, it really is the place to be.
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.
There's exceptional work being done on television. Some of our great writers are writing for television. When you have things to choose from, you typically go after the writing - unless you're going after the money. There are fewer opportunities in film to make money with good writing, unless you're an action hero.
I think that every time you bring a subject into the mainstream landscape of television, it can have a huge impact. Television is such an influential medium.
It makes it harder to write if I watch a lot of television, because television is not like a written story.
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