Vince Gilligan Quotes

#1. You don't make a movie by yourself; you certainly don't make a TV show by yourself. You invest people in their work. You make people feel comfortable in their jobs; you keep people talking.

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#2. TV is where writers get to tell interesting stories. Because writers, for the most part, run television.

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#3. In all honesty, I've written movies that have been made, and the process has not been as satisfying as writing for television.

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#4. The older I get, the more nervous and anxiety-ridden I get. I don't know how to fix that.

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#5. People want what they want, for as long as they want it, then tastes change and something else works.

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#6. I think that for me, as far as audience expectations and how you manage your anxiety, it helps to keep things in perspective.

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#7. I've imparted that philosophy to the writers, but some of them look stuff up while some don't. Same with the editors, directors and actors. To each their own.

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#8. 'SpongeBob SquarePants' is a great show, and it centers on a character that is courageously nice. Why is SpongeBob interesting? It's because he has passion. He has a passion for chasing jellyfish.

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#9. If you look closely at 'Breaking Bad' and any given episode of 'The X Files,' you will realise the structure is exactly the same.

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#10. I wanna keep being productive and creative.

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#11. Endings are the hardest part. I find there's a great relief that at the end of every episode, every hour of TV you produce, while you want a proper and satisfying ending, it doesn't have to end The Story, in capital letters.

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#12. If you're too rigid in your thinking you may miss some wonderful opportunities for storytelling.

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#13. Let the audience put 2 and 2 together so that it comes up with 4. Let them do that themselves, and they'll love you forever.

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#14. The thing that intrigued me about 'Breaking Bad' from day one was the idea of taking a character and transforming him.

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#15. I'm not a big internet guy - not because I'm not interested in what people have to say, but probably because I'm too interested.

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#16. I stay away from the internet as much as I can. Except for pornography.

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#17. It's like that old expression: "Men plan and god laughs." You sort of see that in the television world, where you have an idea where things are heading and you have a plan and sort of start off in that general direction, but you wind up taking all these side paths and whatnot - if you're lucky.

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#18. It's weird how with a TV show, you don't have just the one ending - you have the many.

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#19. I love cable, but not because you can show boobies and say the F-word. I love it because you have more time to think. That's the blessing of it.

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#20. There are two ways of knowing if something ends badly: If you're honest with yourself, you just kind of know it. And then there's other people's reaction to it.

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#21. There's nothing more powerful to a showrunner than a truly invested writer.

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#22. [Making meth] is a complex process. The truth of it is that we live in a post-Google world where you can find six recipes for meth in 30 seconds on a search engine.

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#23. It's often the case with successful TV shows that they kind of inadvertently live on past their prime. It's best to leave the audience wanting more.

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#24. What's so great about making television is that it's a collaborative beast. It's created by a great many hands belonging to a great many people.

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#25. The last thing in the world that I would want to know, in my own life, is when I'm going to pass away.

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