One of the things that’s, I think, hard in television is that there’s a certain sameness to a lot of television because you’re working in a very constricted box, and the box is defined by the amount of money you have to spend and the amount of time you have to get ready. Carlton Cuse Read Quote
I think ‘North by Northwest’ and ‘Rope’ and Rear Window’ and ‘Psycho’ are on my list of favorite all time movies. I just think his kind of command as a director was almost unparalleled, and I feel like in certain ways the sort of character-based thriller owes more to Hitchcock than anyone. Carlton Cuse Read Quote
Lost’ is about a bunch of people stranded on an island. It’s compelling, but kind of tiny. But what sustains you are the characters. Carlton Cuse Read Quote
I really think that as good of a job as you do as a writer, you’re absolutely indebted to the actors that have to deliver that material. Carlton Cuse Read Quote
As a writer, I always think about who my prototype actors are, in my brain. It’s helpful, as a writer, to think about that. Carlton Cuse Read Quote
Both my wife and I went to Harvard, and it’s incredibly exciting that our son and daughter are going there and have the chance to experience it. There are many awesome opportunities at Harvard. That’s one of its greatest frustrations – not having enough time to take the classes you want to take. Carlton Cuse Read Quote
This idea that you can watch a show like ‘True Detective,’ and it was awesome, but is it really ruined for you if the finale is not your favorite episode of it? It’s just odd to me. Carlton Cuse Read Quote
I think everyone in Hollywood works on multiple things because you never know what’s going to happen with your projects. Carlton Cuse Read Quote
When ‘Lost’ was over, we expected that there’d be some people who’d really like it and other people who wouldn’t. The Emmy nominations are an indication to us that there were a fair number of people who did like the way we concluded our story. Carlton Cuse Read Quote
I think there’s this essential human desire to have a unified field theory. Everyone is like, ‘I want to unlock the single secret to ‘Lost.’ There isn’t any one secret. There is not a unified field theory for ‘Lost,’ nor do we think there should be, because philosophically, we don’t buy into that as a conceit. Carlton Cuse Read Quote