I think shows that are completely dramatic are a lie. People use humor to cope. That is how we deal with things. In the darkest situations, there’s humor. And if you don’t show that, you’re not being true to real life. Jenji Kohan Read Quote
For a lot of people, film is still the dream – the captive audience in the darkened theater – but I love TV. I think it’s fantastic. Jenji Kohan Read Quote
I love flawed characters, male or female, and I only want to talk about flawed characters, really, in what I do. Jenji Kohan Read Quote
Home is where your family is. Wherever you are, it’s about the people you’re surrounded by, not necessarily where you lay your head. Jenji Kohan Read Quote
I don’t set out to write female lead shows, necessarily. I like deeply flawed characters. When they come to me, or when I’m introduced to them, I follow the stories and the people, rather than setting out to do a female lead thing. Jenji Kohan Read Quote
I remember one of my writers on ‘Weeds’ got a new apartment and didn’t get cable or a dish. He just hooked his computer up to the TV. I was like, ‘This is it. This is how it’s happening.’ Jenji Kohan Read Quote
I’m not a public figure; I shouldn’t have to be held to a certain standard of beauty. Jenji Kohan Read Quote
My ex-boyfriend said, ‘You have a better chance of getting elected to Congress than getting on the staff of a television show.’ Which was the perfect thing for him to say, because my entire career is, ‘Well, screw you.’ And we broke up. Jenji Kohan Read Quote
