We’re a whole culture of people who have a really hard time seeing beyond themselves. Jill Soloway Read Quote
There’s always been something about Jeffrey Tambor, not only as an actor but as a person, where his ability to embody a sort of very dignified feminine way of being just – this was just very clear to me. Jill Soloway Read Quote
I’ve always been really interested in how people’s identities are shaped by where they come from and how they want to get away from where they come from. Jill Soloway Read Quote
I’ve always been really interested in secrets – how people find ways of doing things without telling anyone else in order to keep themselves feeling safe in the world. Jill Soloway Read Quote
People who don’t have experience setting healthy boundaries, they have secrets instead. Jill Soloway Read Quote
After ‘Nikki’ and ‘Steve Harvey,’ I had written on a show called ‘The Oblongs,’ which was pretty well respected and had a lot of ‘Simpsons’ writers on it. So I was a TV writer with an interesting voice at that moment. Jill Soloway Read Quote
Something I’ve really been wanting to do, ever since ‘Six Feet Under’ ended, was create my own version of this idealized writer’s room as well as the ideal family. Jill Soloway Read Quote
I took all my TV experience and what I learned about – by writing and directing and bringing a movie to Sundance – about the realities of the independent film market: ‘Transparent’ is the marriage of those two situations. Jill Soloway Read Quote
I always love the soapy conflicts between somebody’s family of origin and their new family – ‘Do I have Thanksgiving at my husband’s parents’ house, or at my parents’ house?’ Jill Soloway Read Quote
