Everyone in Hollywood who is successful becomes less successful at some point. I’m just trying to delay that fall for as long as I can. Shawn Ryan Read Quote
There are certain economics involved in making a network TV show that you want to amortize the costs of that, so the more episodes you make, the cheaper they all are individually. Shawn Ryan Read Quote
I’ve worked in network and cable on and off for a number of years, and you just understand what your parameters are. A lot of times, I think the best work that my team has come up with comes from having to deal with certain boundaries. Shawn Ryan Read Quote
One of the tricky things about running a TV show is that you just never know how good the guest stars you cast on a weekly basis, how good they’re going to be in the episode. Sometimes they surprise you in good ways and sometimes they surprise you in disappointing ways. Shawn Ryan Read Quote
I don’t want my writing to be so unique that when you apply it to different genres, it seems like the previous show that people know you from. Shawn Ryan Read Quote
You can make a good show, but you still need some magical alchemy to get people to watch. Shawn Ryan Read Quote
Series finales have that responsibility to leave you feeling good about entire series. You want to feel like the viewer closes the book satisfied. And if you strike out on the finale it skews how you feel about the entire series. Shawn Ryan Read Quote
I’m very humble in terms of knowing that television is an extraordinary collaborative medium and that one person alone cannot make a great TV show. Shawn Ryan Read Quote
