Ryan Murphy Quotes (14 Quotes)

He's a better womanizer than Christian and a better doctor than Sean.

What this show says is that real change happens internally, that maybe you should book a consultation with a shrink instead of a plastic surgeon.

It's a Mike Nichols movie, which I thought was very serious and done in a very light, sleight-of-hand way, because I think comedy gets you into the show and makes it accessible,

Some people say if you're picked high you're already on the team, but that's not true, ... You have to come here and work hard for it and hopefully on opening night, you get to put on the game sweater.

He added Campos, playing Dr. Quentin Costa, because every show needs an enemy. I feel like every season is only as good as the adversary, ... On 24, the adversary can be a nuclear bomb. Our adversary has to be a person.

I try not to worry about that stuff too much because you can't get caught up in that award show deal because then you start saying, 'Well, what does win awards Maybe I should write (like) that' and that gets a little dangerous, ... Maybe the show is a little too controversial.

It was sort of modeled after 'The Scream' a little bit ... I also liked the Dresden quality of it, that he was making a comment on artificial beauty and the facade,

It's hard to think you're driving up and down the field every time, getting to the red zone, and you just can't get the ball in. It gets frustrating.

I've never gotten a note (that said) 'Could you make somebody more likable' ... In fact, it's always the opposite. 'Can you make them more complex' You're allowed to write anti-heroes.

We're the blessed ones who get to say we're doing what we dream of doing.

The fun of the show, ... is that it can get light and a little satirically amusing. The thing about the show is it shifts so abruptly . . . and that's what makes you unnerved. That's what I want people to feel. I want them to feel something.

I'm like, 'No, it's not funny, but it has moments of comedy in it,'

Even before I wanted to do something about plastic surgeons, I wanted to do something about the idea of how people transform themselves.

I think we live in a world where the middle is accepted as sometimes the best, and I don't agree with that, ... When I watch a movie or another television show, I want to feel something . . . I would say that every episode is like a Grimm's fairy tale. It has a moral at the end.