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Jill Soloway
Jill Soloway
American Comedian
Born: Sep 26, 1965
Always Love Me People Think You
Related authors: George Carlin Groucho Marx Milton Berle Mitch Hedberg Robin Williams Rodney Dangerfield Steven Wright W. C. Fields
When I write, I lose time. I'm happy in a way that I have a hard time finding in real life. The intimacy between my brain and my fingers and my computer... Yet knowing that that intimacy will find an audience... It's very satisfying. It's like having the safety of being alone with the ego reward of being known. Jill Soloway
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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
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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
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My sister and I created a show called 'The Real Life Brady Bunch,' which was sort of a theatrical sensation that got us attention in L.A. and New York. Jill Soloway
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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
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'Six Feet Under,' for me, was college. Alan Ball and Alan Poul ran that show and really taught me what it meant to really run a show in a classic way. Jill Soloway
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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
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Normally, you cast a pilot, and you have to make compromises about being political about who you cast. Jill Soloway
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I wouldn't necessarily say that 'Alpha House' or 'Betas' embodied a particular vision of Amazon of the kind of brand or programming they were gonna do. I think those were the first lucky creators who hit it right for them. Jill Soloway
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I've been writing about misogyny for 20 years and trying to understand what femininity means for my entire career. Jill Soloway
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If you're female, and you want to express your femininity, you're actually demonized in the 'Free To Be... You And Me' generation. Jill Soloway
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I love a kind of shambling outsider protagonist who always feels like they're 'other.' Jill Soloway
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My sister and I are incredibly close, and we created together from childhood through the time we spent in Chicago at the Annoyance Theatre. Jill Soloway
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I'm a naturally open person - some might say radically open. Jill Soloway
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I used to think that, when I was a director, I would have a very specific vision of what everything would look like, but now I am more of a camp counselor. Jill Soloway
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At East Side Jews, we can take a risk because it isn't all about the rules. I started it to create a space for all those people who wouldn't go to temple because they were scared of getting the rules wrong. Jill Soloway
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What I have to offer as a writer/director is the stuff with the feeling in it. Jill Soloway
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I really feel like becoming a director came from other women saying, 'Yeah, you can do this.' I wanted to direct 'Six Feet Under,' and no, they didn't let me. Jill Soloway
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I think, because of the Internet, we're not looking at the very, very narrow channels for distribution that there used to be. Jill Soloway
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Most people privilege the technology, almost as if actors are in service to the machine. Jill Soloway
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Perfection would be something that you see in 'Architectural Digest.' Jill Soloway
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Every project is a race between your enthusiasm and your ability to get it done. Go fast. Don't slow down. A year from now, new things will interest you. Jill Soloway
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Your first job, I tell people I mentor, is managing your affect. Be nice and say nice things. Make it so that the people walk away from interacting with you and say, 'That was fun.' That will make them want to come back and do it again. Jill Soloway
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You must speak the vision of your project in a way that convinces people to pay for it. If they won't pay for it, that is the artist's fault. It is my fault. It is your fault. It is not the executive's fault or the world's. Jill Soloway
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I think of myself as a producer. As a producer and as a showrunner, I already understand what it meant to gather people into a room and step back, to create the boundaries of 'everything's okay' to allow TV writers to go to their craziest places. Jill Soloway
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I just feel like content is content; people want to see it resonate. Jill Soloway
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