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Julie Plec

American Producer

Born: May 26, 1972

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I realized that I get pleasure when I'm told, 'Don't listen to the haters; they're losers in their moms' basements.' I imagine these 'losers' and feel better about myself. Their insults hurt less if I label them 'pathetic.' I diminish their value in order to protect mine. I noticed that I'm quick to make a joke at someone else's expense. Julie Plec

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When you're dealing with long-distance relationships, it's a relationship played out over technology. When you're in high school, it's because you're not supposed to act on those impulses yet. So some of my favorite relationships in drama are based in people that can't really be together. Julie Plec

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I suffer mightily at the 7 A.M. calls. I'm happy as a clam on the 7 P.M. calls. Julie Plec

Happy Calls Suffer

I've learned that I've just barely scratched the surface of knowledge of the profession, and I have deep envy of and appreciation for filmmakers who really, truly understand the physics, the design of filmmaking. They can do story and color and composition and geometry and math and science all at once. Julie Plec

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If I walk into the editing room, it's six hours lost. I'm massaging frames. I'm, like, 'Oh, take six frames off that shot. Hit the music cue right there.' I will drive everybody crazy if left to my own devices in that room. So I try to do everything I can by staying out of the way. Julie Plec

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I remember, my freshman year of college, sitting in my TV room at the end of my dorm hallway with one other girl watching the premiere of 'Beverly Hills, 90210.' And then, a year later, walking into a room packed with college students watching '90210,' and I thought, 'I wonder what it must be like to be part of a phenomenon like that.' Julie Plec

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Happiness is not necessarily a drama magnet. Julie Plec

Happiness Drama Magnet Necessarily

I think Joss Whedon is a genius. Julie Plec

Genius Think

When you have an ensemble where characters pair off so easily, it becomes extremely isolating in the story world. You can end up with two actors who have not seen each other face to face all season long. Julie Plec

I read 'Tiger Beat' and 'Bop' from the time I was 9, 10, 11 years old. I loved movies. I saw 'E.T.' seven times. I used to yell at people who called me when 'L.A. Law' was on because they should know better. So I just have been so in love with the business of Hollywood since I can remember. Julie Plec

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Kevin Williamson and I wrote a show about loss and grief that just so happened to have vampires in it. Julie Plec

Grief Vampires About Wrote Loss Just Happened Show Kevin

A long-running show leaves behind a legacy of storytellers and their relationship with the audience. Julie Plec

Relationship Long-Running Audience Leaves Legacy Behind Storytellers Show

The intensity of the story breaking on 'Vampire' has never been easy. Every week, you're starting with a blank board and trying to make a new movie. There's no formula; there's no franchise to hang your hat on. Julie Plec

Every night, I will write until I'm done. Until my eyes are burning and tearing, and I can't see the computer screen anymore, till I finish the script, till I get to the point where I'm happy stopping, till I get everything off my plate, because I hate going to bed with a full plate. It makes me very neurotic. Julie Plec

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Showrunning is an arrogant job. You have to be arrogant and hold yourself strong in order for people to hear you. Confidence partners with arrogance. The only person you have to trust is yourself. The only instinct you can trust is your own. Julie Plec

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The problem with ratings is that you can give yourself a million reasons why they are what they are. Julie Plec

You Yourself Problem Give Ratings The Problem With Reasons Why Million

When you're telling taut, tight storytelling that has any kind of built-in plot twist elements, you tend to want to stack everything up on top of itself as opposed to letting things breathe and be languid in terms of the passage of time. Julie Plec

I wanted people to talk about the finale of 'The Vampire Diaries' as one of their favorites, which is a lofty ambition, but it certainly drove me hard creatively to make sure that we had put as much thought and love into it as we possibly could. Julie Plec

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