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Kurt Sutter

American Director

Born: May 5, 1966

Me People Time World Writing You

Related authors: David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Spike Lee Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen

Man's inhumanity to man is as old as humanity itself. Some people just do evil things. Most do not. A billion people have seen 'Batman' movies over the past 20 years, and they have been entertained and inspired. One man saw it as a sick entry point for mass murder. The one is tragic. The billion are not. I choose to write for the billion. Kurt Sutter

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I'm a guy desperately in need of buffers. I have big feelings, big reactions, big emotions. All the things that serve me as an artist, but challenge me as a socially-responsible human being. Kurt Sutter

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The lazy blogosphere has given up on journalism and now trolls Twitter for their on-the-record in-depth articles. Kurt Sutter

Twitter Given Lazy Journalism Up Articles In-Depth Now

The whole Twitter phenomenon is really indicative of what's happening in this country. And I say this in condemnation of myself as much as anyone else - we are growing into a nation that has no time, desire or capacity for truth. All we can handle is 140 characters of knowledge. Kurt Sutter

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I've made a career writing about fictitious anti-heroes. To create these worlds, I've spent a lot of time with active members on both sides of the law. And if I had to pick the most interesting of the two, the choice is obvious - we all love the guys in black. Kurt Sutter

Love Time Writing Law Black Made Active Worlds Sides Spent Members About Guys Both Both Sides Had Pick Most Obvious Lot Fictitious Interesting Create Choice Career Two

I was really exposed to great old-time literature - the classics, the poetic realists like Strindberg and Ibsen and all those guys. I was really inspired by all those guys. That's when writing became a primary focus. Kurt Sutter

Great Writing Focus Those Classics Guys Poetic Inspired Primary Like Became Literature Realists Really Exposed Old-Time

I'm drawn to the classic antihero, the guy who's probably made a bunch of mistakes and really has the capacity to go either way. That's the most interesting type of character for me to watch, to see what decisions they'll make. There's a lot of gray area there for a writer to explore. Kurt Sutter

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The trap in Hamlet is he's the most passive of Shakespeare's characters. He's not a Richard III, not out there taking a lot of action. It's a lot of asides and soliloquies where he's wrapped in angst, and that's not a very interesting character. Kurt Sutter

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I'm a storyteller... I haves a God-given gift that I can share with you and perhaps entertain you and bring you along for the ride... So when anybody tries to take that away from me, or impede that, I get defensive. Kurt Sutter

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The rumor is not true: I am allowed in the state of Texas. Kurt Sutter

State Rumor Allowed True Am Texas

I knew from being on 'The Shield,' and having some experience in the financials of all of it, that after seven seasons, the production model changes and reverts back. It becomes a much more expensive show to do, and perhaps the economic feasibility of it somewhat goes away. Kurt Sutter

Experience Changes Back Seven Some Having More Economic Somewhat Knew Perhaps Becomes Shield Model Goes Expensive Being After Much Production Show Away Seasons

I do not write political shows; I should not write political shows. Kurt Sutter

Political Write Should Shows

I know the book on me is I'm bombastic and over-the-top, but I think people who know me know that's a part of who I am, but it's not who I am. Kurt Sutter

Me Book People Think Part Over-The-Top Know Am Who

My dad was disappointed in me because I was obese, and he was a sports guy. As a result, I spent a lot of time in that basement. I could go down there and escape and be whatever I wanted to be. I had a huge fantasy life. It always involved vengeance. Kurt Sutter

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I'm way too hypersensitive. Kurt Sutter

Too Way

When I was doing research on the M.C.s and spending time with these cats, one of the things that struck me and made me realize that I could deliver this world to an audience was their really dark and acute sense of humor. Kurt Sutter

I wish I had tougher skin, but I don't. Kurt Sutter

Wish Skin Tougher Had

For me, money is about respect, and that is really important to me. Kurt Sutter

Me Respect Money Important About Really

Here's the deal with 'Bastard.' I loved that show, and for me, it was such a palate cleanser, going from writing urban vernacular and crime to, essentially, iambic pentameter. I loved the mythology of that world based on history, but what it came down to was money. Kurt Sutter

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I like to take fictitious characters and circumstances and wedge them into a real world. Kurt Sutter

World Circumstances Characters Wedge Take Like Real Real World Fictitious Them

What I learned in 'Sons' is that I would come in with a blueprint of a season and how it would go, and I realized that the looser my grip was, the better it became because the story found itself. Things happened as I wanted them to in terms of the bigger mile markers, but the fun part was I never knew how we would get there. Kurt Sutter

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You have to be driven by something greater than you, where you don't surrender, and you commit to something like that. Kurt Sutter

You Surrender Something Driven Like Greater Than Commit Where

I've been riding motorcycles since my early 20s, and I loved the hipness of the subculture. Kurt Sutter

Since Subculture Been Motorcycles Loved Riding Early Early 20s

I don't think or write from big ideals. Kurt Sutter

Big Think Write Ideals

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