50 Noah Hawley Quotes for You to Enjoy

Noah Hawley

American Producer

Born: 1967

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I'm a big believer that the structure of stories should reflect the content of the story. Noah Hawley

Big Reflect Structure Content Big Believer Stories Story Should Believer

One of the things I've always loved about genre, comic books, science fiction and fantasy is that there's a certain level of playfulness to them, and pure imagination and creativity. Noah Hawley

As for my schedule, I tend to go to bed at the same time every night and get up at the same time every morning, and I try to be as productive as possible. Some days, I can devote to one specific thing. Other days, it's a catch-all day. Noah Hawley

The great thing about an anthology is that each year is its own 10-hour movie, and the only requirement is that it's the best 10-hour movie that I can make out of the story. Noah Hawley

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People, they don't know how to bend; they just break. Noah Hawley

People Bend Know How Just Break

The last thing you want is to be desperate in Hollywood. Noah Hawley

You Desperate Want Hollywood Thing Last

'Legion' is meant to be a show that is a state of mind. But the problem with TV is that there are commercials. There's a hypnotic quality to the way we put it together. I need to get you out of your life in the first seven minutes of that show. Noah Hawley

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The job at broadcast is to figure out what the dumbest person in the room is going to think. That's not the case at FX. Noah Hawley

Job Think Broadcast Out Case Dumbest Person Going Room Figure

Making a new season for 'Legion' is not something you just switch into. It's not something you do between dropping the kids off in the morning and having dinner at night. That's a retreat into the woods for six weeks with some mushrooms, and trying to come back with the answers. Noah Hawley

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I'm Kubrick without the O.C.D. Noah Hawley

Without Kubrick

The thing that scares us the most is when familiar things operate in unfamiliar ways. Noah Hawley

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One of the things that I've always appreciated about the 'X-Men' style of storytelling versus other Marvel stories is how fluid the line between good and bad and right and wrong is. Noah Hawley

There have been days where I've had two writers' rooms or three writers' rooms going, and you walk back and forth. And then you sort of throw yourself on the sofa, and you go, 'Just talk at me for, like, 20 minutes,' and my brain will catch up with this particular story. But I find that exciting. Noah Hawley

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A book is full of ideas. You just live with what you read for so much longer. A lot of the times, nowadays, with a movie or TV show, it's like, 'Oh, it's entertainment!' And you never think about it again. Noah Hawley

My mom never went to college, so she just assumed the writer identity, and that was always really inspiring to me. It's not something you need nine levels of education for. It's really an identity that you claim for yourself, and then you have to make yourself one. Noah Hawley

Writing is this odd act, right? To sit and type, or write by hand, or whatever people do. And it requires a real discipline because it is really a sheer act of will that you're creating something, and you're doing it by yourself. Noah Hawley

There's this common sense idea that in order to appeal to the biggest number of people, you have to write something very general, but my experience is the more specific you make something, the more people respond to it, in a very odd way. Noah Hawley

I always feel like you can take a genre that has a familiar structure to it and then reinvent it as a character piece. Suddenly, what's old is new again. With 'Fargo,' I adapted a movie without any of the characters or the story. Yet somehow it feels like 'Fargo.' Noah Hawley

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When Fox asked me if I'd consider taking on The X-Men universe for television, my first thought was, 'What would you do with those stories or that genre that hasn't been done?' Noah Hawley

Me You Thought First Universe Consider Those Television Would Taking Genre Been Done Stories Asked Fox

For some reason, I tend to take on the stuff that people are really passionate about. If you make a list of people you don't want to offend, it's Vonnegut readers, comic book fans, and Coen brothers enthusiasts. Noah Hawley

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