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I never did theater. I was a theater major at USC my first year because I didn't get into the film school. I was biding my time, hoping to be accepted to film school, and I ended up transferring to UCLA my sophomore year.
Darren Star
Time
School
First
Year
Hoping
My Time
Never
Major
Sophomore
Sophomore Year
Because
Accepted
Up
Get
Did
Ended
Transferring
Theater
USC
Film
Film School
In general, I think writing characters, no one is 100 percent good or bad, and certainly, the bad characters never think they're bad themselves. Even the worst characters don't feel like they're bad guys on the inside.
Darren Star
Good
Writing
Think
Worst
Characters
Bad
Inside
Bad Guys
Percent
General
Guys
Never
No-One
Feel
Like
Themselves
Certainly
Even
When you're doing a single-camera show, it's more buying into a level of reality. I think a sitcom, a four-camera show, doesn't require that so much. I think with a film show, you just need the characters to grow.
Darren Star
You
Reality
Think
Characters
More
Doing
Sitcom
Just
Much
Require
Show
Grow
Film
Level
Buying
Need
'Younger' is about reinvention and how age is very much a state of mind. I think the show is ultimately about reinvention. I do think it explores, ultimately, the differences between generations, through the prism of reinvention. That reinvention is possible.
Darren Star
Age
Mind
Differences
Think
State
Possible
About
Through
Generations
Between
How
Prism
Ultimately
Very
Younger
Much
Show
Reinvention
When doing a series, I look for something that has an idea you can think about, something that I'm noticing and aware of and thinking about, because when you're doing a series, you think about more than just jokes... you know, when you're doing a comedy, you think about what's going to reflect people's experiences, in a way.
Darren Star
You
Jokes
People
Comedy
Reflect
Think
Thinking
Way
About
Something
More
Idea
Know
Look
Because
Doing
Than
Going
Just
Experiences
Noticing
Series
Aware
I grew up feeling Israel is very important, and I'm very supportive of Israel. At the same time, I think you can be really supportive of Israel and not look at it as a black-and-white situation.
Darren Star
Time
You
Feeling
Important
Situation
Think
Supportive
Look
Israel
Up
Very
Same
Same Time
Grew
Really
Network's rating dependent. A show might not stick. A lot's timing. Like, my Bradley Cooper in 'Kitchen Confidential' didn't always work. Cable supports young shows. TV Land, which you can find on Hulu, Amazon, iTunes, wanted 'Younger.' They came to me.
Darren Star
Work
Me
You
Timing
Young
TV
Find
Network
Rating
Kitchen
Cable
Supports
Like
Stick
Always
Came
Amazon
Lot
iTunes
Hulu
Confidential
Dependent
Wanted
Which
Land
Might
Younger
Show
Shows
Cooper
I grew up in D.C. but always had a love affair with New York. I did 'Central Park West,' 'Sex and the City,' 'Law & Order.'
Darren Star
Love
Law
Sex
Sex And The City
City
Park
Had
New
Always
Affair
West
Up
Did
York
Love Affair
New York
Order
Grew
Central
Central Park
I realized early on I was not an actor. And it was a great thing to have that realization. To see actors and see what that talent is... it wasn't me.
Darren Star
Great
Me
See
Talent
Great Thing
Realization
Realized
Actor
Thing
Early
I think women have such rich emotional lives that they are expressive about. I also think they're funny. I like watching strong female characters, and I like writing them. I don't know if it's conscious that I gravitate towards women, but it's certainly evolved that way.
Darren Star
Funny
Women
Writing
Strong
Rich
Think
Way
Characters
Evolved
Strong Female
About
Emotional
Towards
Like
Know
Also
Female
Female Characters
Them
Certainly
Expressive
Lives
Conscious
Gravitate
Watching
I think L.A. has got a great lifestyle, but I love New York. You couldn't do 'Broad City' in L.A. because L.A. is a much gentler place. The standard of living is so different.
Darren Star
Love
Great
You
Living
Think
Broad
City
Lifestyle
New
Because
Got
York
New York
Different
Place
Much
Standard
Adversity creates comedy.
Darren Star
Adversity
Comedy
Creates
When I brought 'Sex and the City' to HBO, I wanted to do something independent, where I could be like, 'I don't care if anybody watches this thing. Just let me do something that I would love to see.' Honestly, the success of 'Sex and the City' was what was most surprising to me. It was sort of like the anti-TV-show in my mind.
Darren Star
Success
Love
Me
Care
Mind
Sex
Honestly
Independent
Sex And The City
Would
City
See
Brought
Something
Could
Like
Most
Sort
Surprising
Just
Anybody
Where
Wanted
Thing
Watches
When I did 'Sex and the City,' it was like, 'Let's do a comedy where the humor is not coming from innuendo but from the a truthful place. This is a show where we're going to be able to say and do what we want.'
Darren Star
Comedy
Humor
Sex
Innuendo
Say
Sex And The City
City
Able
Like
Coming
Truthful
Did
Going
Where
Want
Place
Show
I think people have this sort of idea that 'Sex and the City' was this overnight sensation, and that can't be farther from the truth.
Darren Star
Truth
People
Sex
Think
Sex And The City
City
Idea
Sort
Overnight
Sensation
Farther
As a writer, it is always fun to imagine yourself in someone else's shoes.
Darren Star
Yourself
Shoes
Else
Someone
Writer
Always
Fun
Imagine
A standard sitcom... is a very standard idea, like these people falling in love and living with each other, and all these people living with each other. It's like, okay, we hooked them up in episode 15, how do we bust that, how do we find a new kernel in it?
Dave Finkel
Love
People
Living
Other
Hooked
Okay
Find
Idea
New
Like
How
Falling
Falling In Love
Up
Very
Sitcom
Them
Episode
Standard
Bust
Each
Kernel
I liked Norman Lear's ideology that you could trust an audience to stay with you.
Dave Finkel
You
Trust
Ideology
Stay
Could
Liked
Lear
Audience
Norman
There's no such thing as writer's block. I'm brilliant all the time every day. It never stops.
Dave Finkel
Time
Day
Every Day
Brilliant
Every
Writer
Never
Block
Stops
Thing
I mean this sincerely... and I don't know why, but there was a period of time that for some reason, whenever 'Charles in Charge' was on, I couldn't not watch it. I didn't like it and I didn't hate it. I just couldn't not watch.
Dave Finkel
Time
Hate
Charge
Charles
Some
Sincerely
Like
Know
Period
Just
Whenever
Mean
Reason
Why
Watch
One has to be very selective about what is essential for driving the story and what isn't. You leave out some things that are lovely, but unfortunately it is necessary.
David Barron
You
Out
Some
Some Things
About
Selective
Driving
Leave
Very
Essential
Unfortunately
Story
Lovely
Things
Necessary
A show can be artistically successful; a show can be financially successful; a show can be successful by the transformative experience the audience is having; a show can be successful from the point of view of what is experienced by the cast and the company on a daily basis.
David Binder
Daily
Experience
Financially
Having
Cast
Point
Point Of View
Audience
Experienced
Transformative
Successful
View
Show
Company
Daily Basis
Basis
I love the experience the theater creates for a community of people.
David Binder
Love
Experience
People
Community
Theater
Creates
You learn more when things go wrong.
David E. Kelley
You
More
Wrong
Learn
Go
Things
We also have issue oriented storylines which are an examination of an issue, be it ethical or social.
David E. Kelley
Examination
Also
Issue
Which
Social
Ethical
Oriented
When the stories come easily and the writing process doesn't feel laboring, that's usually a good sign for me.
David E. Kelley
Good
Me
Writing
Sign
Easily
Good Sign
Writing Process
Feel
Come
Stories
Process
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