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Why am I a closet country music fan? Because I grew up being into rock, and I always thought that country music was, like, something my mom was into. Like, it wasn't cool. It wasn't happening. They were all singing about driving around in their trucks looking for Lulu. David Zabel

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I grew up in a family where law was in the air we were breathing. David Zabel

Family Law Air Were Up Where Grew Breathing

Contemporary audiences are interested in watching characters navigate ethical challenges and moral dilemmas. David Zabel

Challenges Dilemmas Characters Moral Contemporary Audiences Interested Ethical Navigate Watching

I always loved movies as a child, and I love story. I got my degree in English. Film and story seemed, to me, the vector of the movie business. I really didn't know what 'the film business' meant, but I decided I wanted to be in it. Dede Gardner

A lot of movies come out and you think, 'Couldn't you have just tried a little harder?' Dede Gardner

You Think Out Tried Come Lot Just Little Movies Harder

I got into the movie business because of 'Days of Heaven.' Dede Gardner

Business Days Because Got Heaven Movie Movie Business

I am pretty much a nerd, and I love to read. Dede Gardner

Love Nerd Pretty Read Am Much

Why tell a story that people have seen 900 times? That's not interesting artistically. Dede Gardner

People Seen Tell Times Story Interesting Why

We are being held hostage by the people we elect. Dede Gardner

People Hostage Being Elect Held By The People

We have privilege in our hands as storytellers. We need to tell stories that reflect our world. Dede Gardner

World Reflect Our Our World Tell Privilege Hands Stories Storytellers Need

The movie business can be very frustrating and very circuitous; there's no straight path. You have to have tremendous perseverance, dedication and passion. You have to want it very, very badly and you have to deal with a lot of rejection. Denise Di Novi

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When it went on the air, the sales department hated it. It was the highest advertising pullout show in the history of NBC. At the early focus groups, people were saying, 'Who are these people? Why should we watch them? Dick Wolf

The story drove the book. That had a very seminal effect on the way I saw writing and storytelling. If you can set a character in a story that is compelling and has a backbone, you draw people in. Dick Wolf

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I think most people don't react well to being screamed at. It's counterproductive. Dick Wolf

People Think Counterproductive Most React Well Screamed Being

If the scripts are not good, I'll tell somebody, 'This isn't good.' Dick Wolf

Good Somebody Tell Scripts

I do love television. But the business is accelerating and people are not getting the chance to fail. Dick Wolf

Love Business People Television Fail Accelerate Getting Chance

There was an interesting article in Los Angeles Magazine about women directors. A woman director makes one bad independent film and her career is over. Guys tend to get an opportunity to learn from their mistakes. Dick Wolf

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I hardly see myself as a futurist. Dick Wolf

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It's show business. No show, no business. Dick Wolf

Business No Business Show Show Business

People do have viewing patterns, and you disrupt those at your own peril. That's something that everybody learned after 1988. The numbers have gone down every year since that strike. Big time. Dick Wolf

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