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William Devane Quotes

It would have been nice for Greg to eventually grow into a mature relationship with Laura. He was moving toward that already but then took a turn into the juvenile with Paige Picture Quote #1

I live out in the desert, in farm country. I’m around a lot of farmers, guys with packing houses, that sort of thing. Half the time, these guys are in their pajamas or in their slippers. It’s their place Picture Quote #1

Writers are not always right however, but then again, I’ve been on shows where the actors have complete control and change everything and it’s terrible Picture Quote #1

I would fix other people’s lines if they asked me on occasion. The hard part of writing is the architecture of it, getting the story and structuring it. Not the tweaking of lines Picture Quote #1

I like working fast, but I got to the age where the real difference between television and the movies is, I’m not smart enough to be in the movies. It’s a very political world. In all modesty, I can say that I’m a much better actor, but that doesn’t matter Picture Quote #1

I don’t play polo anymore because I am too old. But we still have a half a dozen horses - a couple of young horses we are teaching how to play polo and older horses that are real trustworthy when you get them up in the mountains Picture Quote #1

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The same issue is happening on a show like Everybody Loves Raymond now, which is in its eighth year and struggling to come up with good stories. It’ll be interesting to see how they do. The bottom line is, it starts with the writers and ends with the writers Picture Quote #1

I try to watch only real things, which basically amounts to C-Span for me. I like real people in real situations. I learn from that Picture Quote #1

Clint Eastwood is aging beautifully. But someone like Burt Reynolds and others are practically destroying their faces in the amount of work they have Picture Quote #1

And I have to credit David Jacobs with the opportunities he gave me. He was totally into sharing the creation of characters. David put together a show that told the story of people over many years’ time and that was greatly enjoyable. Though nowadays that is frowned upon Picture Quote #1

David was the kind of guy who was totally supportive of the actors and instructed the writing staff to trust the actor’s instincts, since after all, it’s the actors playing the character Picture Quote #1

There’s a certain possessiveness of writers sometimes Picture Quote #1

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The business is built on slowing or even stopping the aging process Picture Quote #1

I would fix other people’s lines if they asked me on occasion. The hard part of writing is the architecture of it, getting the story and structuring it. Not the tweaking of lines Picture Quote #1

I didn’t care about that because I’m not a diplomatic person to begin with. I just went along with things and did what I wanted to do because I knew they had to shoot their 12 pages a day. and when they realized that I didn’t alter the text they really didn’t mind what I did Picture Quote #1

I live out in the desert, in farm country. I’m around a lot of farmers, guys with packing houses, that sort of thing. Half the time, these guys are in their pajamas or in their slippers. It’s their place Picture Quote #1

Writers are not always right however, but then again, I’ve been on shows where the actors have complete control and change everything and it’s terrible Picture Quote #1

What I would have liked to do on that show was play a secretary of state who has huge personal business interests throughout the world. That, to me, seems to be more in synch with reality Picture Quote #1

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Networks don’t want a show with a continuing story. There’s no backend potential Picture Quote #1

I’m trying to find a character that’s my age and I can sustain week after week. I’d like to do a series Picture Quote #1

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It would have been nice for Greg to eventually grow into a mature relationship with Laura. He was moving toward that already but then took a turn into the juvenile with Paige (William Devane Quotes) I live out in the desert, in farm country. I’m around a lot of farmers, guys with packing houses, that sort of thing. Half the time, these guys are in their pajamas or in their slippers. It’s their place. (William Devane Quotes) Writers are not always right however, but then again, I’ve been on shows where the actors have complete control and change everything and it’s terrible. (William Devane Quotes) I would fix other people’s lines if they asked me on occasion. The hard part of writing is the architecture of it, getting the story and structuring it. Not the tweaking of lines. (William Devane Quotes) I like working fast, but I got to the age where the real difference between television and the movies is, I’m not smart enough to be in the movies. It’s a very political world. In all modesty, I can say that I’m a much better actor, but that doesn’t matter. (William Devane Quotes) I don’t play polo anymore because I am too old. But we still have a half a dozen horses - a couple of young horses we are teaching how to play polo and older horses that are real trustworthy when you get them up in the mountains (William Devane Quotes) The same issue is happening on a show like Everybody Loves Raymond now, which is in its eighth year and struggling to come up with good stories. It’ll be interesting to see how they do. The bottom line is, it starts with the writers and ends with the writers (William Devane Quotes) I try to watch only real things, which basically amounts to C-Span for me. I like real people in real situations. I learn from that (William Devane Quotes) Clint Eastwood is aging beautifully. But someone like Burt Reynolds and others are practically destroying their faces in the amount of work they have (William Devane Quotes) And I have to credit David Jacobs with the opportunities he gave me. He was totally into sharing the creation of characters. David put together a show that told the story of people over many years’ time and that was greatly enjoyable. Though nowadays that is frowned upon (William Devane Quotes) David was the kind of guy who was totally supportive of the actors and instructed the writing staff to trust the actor’s instincts, since after all, it’s the actors playing the character (William Devane Quotes) There’s a certain possessiveness of writers sometimes (William Devane Quotes) The business is built on slowing or even stopping the aging process (William Devane Quotes) I would fix other people’s lines if they asked me on occasion. The hard part of writing is the architecture of it, getting the story and structuring it. Not the tweaking of lines (William Devane Quotes) I didn’t care about that because I’m not a diplomatic person to begin with. I just went along with things and did what I wanted to do because I knew they had to shoot their 12 pages a day. and when they realized that I didn’t alter the text they really didn’t mind what I did (William Devane Quotes) I live out in the desert, in farm country. I’m around a lot of farmers, guys with packing houses, that sort of thing. Half the time, these guys are in their pajamas or in their slippers. It’s their place (William Devane Quotes) Writers are not always right however, but then again, I’ve been on shows where the actors have complete control and change everything and it’s terrible (William Devane Quotes) What I would have liked to do on that show was play a secretary of state who has huge personal business interests throughout the world. That, to me, seems to be more in synch with reality (William Devane Quotes) Networks don’t want a show with a continuing story. There’s no backend potential (William Devane Quotes) I’m trying to find a character that’s my age and I can sustain week after week. I’d like to do a series (William Devane Quotes)