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Michael Hirst Quotes

First episodes are difficult things to write Picture Quote #1

I think comedy is the hardest actual form of writing there is Picture Quote #1

Once I engage in something, I really engage in it, and I love the process of reading and researching because I come from an academic background Picture Quote #1

I’m very bad at delegating writing responsibilities, because I’ve never been able to do it; I’ve never had any help or looked for any help Picture Quote #1

My instinct is to absolutely recoil when talking about writing in a mechanistic way. Nothing could be dumber than writing a film or TV script based on prescriptions, on other peoples’ ideas of what character should be Picture Quote #1

I’ve found that using historical material and being rooted in historical material is liberating because I always think to myself, ‘Well, this actually happened, and this is fantastic!’ That’s why I don’t like fantasy, in a way. Because it’s sort of in emptiness Picture Quote #1

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One of the great advantages ofhaving a library,your eminence,is that it is full of books Picture Quote #1

When you’re making a TV drama, the showrunner is God, and so however onerous and difficult and consuming that responsibility is, you’re being treated with respect, so it changes your whole outlook to the production. You’re being asked about costumes, set design, music, every aspect of the show Picture Quote #1

Of course I had written a film about Elizabeth I, and I loved the Tudor period, and I think at the time Working Title and I had debated on whether to do Elizabeth I or Henry VIII. I’d always wanted to do Henry VIII. Like Elizabeth, I’d had this feeling that it had never properly been addressed Picture Quote #1

I couldn’t give ‘Vikings’ away - I mean, I love these people. And I’m not sure anyone else writing it would necessarily have the same feeling towards the characters that I do Picture Quote #1

It works better if your lead character is complex and interesting and not perfect Picture Quote #1

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First episodes are difficult things to write (Michael Hirst Quotes) I think comedy is the hardest actual form of writing there is (Michael Hirst Quotes) Once I engage in something, I really engage in it, and I love the process of reading and researching because I come from an academic background (Michael Hirst Quotes) I’m very bad at delegating writing responsibilities, because I’ve never been able to do it; I’ve never had any help or looked for any help. (Michael Hirst Quotes) My instinct is to absolutely recoil when talking about writing in a mechanistic way. Nothing could be dumber than writing a film or TV script based on prescriptions, on other peoples’ ideas of what character should be. (Michael Hirst Quotes) I’ve found that using historical material and being rooted in historical material is liberating because I always think to myself, ‘Well, this actually happened, and this is fantastic!’ That’s why I don’t like fantasy, in a way. Because it’s sort of in emptiness. (Michael Hirst Quotes) One of the great advantages ofhaving a library,your eminence,is that it is full of books (Michael Hirst Quotes) When you’re making a TV drama, the showrunner is God, and so however onerous and difficult and consuming that responsibility is, you’re being treated with respect, so it changes your whole outlook to the production. You’re being asked about costumes, set design, music, every aspect of the show. (Michael Hirst Quotes) Of course I had written a film about Elizabeth I, and I loved the Tudor period, and I think at the time Working Title and I had debated on whether to do Elizabeth I or Henry VIII. I’d always wanted to do Henry VIII. Like Elizabeth, I’d had this feeling that it had never properly been addressed. (Michael Hirst Quotes) I couldn’t give ‘Vikings’ away - I mean, I love these people. And I’m not sure anyone else writing it would necessarily have the same feeling towards the characters that I do. (Michael Hirst Quotes) It works better if your lead character is complex and interesting and not perfect (Michael Hirst Quotes)