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It works better if your lead character is complex and interesting and not perfect.
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.
When you're a screenwriter working on a film, you're not really even welcome on set, even if you know... When I wrote 'Elizabeth' and... →
First episodes are difficult things to write.
I only have one idol: John Lennon.
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... →
If you're in America or Europe, walk for three blocks, and you'll pass about 14 Vikings. Their reach was immense.
Nobody knows what really happened in any historical period. There are some periods where we know more than others, though.
People love cliches. If you can give people cliches, that's very good TV, then.
When I did 'The Tudors,' there was massive information available and a ready-made market.
With 'Vikings,' I had the task of making these people interesting and, to a point, sympathetic.
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... →
With 'The Tudors,' I had a huge amount of material, I mean so many books and so much stuff about what they really said. So, in a way it was... →
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