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I believe that 99 percent of successful TV shows change an immense amount from the pilot to the tenth or twelfth episode.
~ Bill Lawrence
Amount
Believe
Change
Episode
I Believe
I Believe That
Immense
Percent
Pilot
Shows
Successful
Tenth
TV
TV Shows
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I hate shows, personally, where people stand around tossing stuff at each other, and any character can say any line, because you don't believe any of these characters care for each other. I used to fight with my friends who wrote on 'Seinfeld,' because they had such great pride in saying it was a show about nothing.
~ Bill Lawrence
About
Any
Around
Because
Believe
Care
Character
Characters
Each
Fight
Friends
Great
Great Pride
Had
Hate
Line
Nothing
Other
People
Personally
Pride
Say
Saying
Seinfeld
Show
Shows
Stand
Stuff
Used
Where
Who
Wrote
You
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I like the end of the year to be about something. Especially with younger shows, the network pushes you to make self-contained episodes; they don't like them to be serialized: 'We want this one to be funny for someone who's never watched it and will never watch again.' And I go 'Why would anyone want to do it like that?'
~ Bill Lawrence
About
Again
Anyone
End
Episodes
Funny
Go
Like
Make
Network
Never
Pushes
Shows
Someone
Something
Them
Want
Watch
Watched
Why
Will
Would
Year
You
Younger
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I love television; I specifically love having a dumb character on a TV show.
~ Bill Lawrence
Character
Dumb
Having
I Love
Love
Show
Specifically
Television
TV
TV Show
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I love TV. I watch more TV than most people you know.
~ Bill Lawrence
I Love
Know
Love
More
Most
People
Than
TV
Watch
You
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I think feature films sell on the idea, and I think TV works based almost entirely on execution. I don't think anybody is going, 'Wow, that show is executed poorly, but the idea is so cool I just have to keep watching.'
~ Bill Lawrence
Almost
Anybody
Based
Cool
Entirely
Executed
Execution
Feature
Feature Films
Films
Going
I Think
Idea
Just
Keep
Poorly
Sell
Show
Think
TV
Watching
Works
Wow
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I think that the problem with network television is that they cling to the whole business model like they are clinging to the side of a cliff.
~ Bill Lawrence
Business
Business Model
Cliff
Cling
Clinging
I Think
Like
Model
Network
Network Television
Problem
Side
Television
The Problem With
Think
Whole
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My friends back from the East Coast jokingly call me 'Hollywood,' and they assume I'm out at Hollywood parties, but I'm a domesticated guy with 3 kids.
~ Bill Lawrence
Assume
Back
Call
Coast
Domesticated
East
East Coast
Friends
Guy
Hollywood
Kids
Me
Out
Parties
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The landscape is television has changed so much, because there are so many outlets, that the odds of getting a zeitgeisty hit - you know how 'American Idol' seems to appeal to every human being on the planet? Doing that in comedy nowadays is very, very hard.
~ Bill Lawrence
American
American Idol
Appeal
Because
Being
Changed
Comedy
Doing
Every
Getting
Hard
Hit
How
Human
Human Being
Idol
Know
Landscape
Many
Much
Nowadays
Odds
Outlets
Planet
Seems
Television
Very
You
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To me, in retrospect, it was amazing that 'Seinfeld' was a show that had such mass appeal. At first it was a disaster in the ratings, but then it became a cultural phenomenon. I don't know if that's possible anymore, but I don't try for that.
~ Bill Lawrence
Amazing
Anymore
Appeal
Became
Cultural
Disaster
First
Had
Know
Mass
Me
Phenomenon
Possible
Ratings
Retrospect
Seinfeld
Show
Then
Try
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