[He added Campos, playing Dr. Quentin Costa, because every show needs an enemy.] I feel like every season is only as good as the adversary, ... On 24, the adversary can be a nuclear bomb. Our adversary has to be a person. |
[Julia and her angry son Matt are at the forefront of this year's transformations.] They sort of spiral off and recreate themselves, ... which is the theme of the show, recreation and transformation. |
and once that character came on, the ratings, like, doubled. |
Dirty Tricks. |
Even before I wanted to do something about plastic surgeons, I wanted to do something about the idea of how people transform themselves. |
He's a better womanizer than Christian and a better doctor than Sean. |
He's out there, and people are nervous, |
I didn't want it to feel like a slasher movie, ... I wanted it to be a little more kabuki and delicate and weird. |
I kept saying Julian is a ghost, but no one's buying it. [The last scene of the season finale] was a very brutal scene, so the repercussions of that are equally brutal. It's an event that sends the character of Christian off in a different direction. The repercussions of it are quite huge, but I don't want to say what it is until people see it. |
I think we live in a world where the middle is accepted as sometimes the best, and I don't agree with that, ... When I watch a movie or another television show, I want to feel something . . . I would say that every episode is like a Grimm's fairy tale. It has a moral at the end. |
I think we live in a world where the middle is accepted as sometimes the best, and I don't agree with that. When I watch a movie or another television show, I want to feel something . . . I would say that every episode is like a Grimm's fairy tale. It has a moral at the end. |
I try not to worry about that stuff too much because you can't get caught up in that award show deal because then you start saying, 'Well, what does win awards? Maybe I should write (like) that' and that gets a little dangerous, ... Maybe the show is a little too controversial. |
I'm like, 'No, it's not funny, but it has moments of comedy in it,' |
I've never gotten a note (that said) 'Could you make somebody more likable?' ... In fact, it's always the opposite. 'Can you make them more complex?' You're allowed to write anti-heroes. |
I've never gotten a note (that said) 'Could you make somebody more likable?' ... In fact, it's always the opposite. 'Can you make them more complex?' You're allowed to write antiheroes. |