Quotes by Thomas Schlamme - Page 1

There's always been an ongoing struggle between commerce and art.
Thomas Schlamme / Television Director
Art
Commerce
Ongoing
Struggle
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I think 'The West Wing' hit at a moment in time that was just right for that show.
Thomas Schlamme / Television Director
Time Moment Right
Wing
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I'm engaged: I'm interested in other people. I think that's just as important as knowing how to do the job.
Thomas Schlamme / Television Director
Engaged
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'Survivor' was, to me, an absolute reaction that the audience was having to the sort of staid nature of narrative drama on television.
Thomas Schlamme / Television Director
Narrative
Absolute
Reaction
Staid
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When we were doing 'Sports Night' and 'West Wing' at the same time, I thought I was the luckiest guy in the world because my two interests were politics and sports.
Thomas Schlamme / Television Director
Luckiest
West Wing
Wing
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I worked as a production assistant on a couple of films, and finally, I got a job at an animation studio as an editor. After that, work begat work. I got into directing music videos and commercials.
Thomas Schlamme / Television Director
Assistant
Commercials
Directing
Editor
Music Videos
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Just besides how smart Aaron Sorkin stuff is, really, is how visceral it is, how sensual it is. Not sexual, sensual. Always tactile. When you read his scripts, the scripts read fast and the words almost jump off the page.
Thomas Schlamme / Television Director
Sensual
Smart
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I'm a voyeur. I say that with no embarrassment. If I could have a superpower, being invisible would be it, no question. I'm fascinated by human behavior; observing people and seeing how much story gets told without a lot of dialogue, and how much our brain fills in.
Thomas Schlamme / Television Director
Behavior
Dialogue
Embarrassment
Fascinated
Human Behavior
If I Could
Invisible
Observing
Superpower
Fills
No Question
Voyeur
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Aaron Sorkin whole thing was that he didn't want the pomposity of the presidency in the West Wing. But once we cast Martin Sheen and we realised Martin's incredible accessibility, nothing felt pompous or aloof. If the show is about all the planets, let's end it with the sun.
Thomas Schlamme / Television Director
Aloof
Incredibles
Pompous
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I remember running into Aaron's Sorkin office and going "The show's West Wing going to work! I know it's going to work!" And it was literally that moment: the energy, the place, the feel. I didn't know the show would be successful but I thought it was going to be good and I don't have that feeling very often. And we were rehearsing all of that not knowing who the President of the United States was!
Thomas Schlamme / Television Director
Running
Office
Successful
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