Matthew Weiner Quotes
The show is not a history lesson or intellectual exploration. It is entertainment based on tension, irony and storytelling that is closely related to today’s life.
You don't drink and smoke that much, and womanize that much, unless you really want to be punished, I think.
Super confident people with no problems and great marriages and great parenting are not good entertainment.
I think there's a kind of elegance to it, to work within that framework where what you don't see is often more enticing.
As far as casting, I'm there for every single person that's cast. Even if it's one word, I'm there for their auditions.
Who knows where the talent goes? Sometimes it goes where the money is. Sometimes I think writers are really interested in the glory.
All human stories are interesting. You don't put a kid in a show because you need a device. They have a story, too.
I do find it sometimes that people project their own feelings on to the characters and I think that there is a certain amount of sexism - I mean the proprietary nature, for men and women.
That's the miracle of telling a story in film: You can express something inside someone's mind.
I am trying to be as impartial as possible. As you can tell from the trailers for Mad Men, I am a person who believes that you should know nothing.
Identity is part of drama to me. Who am I, why am I behaving this way, and am I aware of it?
If you've ever had somebody try to sell you something - people who can sell, they really are not manipulating you. They are selling themselves.
Seeing movie people trying to get into TV now who don't understand that is very interesting.
It took seven years from the time I wrote Mad Men until it finally got on the screen. I lived every day with that script as if it were going to happen tomorrow. That’s the faith you have to have.