हर किसी की राय का मूल्य एक समान माना जाता है, जो मुझे बहुत अजीब लगता है। किसी किरदार के लिए कलाकार चुनना इतना मुश्किल हो गया है कि आप फोन पर 15 लोगों से बात कर रहे होते हैं, और अगर उनमें से किसी ने भी कह दिया कि "मैं उस आदमी के बारे में श्योर नहीं हूँ" — तो बात खत्म, आगे बढ़ो। ज़रा रुकिए, आखिर उस व्यक्ति की राय इतनी मायने क्यों रखती है? यह एक बेहद अजीब सी प्रक्रिया है जो इसके इर्द-गिर्द पैदा हो गई है।
Everyone's opinion is of equal value, which is bizarre to me. It's so hard to get anybody cast because you'll be on the phone with 15 people, and if anybody says I don't know about that guy - move on. Wait a minute, why is that person's note valid? It's such a bizarre process that's sprung up around it.
Everyone's opinion is of equal value, which is bizarre to me. It's so hard to get anybody cast because you'll be on the phone with 15 people, and if anybody says I don't know about that guy - move on. Wait a minute, why is that person's note valid? It's such a bizarre process that's sprung up around it.
राइटर्स गिल्ड में हममें से ज़्यादातर लोग तंगी की जिंदगी नहीं जीते, हमें बहुत अच्छी सैलरी मिलती है, और जिन चीज़ों के लिए हमने लड़ाई लड़ी—मेरे मामले में, मैं खुद मोलभाव कर सकता हूँ। मैं डीवीडी से मिलने वाली रॉयल्टी या अपनी पसंद की किसी भी चीज़ पर बेहतर मोलभाव कर सकता हूँ, यह कोई न्यूनतम बुनियादी समझौता नहीं होगा। लेकिन मुझे लगता है कि उनके सामने डटे रहना बहुत ज़रूरी था। मुझे पूरा यकीन है कि इस समझौते में हमें वो सब मिला जो अगर हम उनके खिलाफ खड़े न होते तो कभी न मिलता।
We don't have a whole lot of people living hand-to-mouth in the Writers Guild, we get paid really well, and a lot of the things we fought for, in my case, I can negotiate. I can negotiate higher DVD rates or anything I want, it's not going to be a minimum basic agreement. But I do think it was important to stand up to them. I do think that we got things in the deal that we wouldn't have gotten had we not stood up to them.
We don't have a whole lot of people living hand-to-mouth in the Writers Guild, we get paid really well, and a lot of the things we fought for, in my case, I can negotiate. I can negotiate higher DVD rates or anything I want, it's not going to be a minimum basic agreement. But I do think it was important to stand up to them. I do think that we got things in the deal that we wouldn't have gotten had we not stood up to them.
जब भी कोई वेस्टर्न फ़िल्म बनती है, लोग उसपर टूट पड़ते हैं। ऐसा लगता है कि हम लगातार उन लोगों के हिसाब से प्रोग्राम बना रहे हैं जो हमें देखने की सबसे कम संभावना रखते हैं। नेब्रास्का के लोग कंप्यूटर पर चीज़ें नहीं देख रहे, वे टेलीविज़न देखते हैं। हम उनके लिए प्रोग्राम क्यों नहीं बनाते? हम सिर्फ़ ऐसी चीज़ें बनाते हैं जो न्यूयॉर्क और लॉस एंजिल्स को भाती हैं और कई मायनों में देश के बाकी हिस्से का मज़ाक उड़ाती हैं।
Every time someone does a Western movie, people flock to it. It's like, we're continually programming to people who are least likely to watch us. People in Nebraska aren't watching things on the computer, they're watching television. Why aren't we programming things for them? We only program things that appeal to New York and Los Angeles and in many ways spit on the rest of the country.
Every time someone does a Western movie, people flock to it. It's like, we're continually programming to people who are least likely to watch us. People in Nebraska aren't watching things on the computer, they're watching television. Why aren't we programming things for them? We only program things that appeal to New York and Los Angeles and in many ways spit on the rest of the country.
मैंने बहुत सी बातें की हैं - बहुत से लोगों की तरह मैंने सिर्फ़ बेमतलब की बातें नहीं कीं, क्योंकि मैं कभी ऐसा इंसान नहीं रहा जिसे अपने मन की बात कहने से डर लगता हो। मुझे ऐसा न करने की कोई वजह नज़र नहीं आती।
I did a lot of talking - not as much background talking as a lot of people because I've never been someone who is too afraid of saying what I feel. I just don't see any reason to.
I did a lot of talking - not as much background talking as a lot of people because I've never been someone who is too afraid of saying what I feel. I just don't see any reason to.
टेलीविज़न की दर्शकों की संख्या कई सालों से कम हो रही है। इसके लिए इंटरनेट को ज़िम्मेदार ठहराया गया है। हर चीज़ को दोषी ठहराया गया है। सिवाय उस बात के जिसे मैं समस्या मानता हूँ: वह यह कि चैनलों के पास शो के अधिकार हैं, और वे पूरी तरह से यह सोचते हैं कि वही उन्हें बनाते हैं। अब वे शो बनाने वालों को बस अपना काम करने नहीं देते। चैनलों को हर चीज़ पर अपनी राय देनी होती है। वे प्रक्रिया के हर पहलू में ज़रूरत से ज़्यादा दखल देते हैं। और मुझे लगता है कि इससे इस पूरी प्रक्रिया को नुकसान पहुँचा है।
Television viewership has been declining for a number of years. The internet has been blamed. Everything has been blamed. Except for what I think the problem is: that the networks own the shows, and they completely think that they make them. They don't any longer let the people who make shows just make them. The networks have notes about everything. They are intimately involved in every aspect of the process. And I think it's hurt the process.
Television viewership has been declining for a number of years. The internet has been blamed. Everything has been blamed. Except for what I think the problem is: that the networks own the shows, and they completely think that they make them. They don't any longer let the people who make shows just make them. The networks have notes about everything. They are intimately involved in every aspect of the process. And I think it's hurt the process.
मुझे यह भी लगता है कि जिस एक चीज़ से हमें सबसे ज़्यादा नुकसान पहुँच रहा है, वह है किसी भी तरह की राजनीतिक सक्रियता। माइकल जॉर्डन बिल्कुल सही थे, वे मेरे आदर्श थे - जब एक बार उनसे एक राजनीतिक सवाल पूछा गया और उन्होंने कहा कि मैं इसका जवाब नहीं दूँगा, और लोगों ने पूछा क्यों नहीं, तो उन्होंने कहा: क्योंकि रिपब्लिकन लोग भी जूते खरीदते हैं, है ना? वैसी समझदारी अब कहीं देखने को नहीं मिलती।
I also think one of the things that's really hurting us is political activism of any stripe. Michael Jordan had it exactly right, he was my idol - when he was asked about a political question at one point and he said I'm not going to answer it, and they said why not, and he said: Because Republicans buy gym shoes too, right? That doesn't exist anymore, that kind of smarts.
I also think one of the things that's really hurting us is political activism of any stripe. Michael Jordan had it exactly right, he was my idol - when he was asked about a political question at one point and he said I'm not going to answer it, and they said why not, and he said: Because Republicans buy gym shoes too, right? That doesn't exist anymore, that kind of smarts.
मैं हमेशा से उन चीज़ों को विकसित करने को लेकर अंदरूनी लड़ाइयां लड़ता रहता हूँ जो सिर्फ़ ईस्ट कोस्ट और वेस्ट कोस्ट को पसंद आती हैं। सालों से मैं एक वेस्टर्न फ़िल्म बनाने की कोशिश कर रहा हूँ, कोई वेस्टर्न बनाने में दिलचस्पी नहीं रखता, ऐसा कैसे हो सकता है?
I eternally fight internal battles about developing things that only appeal to the East Coast and the West Coast. For years I've been trying to do a Western, nobody's interested in doing a Western, how can that be?
I eternally fight internal battles about developing things that only appeal to the East Coast and the West Coast. For years I've been trying to do a Western, nobody's interested in doing a Western, how can that be?
आजकल टेलीविज़न देखने वाले दर्शकों में ज़्यादातर महिलाएँ शामिल हैं, लेकिन मुझे लगता है कि ऐसा इसलिए है क्योंकि शो महिलाओं को ध्यान में रखकर बनाए जाते हैं। मुझे नहीं पता कि अब पुरुषों को लुभाने वाले ज़्यादा शो बचे भी हैं या नहीं। मुझे पक्का तौर पर नहीं पता कि ऐसा क्यों है, लेकिन मुझे लगता है कि इसका संबंध इस बात से हो सकता है कि ज़्यादातर डेवलपमेंट टीमों में महिलाएँ ही हैं।
Most of the network television audience now is primarily women, but I think that's because the shows are developed to appeal to women. I don't know that there are too many shows that appeal to guys anymore. I'm not sure why that is, but I think that it may have something to do with the fact that most development staffs are women.
Most of the network television audience now is primarily women, but I think that's because the shows are developed to appeal to women. I don't know that there are too many shows that appeal to guys anymore. I'm not sure why that is, but I think that it may have something to do with the fact that most development staffs are women.
पुरुषों के नाम पर जो कुछ भी बनाया जाता है - वह असल में बस जिस्म की नुमाइश होती है। यह ऐसी चीज़ें नहीं हैं जिन्हें मेरा कोई भी जानने वाला सचमुच देखना चाहेगा, आप जानते ही हैं, वही छाती हिलाने वाले और तमाम शो। कुछ ऐसा जिसमें असली मर्दों वाले विषय हों, मर्दों की ताक़त हो और वैसी चीज़ें हों जिन्हें मैं किसी नाटक (ड्रामा) में देखना चाहता हूँ।
What gets made that's considered for men - it's really just T&A stuff. It's not stuff than any guy I know really wants to watch, you know, the stuff with jiggling boobs and all that. Something with real sort of male themes and male strength and things I want to watch in a drama.
What gets made that's considered for men - it's really just T&A stuff. It's not stuff than any guy I know really wants to watch, you know, the stuff with jiggling boobs and all that. Something with real sort of male themes and male strength and things I want to watch in a drama.
मुझे लगता है कि यह तब काम करता है जब ऑनलाइन कुछ ऐसा हो जो शो में न हो, या किसी अख़बार में हो, अगर उसमें कुछ अतिरिक्त वैल्यू जुड़ी हो - जैसे ऑनलाइन अख़बार पढ़ते समय कभी-कभी आपको वीडियो मिल जाता है, जो अख़बार पढ़कर नहीं मिल सकता।
I think it works if there's something online that is not in the show, or in a newspaper, if there's some added value to it - reading a newspaper on line, sometimes you can get video, which you can't get from reading a newspaper.
I think it works if there's something online that is not in the show, or in a newspaper, if there's some added value to it - reading a newspaper on line, sometimes you can get video, which you can't get from reading a newspaper.
ऑनलाइन अनुभव में जो चीज़ गायब है, वह है अपनापन और समुदाय। शादीशुदा जोड़ों को अभी भी मंगलवार की रात को कुछ न कुछ करने की ज़रूरत होगी, है ना? और वे अलग-अलग अपने कमरों में जाकर कंप्यूटर पर शो नहीं देखने वाले। स्थिति यह होगी: "हमने अभी रात के खाने के बर्तन समेटे हैं, चलो टेलीविज़न देखते हैं।" ऐसा ही होने वाला है। हमें दूसरे मॉडलों के पीछे इतनी अंधाधुंध नहीं भागना चाहिए।
What's missing from the online experience is community. Married couples are still going to need something to do on Tuesday nights, right? And it's not going to be individually retiring to their offices to watch on their computers. It's: "We just put the meat loaf dishes away, let's go watch television." It's going to happen. We shouldn't be so led around by other models.
What's missing from the online experience is community. Married couples are still going to need something to do on Tuesday nights, right? And it's not going to be individually retiring to their offices to watch on their computers. It's: "We just put the meat loaf dishes away, let's go watch television." It's going to happen. We shouldn't be so led around by other models.
'ग्ली' तो बस एक मिसाल है - इंटरनेट पर ऐसे अनगिनत शो और वयस्कों के लिए बने शो मौजूद हैं। मैं बस यह नहीं समझ पा रहा हूँ कि हमने क्यों यह तय कर लिया है कि हमें जो कुछ भी मिले उसे इंटरनेट पर उड़ेल देना चाहिए, मुझे नहीं पता कि इससे हमारी क्या मदद होती है। मुझे लगता है कि चीज़ों का अपने ही प्लैटफ़ॉर्म तक सीमित रहना - कि आप कोई चीज़ सिर्फ़ सीबीएस पर देख सकते हैं, सिर्फ़ एबीसी पर देख सकते हैं - एक अच्छी बात है।
Glee is only one example - there are a lot of shows, adult shows online. I just don't understand why we've decided that we want to throw everything we can out there on the Internet, I don't know how it helps us. I think being exclusive, that you can only see something on CBS, you can only see something on ABC, is a good thing.
Glee is only one example - there are a lot of shows, adult shows online. I just don't understand why we've decided that we want to throw everything we can out there on the Internet, I don't know how it helps us. I think being exclusive, that you can only see something on CBS, you can only see something on ABC, is a good thing.
आपको एक स्टूडियो और एक चैनल की बजाय दो स्टूडियो और एक चैनल से सुझाव (नोट्स) मिलते हैं। हालाँकि हमने शुरुआत में ही उन सबको अपने सुझाव एक साथ देने के लिए मजबूर कर दिया था। मैं सबसे पहले उन सबको आपस में बात करने के लिए कहता हूँ। क्योंकि हम एबीसी और उस समय टचस्टोन से अलग-अलग दिशाओं वाले सुझाव मिलने की परेशानी झेल चुके हैं - और फिर सीबीएस से ऐसे सुझाव मिलते थे जो उनसे भी बिल्कुल उलट होते थे। तो स्थिति यह थी कि आप लोगों को खुद ही यह तय करना होगा कि सबसे ज़रूरी बात कौन सी है।
You get notes from two studios and a network instead of a studio and a network. Although we early on forced them all to do their notes together. I make them all talk to each other first. Because we went through the pains of getting notes from ABC and at the time it was Touchstone, that were opposite - and then CBS notes that were opposite again. So it was, you guys are going to have to work it out as to what is the most important note.
You get notes from two studios and a network instead of a studio and a network. Although we early on forced them all to do their notes together. I make them all talk to each other first. Because we went through the pains of getting notes from ABC and at the time it was Touchstone, that were opposite - and then CBS notes that were opposite again. So it was, you guys are going to have to work it out as to what is the most important note.
यह हमेशा लेखकों के भविष्य के बारे में था, और इस बारे में था कि भविष्य में लेखकों के साथ कैसा बर्ताव किया जाएगा, और मुझे लगता है कि इससे मेरी स्थिति वाले कई लोगों को बहुत ठेस पहुँची, जिनकी टीम में 160 ऐसे लोग थे जो इस हड़ताल के खत्म होने पर निर्भर थे। इसलिए इसमें बहुत दर्द था, और उस लिहाज से यह कभी भी इसके लायक नहीं लगेगा, लेकिन मुझे लगता है कि यह ज़रूरी था।
It was always about the future of writers, and about the way writers are treated in the future, and I think that was really hurtful to a lot of people in my position who had 160 people who depended on them to get this over with. So there was a lot of pain in it, and in that sense it will never be worth it, but I do think it was important.
It was always about the future of writers, and about the way writers are treated in the future, and I think that was really hurtful to a lot of people in my position who had 160 people who depended on them to get this over with. So there was a lot of pain in it, and in that sense it will never be worth it, but I do think it was important.
मेरे लिए सबसे दर्दनाक चीज़ों में से एक था जे लेनो का वापस आना और लोगों से यह कहना कि यह उनके लेखकों और उनकी क्रू टीम के बीच का चुनाव था, मुझे लगता है कि इससे कई शो रनर्स को बहुत दुख हुआ, क्योंकि यह कभी भी हमारे लेखकों और हमारी क्रू टीम के बीच का चुनाव नहीं था।
One of the most painful things for me was Jay Leno, Jay Leno going back on the air and saying to people that it was a choice between his writing staff and his crew, I think that really hurt a lot of show runners, because it was never a choice between our writers and our crew.
One of the most painful things for me was Jay Leno, Jay Leno going back on the air and saying to people that it was a choice between his writing staff and his crew, I think that really hurt a lot of show runners, because it was never a choice between our writers and our crew.
कुछ मायनों में मुझे लगता है कि यह [हड़ताल] ज़रूरी थी। मुझे पक्का नहीं पता कि "इसके लायक था" सही शब्द है या नहीं, लेकिन यह महत्वपूर्ण था। बहुत से लोगों ने बहुत कुछ खोया - मैं अपनी क्रू टीम के लोगों को लेकर बहुत चिंतित था। वे ऐसे लोग हैं जिन्होंने असल में इसकी कीमत चुकाई। हम में से कई लोगों ने चुपचाप वे सब कुछ किया जो हम लोगों के घर के कर्ज़ चुकाने में मदद कर सकें।
In some ways I think it [the strike] was important. I'm not sure that "worth it" is the right term, but it was important. A lot of people lost a lot of things - I was greatly concerned for our crews. Those are the people who really sort of paid. A lot of us in quiet ways did everything that we could to help people pay mortgages.
In some ways I think it [the strike] was important. I'm not sure that "worth it" is the right term, but it was important. A lot of people lost a lot of things - I was greatly concerned for our crews. Those are the people who really sort of paid. A lot of us in quiet ways did everything that we could to help people pay mortgages.
मुझे लगता है कि इस व्यवसाय में एक पहलू यह भी है कि लेखकों को कई तरह से नज़रअंदाज़ किया जाता है और इस हड़ताल ने हर किसी को हमें एक अलग नज़रिए से देखने पर मजबूर कर दिया। मुझे वाकई लगता है कि इस दौरान एक दिलचस्प चीज़ हुई, वह यह था कि इन धरना प्रदर्शनों में खड़े होकर जब आप आते-जाते अधिकारियों की भारी भीड़ को देखते हैं, तो आपको एहसास होता है कि वे इस पूरी प्रक्रिया में वास्तव में ज़्यादा कुछ योगदान नहीं देते।
I think there's an element to this business that writers especially are overlooked in many ways and this made everybody kind of look at us differently. I do think that an interesting thing happened during it, which was being on these picket lines and looking at the huge amount of executives coming and going that you realize don't really add much to the equation.
I think there's an element to this business that writers especially are overlooked in many ways and this made everybody kind of look at us differently. I do think that an interesting thing happened during it, which was being on these picket lines and looking at the huge amount of executives coming and going that you realize don't really add much to the equation.
खैर, यह एक दिलचस्प नज़ारा था, क्योंकि मैं एक ऐसे शहर से आता हूँ जहाँ यूनियनों का बहुत बोलबाला है - मैं शिकागो से हूँ। और अपनी ज़िंदगी का ज़्यादातर हिस्सा यूनियनों से जुड़ा रहा हूँ। मुझे लगता है कि कई मायनों में अब यूनियनों की ज़रूरत नहीं है, क्योंकि जिन चीज़ों के लिए वे शुरू की गई थीं, मुझे लगता है कि वे परिस्थितियाँ अब ज़्यादातर मौजूद नहीं हैं। और यह यूनियन इतनी अजीब है, क्योंकि इस यूनियन में हम जो भी लड़ाई लड़ते हैं, वह हमारे लिए नहीं, बल्कि आने वाली पीढ़ियों के लिए होती है।
Well, it was an interesting phenomenon, because I come from a very union town - I come from Chicago. And have been involved in unions most of my life. I think in a lot of ways unions aren't necessary anymore, because what they were started for, I think a lot of those conditions don't exist. And this union is so odd, because any sort of fight we do in this union is not for us, it's for future generations.
Well, it was an interesting phenomenon, because I come from a very union town - I come from Chicago. And have been involved in unions most of my life. I think in a lot of ways unions aren't necessary anymore, because what they were started for, I think a lot of those conditions don't exist. And this union is so odd, because any sort of fight we do in this union is not for us, it's for future generations.
अगर आप मुझे पसंद नहीं करते, तो मत कीजिए। आप मुझे कभी भी फ़ोन कर सकते हैं; लगभग किसी भी विषय पर मेरी अपनी राय होगी। मैं आपको यह भी बताऊँगा कि मुझे किस बात पर अपनी राय नहीं देनी चाहिए - मैं महज़ टेलीविज़न शो बनाता हूँ।
If you don't like me, you don't like me. You can call me anytime; I'll have an opinion on just about anything. I will also tell you if I shouldn't have an opinion on something - I just make television shows.
If you don't like me, you don't like me. You can call me anytime; I'll have an opinion on just about anything. I will also tell you if I shouldn't have an opinion on something - I just make television shows.
एक अलग किस्म का रोब या मर्दानगी, यानी वे चीज़ें जिन्हें हम सोचते हैं कि एक मर्द को मर्द बनाती हैं। अब वैसी चीज़ें असल में बची नहीं हैं। मैं बिल्कुल नहीं चाहता कि ऐसा लगे कि महिलाओं का डेवलपमेंट टीम में होना कोई समस्या है, मुझे नहीं लगता कि यह कोई समस्या है बिल्कुल भी नहीं, बस मुझे लगता है कि हम एक बहुत ही दिलचस्प दौर से गुजर रहे हैं। और शायद यह बहुत पहले हो जाना चाहिए था - शायद टेलीविज़न लंबे समय तक सिर्फ़ पुरुषों के लिए ही बनाया गया था और इसमें काफ़ी देर हो गई है।
Macho in a different sense, the kind of things that we think makes us a man. It doesn't really exist right now. I really don't want it to seem that I think it's a problem that women are in development, I don't think it's as problem at all, I just think it's an interesting time that we're in. And maybe long overdue - maybe television for a long time was made for men and it's long overdue.
Macho in a different sense, the kind of things that we think makes us a man. It doesn't really exist right now. I really don't want it to seem that I think it's a problem that women are in development, I don't think it's as problem at all, I just think it's an interesting time that we're in. And maybe long overdue - maybe television for a long time was made for men and it's long overdue.