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" The show runner's the boss until the network shows up. And then they're the boss, because it's their money. "
Courtney A. Kemp
Boss
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Network
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" I'm from an upper-middle class background. But because there was no one of my race where I grew up, I was very isolated. I felt different from everybody else. "
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" I always ask the actors, 'What have you never done before?' "
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" I really try to plot in a fearless fashion. I try not to care about not knowing the answer before I get there; I just jump in first and see what happens. "
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" Knowing what I don't know helps me every day. "
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" I remember watching episodes of 'The Sopranos' and being filled with dread knowing what was coming or anticipating what was coming. I don't think that that's always a bad thing. I think sometimes the audience needs a little catharsis held away from them. "
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" In college, I didn't know whether to hang out with the black kids or the white kids, and then I found the theatre kids, and I was like, 'Oh, it doesn't matter.' We were all weird and listening to Morrissey and wearing Doc Martens so that was my tribe. "
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" I think women judge other women more harshly, always, which is a shame. "
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" When human beings say they have power, it always makes me laugh a little bit. "
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" I always wanted to make a show that had everything I wanted to watch, as opposed to just one or two things. "
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" There are so many different things that create an alchemy of success. Just like there are so many different things that create an alchemy of a failure. "
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" When people watch 'Power' and they find out the showrunner is black, it's not surprising. What is surprising is that I am a woman and my background is not particularly urban. "
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" My dad was born with no money. "
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" Humans are powerless, and even in our exercise of free will, either the Universe is gonna get down with your plan, or it isn't. "
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Exercise
Down
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" It's ridiculous that we let broadcast and cable shows compete against each other at the Emmys. They are not the same animal. "
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" Great power is setting a goal, working hard for it, and achieving it in exactly the way you expected with no consequences and no remainders after the long division is done. But does that happen to anyone? The unexpected always hitches a ride along with everything you planned. "
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Long
Great
Unexpected
" It was not something that ever occurred to me, to be able to be in TV. I was very lucky. "
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TV
Lucky
Me
" Not many people get to create a television show that actually makes it on the air. "
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" People are realizing that there is a financial consequence to not opening doors. It doesn't mean that they are any more inclusive in their hearts - it means they're more inclusive in their wallets. "
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People
Doors
Opening
" When I was pitching 'Power,' I had an executive say, 'Well, I already have a black show.' He said that right to my face. "
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Said
Say
Black
" I knew I wanted to write professionally and get paid. "
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Knew
Paid
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" In 2011, when my father passed away - I had my daughter first; I had her on January 24, and I had a seizure during the delivery. I lived through that, and five weeks later, my father died suddenly of a heart attack, and I lived through that. And then my daughter had surgery, and I lived through that. "
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" I called my show 'Power' because, for me, the whole series is about the way my main character, Ghost, is power-less over his circumstances, even though he has almost endless access to money and guns. "
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" I say a prayer several times a day about what I can control and what I can't control. "
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" I am tired of people using 'diverse' to mean 'of color.' That's not what that word means. 'Diversity' means people of all different races, all together - like a New York City subway. "
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" My dad and his sister, who is no longer with us, used to dance on the streets for money. They had nothing. "
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" I always like to write myself into a corner. I think the best stuff comes from only having a few ways out. "
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" When I watch television, I want to be surprised. "
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" I don't want to be seen in a way where all I can do is what people expect of me. "
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" There's always going to be a part of me that wants an Emmy. Truthfully, I'm probably more motivated by people being entertained. I'm more motivated by people being like, 'Oh snap! Did you see that?' "
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Me
" I don't write scenes where one person is right and one person is wrong. It's very much by design that everyone has a point of view that you as an audience member can understand. "
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View
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