Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" We've never had twin infants on set in all kinds of different roles. "

Jennifer Konner

Related Quotes:

" When the insane people start the chatter, there's no way to win that fight. It's literally like arguing with someone who is speaking another language, so there's no engaging with that kind of stuff. "

Jennifer Konner

" The truth is that, to me, a likeable character is a character that is really flawed, so I don't know what people mean when they say 'likable.' "

Jennifer Konner

" I just saw 'Tiny Furniture' and became so obsessed with it that Judd Apatow jokes that I'm the distributor of it. I was making copies and giving them out. "

Jennifer Konner

" I don't like to listen to the unthoughtful criticism. When we have thoughtful criticism, I love it. "

Jennifer Konner

" I was like, 'I don't get out of bed for less than $21 an hour!'... I temped at Chanel and the New York Stock Exchange, and then I'd come home and write. "

Jennifer Konner

" I'd quit my job at a production company and was like, 'I'm going to be a writer...' I became a temp, and it was the mid-nineties, when there was the Internet boom, and the normal group of graduates ready to fill in didn't exist. "

Jennifer Konner

" One of the reasons 'Boogie Nights' is one of my favorite movies is because it's about people in this gross industry, but they actually treat each other kind of like family. And at the end of the day, they're really kind to each other, and I feel like that is what we have. "

Jennifer Konner

" We want to talk to celebrities about the things celebrities don't normally talk about. Like, we'd love to get Kim Kardashian to talk to us about finance. She is a businesswoman, after all. "

Jennifer Konner

" It is very hard work, but I am a big believer in not micromanaging; I hire really, really talented people and trust them to do their jobs. "

Jennifer Konner

" I think it's weird that they're trying to make us be negative about 'Sex and the City'... Not HBO, but the press. Really, they're dying for us to say something negative about 'Sex and the City.' "

Jennifer Konner

" Our interests are pretty boundless, as is our appetite for new creative experiences. "

Jennifer Konner

" It's when people come at you on Twitter and say really crazy things. That's the kind of stuff that I insulate myself from. All of that is not very interesting or helpful, but we have critics who sometimes really love us or sometimes don't, and it's really interesting for me to see what they don't like about it. "

Jennifer Konner

" What I always think about when I think about 'Girls' is Lena being in a scene where she's very vulnerable, possibly directing, acting, and she's probably written the dialogue. It's 2 in the morning. Everyone's tired. Everyone's grumpy. And she has a smile on her face and kindness for everyone who interacts with her. "

Jennifer Konner

" I worked with Michael Bay on 'Transformers,' and I got to work with the writer of 'Transformers,' who's this really great guy whom I loved. "

Jennifer Konner

" I think a great negotiator is an aggressive negotiator, and we're aggressive negotiators, We're not worried about someone coming at us. "

Jennifer Konner

" The key is that when we disagree, we really hear the other one out and agree that there is a more elegant solution than one of us 'winning.' "

Jennifer Konner

" That's like - my thing is I'm always like, 'Oh, white men are ruining everything,' and Max's dad is like... don't say that in front of your son. "

Jennifer Konner

" I'm in charge of a lot of young women. They occasionally come to me for advice, and I have to wrangle them. "

Jennifer Konner

" It's very hard to get together with your friends. You rarely see friends as a whole group. "

Jennifer Konner

" All of my peers were becoming bajillionaires. There was no one from college left in the temp force. "

Jennifer Konner

" The thing that's different about 'Girls' and 'Sex and the City' isn't just that we live in Brooklyn; it's that these girls aren't trying to find their major career paths or life partners. They're just literally trying to get through the week and pay the rent. It's a really different time of life. "

Jennifer Konner

" We just want to be sure that what we're creating is pushing the ball forward for women and diversity in media. "

Jennifer Konner

" I always think there's this thing, when you live in New York, like, this unspoken agreement between everyone who lives there, like, 'We're sticking this out. It's the hardest place to live, but it's the best city in the world, so we are all going to do this together.' "

Jennifer Konner

" We work the full year round to make 10 or 12 episodes, and 'The Good Wife' makes, like, 26 in that time or something, which I can't believe. I don't know how they do it. "

Jennifer Konner