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" When you have to spread heroism across too many players, you don't get to really dig deep into each of them as much as you'd want to. "
Julie Plec
Want
Deep
Dig
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" There is no definitive end to anybody's story when you're dealing with the fluidity of chemistry, because when it gets stale, you want out. "
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End
Chemistry
You
" 'Scream' was the first thing he'd ever written that had gotten made, and I'd been in Hollywood for less than two years. "
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Years
Less
Been
" I realized that I get pleasure when I'm told, 'Don't listen to the haters; they're losers in their moms' basements.' I imagine these 'losers' and feel better about myself. Their insults hurt less if I label them 'pathetic.' I diminish their value in order to protect mine. I noticed that I'm quick to make a joke at someone else's expense. "
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Hurt
Better
Haters
" If you write a good line, you write a good line, and the best line wins in television. It doesn't matter if you're the guy who gets the coffee or if you're the showrunner - best line wins. That's the beauty of television collaboration. "
Julie Plec
Coffee
Beauty
Best
" The problem with ratings is that you can give yourself a million reasons why they are what they are. "
Julie Plec
Why
You
Yourself
" Actors have their own processes, and if you want to be respectful of their process, you've got to communicate with them in the language of their process, and keeping that all straight is a little bit of a head-scratcher. "
Julie Plec
Want
You
Got
" The supernatural world, the sci-fi world - they give you scenarios that can truly be life or death. "
Julie Plec
Death
World
Give
" TV writing - for me, at least - is half original voice and half an embodiment and a representation of the spirit of the actors you're writing for. "
Julie Plec
You
Writing
Voice
" I suffer mightily at the 7 A.M. calls. I'm happy as a clam on the 7 P.M. calls. "
Julie Plec
Suffer
Happy
Calls
" The whole reason I like these virus movies is because I read 'The Stand' when I was in junior high and thought it was the greatest book I'd ever read. "
Julie Plec
Stand
Movies
Thought
" We have a rule: if you're killing off a series regular, you have to tell them first. If you're killing off a person temporarily, you have to warn them before the script comes out. "
Julie Plec
You
First
Tell
" I read 'Tiger Beat' and 'Bop' from the time I was 9, 10, 11 years old. I loved movies. I saw 'E.T.' seven times. I used to yell at people who called me when 'L.A. Law' was on because they should know better. So I just have been so in love with the business of Hollywood since I can remember. "
Julie Plec
Love
People
Time
" I always talk about Meredith and Derrick from 'Grey's Anatomy,' and I loved them the most when they sort of opened and closed each episode with them in bed, happy with each other, and you didn't need to insert extra conflict into them, because there was plenty of conflict in the show. So they were this port in the storm of conflict. "
Julie Plec
Storm
Need
Conflict
" I feel like Caroline Forbes is such a crucial element... on 'The Vampire Diaries.' "
Julie Plec
I Feel
Feel
Vampire
" Hollywood, Twitter, our friends - they all contribute to a community of snark. The more we engage in the way that everyone else engages, the more followers, likes, and RTs we get. But we can't rail against the cyberbullies without acknowledging what we also contribute to a culture of cruelty. "
Julie Plec
Community
Cruelty
Friends
" The one thing that always drove me crazy, especially on soaps, was when someone would have something they were hiding, and then six months later, they were still holding onto that secret, and the world has come to a complete, total end as a result of it. If they'd only just confessed! "
Julie Plec
Me
World
Crazy
" There are a lot of things you do in a supernatural universe that can toe the line and cross the line. "
Julie Plec
You
Universe
Things
" I would never say no to continuing to explore the - somebody coined the phrase for me the other day, which I love - 'TVDU,' 'The 'Vampire Diaries' Universe.' I have no desire to exploit it, but I also know that there are plenty of opportunities for stories left to be told. "
Julie Plec
Day
Love
Know
" I look at 'Friday Night Lights' as one of my all-time favorite series finales, and that is what you want. After all the roads you've traveled with these people, you just want to know that they're going to be happy. I'm a big believer in shows that make that choice. "
Julie Plec
Be Happy
People
Night
" I work very hard so that I can be present all the time for what I do and then carve out little pockets of time as I desire for my personal life. "
Julie Plec
Work
Time
Life
" I think the model of The CW Network is really built on the fan platform more than anything else. The success or longevity of a series has less to do with the number it's pulling and more to do with the social footprint... There is a lot about the fan support on a strictly business level that's really powerful for that network. "
Julie Plec
Support
Powerful
Business
" I wanted to work in Hollywood. I was captivated by it. I read 'Premiere Magazine' and 'Movieline Magazine' and 'Us' before it was a weekly magazine. "
Julie Plec
Work
Magazine
Hollywood
" Happiness is not necessarily a drama magnet. "
Julie Plec
Happiness
Drama
Necessarily
" I've learned that I've just barely scratched the surface of knowledge of the profession, and I have deep envy of and appreciation for filmmakers who really, truly understand the physics, the design of filmmaking. They can do story and color and composition and geometry and math and science all at once. "
Julie Plec
Knowledge
Deep
Science
" I love real women that don't have to be saints, who can be selfish and act out against their parents or like the wrong guy, because that's life. That's my life, at least. "
Julie Plec
Love
My Life
Parents
" I think that when you're exploring themes of humanity and what defines a hero and what makes us our best self and what makes us our worst self, you're going to stumble into territories of societal issues and that kind of thing. Sometimes you have accidents where you're not trying, but then the opportunity just presents itself. and you lean into it. "
Julie Plec
Self
Hero
Opportunity
" I don't pray. I'm not a deeply religious person. "
Julie Plec
Person
Religious
Pray
" When you're the showrunner, you're the person that's in control of most of the details, and to be able to take all that and then to step right behind the camera and to have a direct line of communication with the crew and with the actors - to not be delivering that through another person - is pretty freeing and extremely stimulating. "
Julie Plec
Step
Camera
Communication
" A long-running show leaves behind a legacy of storytellers and their relationship with the audience. "
Julie Plec
Behind
Audience
Relationship
" If the day-to-day culture is saying it's OK to not be inclusive or tolerant, that it's OK to be bigoted, then it's your responsibility to double down and make it OK in storytelling to be inclusive and tolerant. "
Julie Plec
Responsibility
Saying
Culture