Dan Harmon Quotes

• When you watch the sitcoms that were the big hits when I was growing up, TV was still just TV. It was allowed to just be TV. There were three channels that were competing for the whole family and you couldn’t take your business elsewhere.

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• Well, the average person comes home from work really tired, and just wants to flip through channels until they land on the thing that’s the least objectionable to them. They’re not looking for their new favorite TV show because they know that that search will take forever and they’ll go to bed unhappy.

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• The concept of doing holiday episodes is a huge part of what’s fantastic about doing TV. And viewers agree; you see the numbers going up for holiday episodes.

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• People often ask me about what constitutes a nerd-friendly show – like, does it have to have sci-fi elements? But I think it’s just a show that satisfies the secret craving we all have to be obsessed with something and not feel at all stupid about it.

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• My passion for ‘Star Trek’ is actually rooted in my love of television and the art of franchise and a premise designed to stick people together that have to figure out what to do.

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• I think women are different, and I think having them in the room is crucial to a family comedy, ensemble comedy, television comedy, where half the eyeballs on your show are women.

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• I care very much what the fans think. I’m starting to loosen my grip on caring about what critics say, because I think that critics care about what fans think of them, too, so there’s a little bit of a refraction there, through that glass.

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• Eight o’clock is hard no matter what network you’re on because people have to make a decision to sit down and start watching TV. Every other time slot is a time slot that happens after someone’s watching something else.

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• When I was a kid I never knew the difference between a sitcom and a drama. I just knew what my parents were watching and what was making them happy.

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• TV in all its ugliness can be a beautiful thing.

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• Truthfully, I’m pretty stuck in the ’80s.

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• There’s the same percentage of genius happening in both genders, but there’s less women writing scripts and out there looking for the job.

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• There’s a fine line between a stream of consciousness and a babbling brook to nowhere.

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• There are lots of emotions that go with the Fourth of July.

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• The public’s perception of your show is what it is, and you don’t get to complain how people perceive your show or talk about it.

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• Television is a populous, derivative, democratic medium.

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• Maybe I am just a jerk.

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• If your ratings are high and there’s money being made, you’re allowed to be a perfectionist in television.

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• I’ve never done well when I’ve been appreciated. I’ve done best when I’m targeted for death.

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• I’m from Wisconsin so I always feel a little nauseous about begging and trying to trick people into liking me.

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Dan Harmon (31)

Birth:	3rd January, 1973
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Animator, Cinematographer, Director, Lyricist, Producer, Screenwriter

About

Dan Harmon was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is an American screenwriter, performer, director, producer, lyricist, animator and Cinematographer. He is best known for creating and producing NBC comedy series Community, co-creating Adult Swim animated television series Rick and Morty, and co-founding the alternative television network/website Channel 101. He published You'll Be Perfect When You're Dead in 2013 and is currently working on a second book set for publication in 2016.

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