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Matthew Weiner Biography

Matthew Daniel Weiner (/ˈwaɪnər/; born June 29, 1965) is an American writer, director and producer. He is the creator of the AMC television drama series Mad Men, which premiered in 2007 and ended in 2015. He is also noted for his work on the HBO drama series The Sopranos, on which he served as a writer and producer during the show's fifth and sixth seasons (2004; 2006–2007). He directed the comedy film Are You Here in 2013, marking his filmmaking debut.

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Identity is part of drama to me. Who am I, why am I behaving this way, and am I aware of it?

Drama, Identity, Part, Way

As far as casting, I'm there for every single person that's cast. Even if it's one word, I'm there for their auditions.

Cast, Casting, Person, Single, Single Person, Word

TV writing is for people who hate being alone more than they hate writing.

Hate, People, Writing

The show is not a history lesson or intellectual exploration. It is entertainment based on tension, irony and storytelling that is closely related to today’s life.

Intellectual, Lesson, Lessons, Related, Today, Todays

You can do a lot with a commercial break - you can change days, you can suggest the passage of time. So sometimes that's a great thing artistically, to know that's going to be there. Obviously you'd always prefer that people see it straight through, and you don't want them to be taken out of it by advertising, but that's the reality of what's paying the bills here.

Artistically, People, Reality, Taken, Time

I was never really that worried about being a member of the Sopranos crew. I think it looks kind of fun to not have to work, to not have to take crap from anybody. And then there's the reality check in there, which is that you do have to work, you do have to take crap from people, and you can fail, and all these other things.

Check, Fun, Member, Reality, Thinking, Worried

I have this amazing team that I trust. I completely go with their decisions on things. I don't have to go in and micromanage everything. And I think the other thing is, you start to sort of. . . I wouldn't say relax, because I've never relaxed. But I've tried to have more confidence in the things I like, or the things other people like. That's really the big thing in this job, to second-guess yourself all the time.

Amazing, Everything, People, Sort, Team, Thinking

You don't drink and smoke that much, and womanize that much, unless you really want to be punished, I think.

Drink, Punished, Smoke, Thinking, Unless

Every single word that's on the screen, I oversee. There's nothing that's shot, I'm not involved in. The scripts go through multiple drafts, and I work with the writers on all these things. And I'm extremely involved in the writing process.

Multiple, Screen, Single Word, Writing

Opinions can't be inaccurate.

Inaccurate, Opinion, Opinions

I do find it sometimes that people project their own feelings on to the characters and I think that there is a certain amount of sexism - I mean the proprietary nature, for men and women.

Certain, Character, Mean, Men, Proprietary, Think

It's an ugly thing to see ambition and to see people satisfying themselves.

Ambition, People, Thing, Ugly, Ugly Things

I am a competitive person, but it's so hard to do a show. Anybody who gets to the point where they get their show on the air, I wish them the best. It's too hard. I'd rather waste energy thinking good things on myself.

Competitive, Energy, Things, Thinking, Wish

Success has a lot of things that go along with it and I haven't experienced any personal resentment. I can't control any of that and I try not to worry about it. I hope that's not the case, you know. Most of the writers that I know and artists that I know understand what was going on. I think there's just as many things going on in the awards process that have to do with the show having won a few times.

Artist, Awards, Hope, Thinking, Won, Worry

I'm in the entertainment business, where you're only as good as your last show.

Business, Entertainment, Lasts, Show, Shows

I know that telling the story, there are certain events I want to skip, and certain events I want to hit. The time passing allows for - if you're really following people's lives, and this isn't a cartoon - someone gets pregnant, a child will be born, etc. You really don't want to be locked into "Every episode is a month later. " The show is very intense to make. There's always going to be some downtime between seasons, and to me, it really helps to come back to the next season in the reality of that world, and have almost as much time passed in their lives as has passed in yours.

Cartoon, Children, Following, Helps, Reality, Story

It took seven years from the time I wrote Mad Men until it finally got on the screen. I lived every day with that script as if it were going to happen tomorrow. That’s the faith you have to have.

Mad, Men, Tomorrow, Took, Years

Seeing movie people trying to get into TV now who don't understand that is very interesting.

Interesting, People, Trying, Understand

Who knows where the talent goes? Sometimes it goes where the money is. Sometimes I think writers are really interested in the glory.

Glory, Sometimes, Talent, Thinking, Writers

I'm very supportive of creative people being paid for the work that they do.

Creative, People, Supportive, Work

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