Matthew Weiner
Matthew Weiner
Matthew Weiner 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. He directed the comedy film Are You Here in 2013, marking his filmmaking debut...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Producer
Date of Birth29 June 1965
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America
My wife's an architect, so she definitely has a very high-risk artistic profession, and she gets the idea that you're really sensitive, you really care what people think, you have a low threshold for criticism.
This sounds really craven on some level, but on some level, a lot of what I'm doing is trying to not do a typical TV show.
As far as I can tell, 1968 is a year about change, about revolution, about violence, about people turning inwards as community breaks down.
I guess because I'm a liberal I think it's not people's natural instinct to be completely self-interested.
I am a competitive person. But more good TV is more good TV.
Seeing movie people trying to get into TV now who don't understand that is very interesting.
My major goal is to take my bathrobe off before the kids get home from school.
Super-confident people with no problems and great marriages and great parenting are not good entertainment.
All human stories are interesting. You don't put a kid in a show because you need a device. They have a story, too.
Opinions can't be inaccurate.
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.
Hate is more interesting than love...
I'm in the entertainment business, where you're only as good as your last show.
Identity is part of drama to me. Who am I, why am I behaving this way, and am I aware of it?