Mitchell Hurwitz
Mitchell Hurwitz
Mitchell D. "Mitch" Hurwitzis an American television writer, producer, and actor. He is best known as the creator of the television sitcom Arrested Development as well as the co-creator of The Ellen Show, and a contributor to The John Larroquette Show and The Golden Girls...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Producer
Date of Birth29 May 1963
CityAnaheim, CA
CountryUnited States of America
writing stories hey
Writers need restrictions. If somebody just says, "Hey, do you want to write a novel, or an article, or a movie, or a short story, you get shut down."
revenge love-you hatred
For the most part you are dealing with jealousy, you are dealing with love, you're dealing with hatred, you are dealing with revenge and all of these sort of classic things.
favors stuff chance
Chance favors the well prepared. The more stuff you throw in, the more chances you have of looking like, 'I did that.'
growing-up school successful
I remember being asked when I was in high school what do I want to do when I grow up and the answer is so indicative - I would like to have been a successful playwright.
television film possibility
There's a lot that you can do in television that you can't do with a film, theoretically. At the time, the only possibility was to do a movie.
writing mean credit
The "executive producer" title either means that you're the person who created, or co-created, the show, or you're the person who's in charge of day-to-day operations. Whereas "producer" is often just a writing credit.
jobs calling way
One of the best ways into the business is to get a job with a production, which you can do by cold-calling or by getting your résumé out there, and also through contacts. That's where nepotism really helps.
writing thinking negative
It's very hard, I think, for critics to write positive reviews, because there's not that much to say about something you like. You can kind of say 'I really like that band' and then if you're forced to fill up the rest of an article, you've got to start saying heady things. It's much easier to say negative things in a review.
identity chips happens
I have this identity for myself as a writer and the only thing that can happen is that I chip away from it.
talking numbers people
People have outs for numbers of episodes, usually, written into their contract. Some studios will say, "We're going to let Julia Louis-Dreyfus off of Veep to do three episodes, but not three episodes of the same show." But, that's all business affairs, so I'm talking over my head here.
character creative guy
I've never had a working relationship like I have with them. I developed a lot of the design of this show with them. That conversation was about, "What are your needs? What are you looking for? Will this work for you guys? Will a show work where you've got one episode per character?" They really were a creative partner.
issues trying violence
Violence has not really been an issue. Even in my wildest hopes, I wasn't trying to get violence in.
development easy shows
There are a lot of things that are in the show that harken back to the old show, but I really wanted to resist doing a greatest hits. It was irresistible to do a greatest hits, but it was almost too easy. There are things that I know are still ahead of us, in the future of whatever Arrested Development brings.
missing together would-be
Even on the old show, we would maybe not all be in the scene. Sometimes there would be a penthouse scene and everyone would get together. But, even in that context, it would be because somebody was missing.