Gene Roddenberry is one of the greatest guys who ever lived because he gave us hope that the future might be bright and we could accept one another for whoever we were, even if we were alien. That's an amazing message, don't you think?
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In scale, 'Fortitude' is just as big as 'Game of Thrones.' It's equally as epic - it's just starting out.
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When I was 16, my friends were in a drama group, and they asked me to join. I said no, I'm not interested, that it's not really for me.
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I could live in a community like 'Fortitude.'
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I grew up with the idea that someone might hate you if they knew what religion you were; being afraid to open my mouth because my accent might make people think something about me. Or even if they didn't, would they understand me?
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Sometimes you even start to sound like the character because you're living and breathing them every day on the set. It gets into your bones.
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I think the benefit of being a writer is that I'm looking for the subtext on the page, because all good writing has subtext. And as a writer, you look at the big scope of things, the big story, rather than just your individual story line, because I think it's important to know what you're in and how you fit into it.
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Having a weapon like that means you're pretty much in control of events. Nobody's going to argue with a flaming sword.
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I met David Croft. He was a man of few words. But he had great charisma.