Quotes from Alan Taylor

In TV, when you come in to direct an episode, you are effectively learning an established language; you then have to try to learn to speak it really well. But on a movie, you are the guy. You are creating the language; you make most of the decisions.

I love things that have one foot in history - I was going to be a history professor before I sold out and went into TV.

I've been sort of spoiled on the TV end because HBO feels like a small institution making independent movies. There's respect for the director's contribution in a way that mainstream television doesn't really reflect, I don't think.

I love staging action and wide-shots, not necessarily going to close-ups.

I'm not a shouter, but I like to put my stamp on things.

Compared to TV, 'Palookaville' was restriction-free, except we had no money and no time.

The funny thing is more money doesn't necessarily get you what you think it's going to get you and the way where it does get you more value on screen.