You're breaking up, you're getting together, you're changing your life, you're arguing with your parents, you're making terrible mistakes, you're having great triumphs. It's what happens to teenagers. Jason Katims arguebreakchange Change image and share on social
It's so funny because a lot of times we'll have these discussions as writers, and you feel like you're having a discussion with your wife: 'I don't know. Are they ready to have another baby? Is it time? Well, she's not getting any younger.' Jason Katims babydiscussionfeel share on social
'Parenthood' is a story about people's lives - the title helps. Very early on during the show's launch, the title was something familiar for the audience. It grabbed people's interest. Jason Katims audienceearlyfamiliar Change image and share on social
Something that I learned from 'Friday Night Lights,' sometimes if you have four or five scenes in an episode, it's not having less than having 10. It's what you do with those scenes. Jason Katims episodefridaylearn Change image and share on social
What's fun about comedy is you're pushing things a little further than you would in a drama; you're pushing reality a little bit more. Jason Katims bitecomedydrama Change image and share on social
In 'Friday Night Lights,' the relationship between the coach and his wife, that marriage was something that you couldn't really understand until you actually saw it exist on film. Jason Katims coachexistfilm Change image and share on social
The shows I've been working on, especially 'Parenthood' and 'Friday Night Lights,' I think are completely character-driven stories. I think, for most writers, that's a privilege to be telling those kinds of stories. It's erroneous to me. Jason Katims charactercompletelydrive share on social
The environment in a writer's room, I've really come to feel, should be some form of democracy. Jason Katims democracyenvironmentfeel Change image and share on social
Any show I'm working on, I want the stories to always be about something, and to have the potential to be emotional. That's the kind of story that I like. Jason Katims emotionalkindpotential Change image and share on social
The most frustrating thing to me is when I tell people I work on 'Friday Night Lights,' they'll say, 'Oh, I hear that's a really good show.' They never watched it. Jason Katims fridayfrustrategood Change image and share on social
