I love the idea that the editing room is the final time you write. You should still be creatively solving problems even at that point. It's not really until you're locked that you can call it quits. Noah Hawley callcreativelyedit Change image and share on social
I drove around New York when we did the upfronts and when we premiered 'Fargo,' and they crocheted a sweater for a double-decker bus and drove it around. Noah Hawley buscrochetdecker Change image and share on social
'Fargo' is a tragedy with a happy ending. So you need to have that tragic underpinning, that all of this could be avoidable, and that's what makes it tragic. It's about the use of violence, and the fact that the tension in anticipation of violence and the tension in anticipation of a laugh are sort of the same. Noah Hawley anticipationavoidableend share on social
There's the craft of acting, and then there's a quality. There's a quality that someone has. Noah Hawley actcraftquality Change image and share on social
The thing with making your art your business is: It's a business. You can't sit around waiting for the muse, especially when you run a show, and you're in production, and an outline is due, a script is due, and a reshoot is due. No. You look at the calendar, and you go, 'OK. I can write from 4 to 6.' So you write. Noah Hawley artbusinesscalendar share on social
Let me be clear. 'The Good Father' isn't a handbook on how to assassinate the president. Noah Hawley assassinateclearfather Change image and share on social
The '50s and the '70s are sort of similar in that they're both times of major paranoia in America. Noah Hawley 50s70samerica Change image and share on social
It used to be for writers that that six seasons and a movie thing, that's the holy grail as writers - your series goes eight, 10 seasons, you're set for life. Noah Hawley grailholylife Change image and share on social
There is a difference between movie actors and TV acting, especially with movie stars, which is they know their face is 20 feet high on the screen. They know they don't have to do much. Noah Hawley actactordifference Change image and share on social
'Downton Abbey' didn't have the impact it had just because it was a good story about people. It was something about that period and that world that was fascinating to people on a level that wasn't just as an entertainment. Noah Hawley abbeydowntonentertainment share on social