Sam Levinson Quotes

Sam Levinson

Profession : Actor

Birth : January 8, 1985

And the nature of split screen is a disconnect: It's a line between two characters, two images, two realities.

Sam Levinson

I think what's different about this time is that at least pre-Internet there were more similarities between one generation and the next. And now, I think that gap has grown in a very significant way.

Sam Levinson

I was very sensitive, so when sensitivity has no place to go, it's often turned into anger or frustration.

Sam Levinson

But we're not this one stupid thing we said three years ago, or ten years ago, or even last week. We seem to judge people as if they are.

Sam Levinson

Everything is spectacle. Everything is entertainment, whether it's shame, invasion of privacy, abuse, no matter what it is it's become almost a sporting event. It's like the new Roman Coliseum in a way.

Sam Levinson

I looked at theater, in the sense that theater is unmanipulated. If I want to pay more attention to one character on stage than another, I can. I think there's not enough theater in film and not enough film in theater, in a way.

Sam Levinson

I can only get to a certain point as I write and then I have individual conversations with everyone that I cast. I always do a rewrite based on the conversations.

Sam Levinson

I tend not to approach things intellectually at first. Maybe after the fact i can look at it and see ultimately what it's doing. I start with the characters and their inner lives.

Sam Levinson

There's always certain actors that are interested in certain things and other actors who aren't.

Sam Levinson

I am always curious to sit down with the actor who's playing the part after the casting process and get to know them, get to understand their life a little bit more.

Sam Levinson

I spent the majority of my teenage years in hospitals, rehabs and halfway houses.

Sam Levinson

Sobriety has a way of allowing a person to begin to realize that the things that you do have consequences for the people that love you.

Sam Levinson

If you look at 'Network' or any kind of satire, it's fundamentally unemotional in some ways.

Sam Levinson

I don't really plan too much ahead when I write, because otherwise, I get kind of bored.

Sam Levinson

I don't really outline. I just kind of know where I'm going in my head, so I'll write and discover it for myself. Or I'll just write an entire episode and throw it out because I land on an idea and realize that's where I should jump off from.

Sam Levinson

When 60 - 70 percent of all interpersonal conversations and relationships exist through text messaging or social media, it's hard to get advice from a parent who didn't grow up in that world.

Sam Levinson

Anything can be taken out of context and anything you say or do is not necessarily an accurate reflection of who you are in your totality. There are small moments of your life that when taken into account with the rest of your life start to paint a picture.

Sam Levinson

I studied method acting for four years and I'm a big believer in the idea that it's not about the actual experience itself. You don't have to go through exactly what this character has gone through.

Sam Levinson

So I think it's important to just keep in mind that the work doesn't end when the scene ends. You want to check on someone to make sure everyone's good, and also create an environment where everyone is rooting for one another.

Sam Levinson

I'm writing, I'm directing, I'm editing, I'm mixing, I'm showrunning. There is a certain point where it's like, the work is the work.

Sam Levinson