Alex Graves Quotes & Sayings

“'Terra Nova,' more than anything I've ever done in my life, is for everybody.”

“'Game of Thrones' is the broadest of narratives. I don't know if anyone in the U.S. has done a story on such a large scale before, both in terms of what George R.R. Martin wrote and what's on the show.”

“'Proof' is a really cool pilot that I was lucky enough to read by Rob Braggin for TNT that's about a surgeon who's an agnostic, tough, grounded, scientific mind and she's hired by a Steve Jobs-type who's just been diagnosed with cancer to focus on near death experiences and what happens when you die.”

“There's always the pressure on the director of how to transition from one scene to another, especially when it can really be oblique on 'Game of Thrones.'”

“You pull anyone from an alien planet down to Earth, and you want to show them great work, show them Tywin Lannister on 'Game of Thrones.' I mean, it's just as good as it gets.”

“Death is either an incredible ending to a story or, more often than not if you ask the right questions, it's the beginning of a story.”

“Especially as a director on 'West Wing,' I directed a lot of different things in a lot of different ways and really stretched my wings.”

“For 'Game of Thrones,' I realized immediately that it was about the characters.”

“'Game of Thrones' is shot on a very similar kind of schedule to a TV show, but there's a lot more time and focus put into the script.”

“I never seem to get past - I feel like a stupid guy from the Midwest.”