Michael Hirst Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I'm very bad at delegating writing responsibilities, because I've never been able to do it; I've never had any help or looked for any help.”

“If you're in America or Europe, walk for three blocks, and you'll pass about 14 Vikings. Their reach was immense.”

“Nobody knows what really happened in any historical period. There are some periods where we know more than others, though.”

“People love cliches. If you can give people cliches, that's very good TV, then.”

“When I did 'The Tudors,' there was massive information available and a ready-made market.”

“With 'Vikings,' I had the task of making these people interesting and, to a point, sympathetic.”

“'Downton Abbey' is just one cliche after another, and it is a really, really poor piece of drama. But that's only me talking. That's just my take on it.”

“Everything in 'The Tudors' is initially based on my historical research, and the fact is that the most unlikely scenes were the ones which were probably most based on reality. I prefer to be as real as possible, and there is so much of that story that you just can't make up.”

“For 'Vikings,' we have to do so much outside shooting, and it's normally - I think with American shows, it'll be 60 or 70 percent inside and a little bit outside, but with us, it's almost 70 percent outside, and that's huge and really difficult.”

“I couldn't give 'Vikings' away - I mean, I love these people. And I'm not sure anyone else writing it would necessarily have the same feeling towards the characters that I do.”