When you write for a show that's not yours, your job is to hear the voices of the characters and write as best you can for those voices.
Amy Sherman-PalladinoI don't begrudge anyone else for anything, but to me, I think the fans deserve to have a studio put money behind their product because when the fans put money into a project and it makes any sort of money, it goes back to the studio. I think that's a little shady.
Amy Sherman-PalladinoI grew up where my parents would literally shove me in the car rather than have to say hello to a neighbor.
Amy Sherman-PalladinoI think you can't go into any story-breaking process thinking, 'What if they come off as unlikeable?' You just gotta break the story because if you know who your character is, the story will tell you. The story will dictate and say, "This feels off-kilter for this particular person."
Amy Sherman-Palladino