Amy Sherman-Palladino
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Biography
Amy Sherman-Palladino is an American television writer, director, and producer. She is the creator of the comedy drama series Gilmore Girls (2000–2007), Bunheads (2012–2013), and The Marvelous Mrs.
"I grew up in the Valley, and I didn't know any of our neighbors. I think when you grow up like that, there's always sort of a fantasy of a place where everybody knew each other, and you had that safe sort of feeling."
"These television shows that have 14 shots of somebody looking at each other with the wind blowing through their hair drive me insane."
"I grew up where my parents would literally shove me in the car rather than have to say hello to a neighbor."
"People have nannies and big cars, and they want to go to Maui for Christmas. When there are those kind of stakes involved, people get ruthless."
"Families can be the most detrimental things to have in your life. They are sometimes the most poisonous relationships that people have. Sometimes family is the thing that keeps you from ever achieving what you want to achieve, and yet people hold it and hold it and grab it and try to fix it and twist it and turn it."
"Ah man. I remember the days of lying to my mother about a boy. Once I had a boy hidden in the closet and of course Mom wouldn't leave, so I finally had to pretend to get sick to my stomach just to get her out of the room long enough for him to climb out the window and down the tree. He fell, broke his leg. Ah, to be young again."