22 Quotes by John Wells

Both of our children are adopted, and my wife and I didn't go out of ways to find kids that looked like us. We were just happy to have some kids. And people tell me all the time that they look like us, and that's because they learn to smile and laugh and move their head a certain way from studying their parents' faces.

Producing small films, you usually have four or five people you want, and you hope one of them will say they'll do it.

People say to me, 'Well, how do you direct Meryl Streep?' You're not wandering over to Meryl telling her how to act. She's an extraordinary talent and unbelievably hard working; she works harder than anyone I have ever worked with before.

A show like 'True Detective' is definitely a drama.

As an adult, you think of yourself as being someone else when you're away from your family, but when you come back to your family, you suddenly find yourself back in the exact same role that you always had in your family as a child and as a teenager.

As people, we're generally optimistic, no matter how disabled our lives are, and we find the humor in the darkest situations.

I'm a big believer in the value of labor unions and with what collective effort gets people.

I love writing, and I love the solitude of the writing, in that you're just sitting there creating something from nothing, or a new story for characters you love and care about.

I love working with actors, and it's all been based on my being trained in the theater.