Mitchell Hurwitz
Birth Name: Mitchell D. Hurwitz
Mitchell Hurwitz was born as Mitchell D. Hurwitz. He is a producer and writer, known for Arrested Development (2003), The John Larroquette Show (1993) and Lady Dynamite (2016). He has been married to ...Show More
When you don't have a laugh track, you can make the clothes funny. We can make a sign funny. We can Show more
When you don't have a laugh track, you can make the clothes funny. We can make a sign funny. We can make the way somebody walks funny. The makeup can be funny. Hide
Shows don't reunite because television doesn't work that way. There's no profit model and people go Show more
Shows don't reunite because television doesn't work that way. There's no profit model and people go off to do other work. Hide
You know, 'The Golden Girls' was a very unusual show to start on. I was young, and it was a show abo Show more
You know, 'The Golden Girls' was a very unusual show to start on. I was young, and it was a show about old people, and it was a very traditional show, but it was also an amazing training ground for a joke-writer. It forced me to learn those skills. Hide
There's real peril in trying to repeat yourself, and apply rules that applied to something else to a Show more
There's real peril in trying to repeat yourself, and apply rules that applied to something else to a new project. Hide
It's like, if I had the luxury of choice, and didn't have to worry about making a living, I would de Show more
It's like, if I had the luxury of choice, and didn't have to worry about making a living, I would definitely want to get into whatever field it was that allowed me to push further and further comedically. Because that's the joy of it. Hide
With 'Arrested Development,' we tried showing the deep disdain that connects a family. We wanted to Show more
With 'Arrested Development,' we tried showing the deep disdain that connects a family. We wanted to hold up a mirror to American society. And, just as predicted, America looked away. Hide
When we were making 'Arrested Development,' it was the hardest thing I'd ever done. You know, nobody Show more
When we were making 'Arrested Development,' it was the hardest thing I'd ever done. You know, nobody was watching. We weren't getting feedback. The job wasn't paying very well. But the one thing I did feel confident about was: No one will ever be able to do this again. Because no one would be stupid enough to try. Hide
Something about not waiting for the laugh of a laugh track allows you to take lines that otherwise m Show more
Something about not waiting for the laugh of a laugh track allows you to take lines that otherwise might be seen as just direct jokes, and make them seem realistic. Hide
What's realistic to me is that families love each other and stand by each other. What's unrealistic Show more
What's realistic to me is that families love each other and stand by each other. What's unrealistic is that they would ever say that. Hide
When I was on 'The Golden Girls,' we'd have eight scenes per show. And when 'Seinfeld' came along, t Show more
When I was on 'The Golden Girls,' we'd have eight scenes per show. And when 'Seinfeld' came along, they went to, like, 30 scenes a show, which was revolutionary. 'Arrested Development' has probably got 60 scenes per show. It just keeps emerging as this more and more complex thing. I always try to keep it very simple at its heart. Hide
[on the resurrected 'Arrested Development' series, 2013] Don't feel compelled to watch it all at onc Show more
[on the resurrected 'Arrested Development' series, 2013] Don't feel compelled to watch it all at once. It's wonderful and flattering that anyone would want to - I don't take any of that for granted. But comedy requires something of the human body. I hope people are laughing, but you can get tired of laughing. So really, it's OK with us if you take your time. That's the whole thing with Netflix. Do with it what you want. It's yours now. Hide
Television is a very writer-driven business, and it's one of the few parts of entertainment where wr Show more
Television is a very writer-driven business, and it's one of the few parts of entertainment where writers are treated with respect, only because they need you. If they didn't have to treat you with respect, they would be happy to dismiss you. Hide
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