Jeffrey Klarik Quotes

United States, Writer
January 1, 2000

Jeffrey Klarik is an American writer and producer. With his life partner David Crane (co-creator of Friends), Klarik co-created the award-winning Showtime/BBC comedy Episodes featuring Friends star Matt LeBlanc and Green Wing's Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Greig. Episodes fifth and final series aired in 2017.

Also known as Producer

When you decide you want to become a television writer, you naively assume it's going to be like the writers on the old 'Dick Van Dyke Show.' You'll write something and they'll just put it on TV. But what you quickly discover is that American network television is television by committee.

Jeffrey Klarik
- American
When you're doing a network show in the States, you're just a slave to the ratings. There's so much money invested that there's this pervasive atmosphere of fear and anxiety. Every morning after an episode of your show airs, everyone is fixated on the numbers to try and determine how the show did.

Jeffrey Klarik
- Money
- Fear
- Morning