Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Steve Dildarian

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American writer Steve Dildarian.

Last updated on November 24, 2024.

Steve Dildarian is an American former advertising copywriter who is the creator, writer, producer and voice of Tim in the HBO animated television series The Life & Times of Tim (2008–2012). He is also the star, writer, executive producer, director, and creator of the HBO Max series Ten Year Old Tom.

American - Writer | Born: November 3, 1969

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If I was ever to ask advice, it could be from any actor or showrunner or writer. I wouldn't necessarily ask an animate. I don't want to say that the wrong way, but animation's not really my world.

Steve Dildarian

I'm not honestly a real student of animation. I never was into it all that much. I don't really watch any animated shows.

Steve Dildarian

I found a lot of animators bring a lot of baggage to the party, just that there's a certain way of doing things in that world that's a little hard to unlearn.

Steve Dildarian

If I ever wanted to pick someone's brain, like Larry David would obviously be the most relevant.

Steve Dildarian

I'm a slave to the beats of the story, not to the words we use to tell the story.

Steve Dildarian

No matter what happens, the world can be pretty ridiculous and people be pretty ridiculous, but how would you react? That's an easy filter to put any story through.

Steve Dildarian

If improv gets reckless, you can feel it. A lot of shows try to do that, I find. When improv is done sloppily. It betrays the story. It can slow down the energy of the story you're telling.

Steve Dildarian

I'm pretty strict with anyone on our crew when people start to draw too well or draw some in-betweens in the animation.

Steve Dildarian

I don't necessarily consider myself part of the animation world.

Steve Dildarian

I was never able to analyze my own performance that way I can now. I've realized why certain actors work. I think I'm very in control of what I do in there now. I know how to listen, how to make it real and how not to go to jokes, but to go for a sense of reality.

Steve Dildarian

I was never an actor. I had done one or two random projects in my advertising career.

Steve Dildarian

The nature of the writing and the nature of the animation meant that it had to be short.

Steve Dildarian