Quotes from Betsy Beers

I record a podcast, 'Shondaland Revealed,' every week while we are shooting.

Being a little bit of a movie buff, the fact that I'm working in the middle of movie history is incredible.

We take the suggestions people give us and build the best reality we can for them.

Sometimes, I cry because I'm sad, and sometimes, I cry just because it's just emotional and it's super awesome.

I swear like a trucker when I'm excited.

I actually started, as a result of 'Scandal,' instead of wearing a bathrobe, wearing sweaters around at home in my leisure. And my poor husband was very confused! I said, 'It's what Olivia Pope does'.

I spent the better part of my developing years in Massachusetts.

In a world where shows have to keep going while the priorities change, I have to stay flexible.

On 'Scandal,' they've proven that they're not scared of shocking the audience.

I'm not interested in overexpanding rapidly for expansion's sake.

Write what you really care about. Write what you want to say because that is the experience that always rates as genuine on the page.

I think the way I sort of approach it is, you just sort of keep your head down and focus on what you are doing and making shows that people will want to see on Thursday night.

Every movie I touched bombed.

Women on television are not a fad; we are not a trend - we are a reality!

I like to think that Harry Cohn is having a somewhat difficult time sleeping in his grave thinking of a chick with a white shag rug taking over his space.

I obsess over places I will never live and restaurants at which I aspire to eat.

Your structure and format may not be perfect, and you may not have picked the perfect franchise, but if I pick up a script, and the characters are real, whole, complicated and come from a place of somebody who really is feeling it, that's what people remember.

I like to exercise in the morning before work. It puts me in a good mood, which makes my coworkers happy, and jump-starts my brain, which makes me happy.

I'm very dogged when I believe in something. I'm also dark and twisty.