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Pilots are so hard because you have to introduce all these characters, you have to hook an audience, and an audience has such a smaller attention span than maybe they used to have.

"Talking Schmidt: Why We're Rooting for New Girl's Max Greenfield at the Emmy's". Interview with Bruce Handy an Juli Weiner, www.vanityfair.com. September 20, 2012.
Pilots are so hard because you have to introduce all these characters, you have to hook an audience, and an audience has such a smaller attention span than maybe they used to have.