Taylor Sheridan did not hold back when expressing his feelings about criticism toward his shows and the Emmy Awards.
The 56-year-old showrunner behind hit shows like Landman and The Madison spoke about his goals during the Sunday (June 28) episode of The Bill Simmons Podcast.
Despite both of his newer shows being on the Emmys ballot this year, Taylor says he’s “not trying to win Emmys.”
“You’re not going to win no Emmys with me, but I’m not trying to win Emmys,” he said. “That’s not my goal. My goal is to sit somebody on their couch and move them, make them think, make them laugh, scare the s–t out of them, excite them. That’s what I want to do, because that’s what I want from a show.”
He said when he started writing, his goal was to “simply not do what everyone else was doing.”
“What everyone else was doing was taking shortcuts, essentially breaking all the very basic fundamental rules of storytelling, because they couldn’t figure out their story,” the Yellowstone creator shared, adding that he feels studio execs know “nothing” about telling good stories.
“Well, what do you know about developing story? You know nothing,” Taylor said. “So they get terrified, panicked that the audience won’t get it because they actually have no storytellers.”
He also said these execs are now governing Hollywood and “they’re the ones that are going to determine whether or not your script is going to go into production,” meaning “they’re going to try to control every element of that.”
Even when he signed his overall deal with Paramount, Taylor said he didn’t want to follow their playbook.
“This is not a democracy. There’s no committee. You’re going to pay me, and you’re going to give me a bunch of money, and I’m going to deliver you these shows,” he told the podcast host.
Taylor also revealed his real feelings about critics, adding that he knew they wouldn’t like the fact Demi Moore had a relatively small role in Landman‘s debut season.
“The critics are going to come after me. I’m underutilizing [Moore], can’t write for women, all this nonsense. Then I’m going to kill your husband and you’re going to have to run the oil company,” he continued. “The critics and me… I don’t care what they think, and it annoys the shit out of them that I don’t care.”
“I’ll be the first to tell you that there are things that I do that rage bait them a bit, and this is one of them,” Taylor said. “F–k ‘em, honestly.”
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