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This is one of the ways in which television can actually be good, and even better than the movies, because it gives you a chance to tell a long story.

Billy Campbell

I think it would be lovely to see some features on a disc of ‘The Rocketeer,’ with some reminiscing. I think that would be dynamite.
BILLY CAMPBELL

Lovely Reminiscing Thinking
The first trip I remember taking was on the train from Virginia up to New York City, watching the summertime countryside rolling past the window. They used white linen tablecloths in the dining car in those days, and real silver.
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Country Past Real Trip
For me, the experience of making the show is very much like being in a novel. I enjoy getting the new script. I make a cup of tea and I read it the same way I would read a book, with the same amount of joy.
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Book Joy Novel Script Tea
Most sailing ships take what they call trainees, who pay to be part of the crew. The Picton Castle takes people who are absolutely raw recruits. But you can’t just ride along.
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Cooking People Sailing
I grew up 60 minutes way from Richmond, in Charlottesville, Virginia and, as a child, I was obsessed with the Civil War. I used to do re-enactments and all that stuff.
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Children Obsessed War
The feeling of being at sea has put me in touch with who I am to a greater degree than if I had been on land all these years. So, in a roundabout way, I imagine it does inform my acting.
BILLY CAMPBELL

Degree Feeling Greater Sea Touch
My favorite board game is a board game I’m working on right now. It’s a game of Napoleonic era naval warfare, and it’s going to be fun.
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Board Favorite Fun Games Going Nerdy
The South Downs of England reminded me a bit of my Old Virginia homeland.
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Country Homeland South Virginia
I sailed a bit as a child, but it wasn’t until I was around 40, when I was halfway through Patrick O’Brian’s ‘Master and Commander’ novels, that I had the sudden epiphany that I had to go sail on a square-rig ship.
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Children Master Ships Squares
Oh, I’m nerdy about science fiction and fantasy and graphic novels and reading, and I’m nerdy about board games.
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Fun Games Reading
A destination wedding weeds out all the people who might potentially get their noses out of joint, so only the troupers would be there.
BILLY CAMPBELL

Destination Potential Wedding Weed
Many who wave American flags also practice discrimination on the basis of race. Many who wave American flags practice anti-Semitism. We think that betrays the fundamental ideals of our democracy.
BILLY CAMPBELL

Betrayal Practice Thinking
To me, the AMC brand is great storytelling – they call it slow-burn storytelling.
BILLY CAMPBELL

Brands Burn Slow Storytelling
I always know exactly where my stories take place, which gives me something certain so I can use my imagination for the other stuff. I worry though, who wants to keep reading stories about Kalamazoo?
BILLY CAMPBELL

Imagination Reading Worry
The network wants you to make a thing that’s just a stand-alone episode, so you never get any character or continuity.
BILLY CAMPBELL

Character Giving Long
There have been times when I’ve been asked to do things and I’ve thought, “This is great! This is a great script. But, I do not believe myself in this role.”
BILLY CAMPBELL

Believe Roles Thinking

This is one of the ways in which television can actually be good, and even better than the movies, because it gives you a chance to tell a long story.

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