"It's really cool to know that you've put something together that isn't for a particular audience. It's so often that a TV show can really only speak to one sect of the population, and this really is something that appeals to a worldwide fan base. People who are into the pursuit of knowledge. Their reaction has meant the world to us"
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The subtext is a defense of a certain kind of pop culture ambition. Plenty of actors talk about “making something for the fans,” but Krumholtz frames the fan as a learner, not a consumer. That reframes the relationship between show and audience as collaborative: the series doesn’t just entertain you, it invites you to keep up. Implicitly, it also flatters viewers for choosing brain-forward entertainment in a landscape engineered for frictionless scrolling.
Context matters here: this is an actor speaking from inside a medium that often punishes specificity. His admiration for a show that can “really only speak to one sect” reads like a veteran’s weariness with market segmentation, and his relief at escaping it. “Meant the world to us” isn’t just gratitude; it’s a reveal of creative vulnerability. The audience’s reaction becomes proof that intelligence can be communal, even mass, without being dumbed down.
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Krumholtz, David. (2026, January 17). It's really cool to know that you've put something together that isn't for a particular audience. It's so often that a TV show can really only speak to one sect of the population, and this really is something that appeals to a worldwide fan base. People who are into the pursuit of knowledge. Their reaction has meant the world to us. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/its-really-cool-to-know-that-youve-put-something-52854/
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Krumholtz, David. "It's really cool to know that you've put something together that isn't for a particular audience. It's so often that a TV show can really only speak to one sect of the population, and this really is something that appeals to a worldwide fan base. People who are into the pursuit of knowledge. Their reaction has meant the world to us." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/its-really-cool-to-know-that-youve-put-something-52854/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"It's really cool to know that you've put something together that isn't for a particular audience. It's so often that a TV show can really only speak to one sect of the population, and this really is something that appeals to a worldwide fan base. People who are into the pursuit of knowledge. Their reaction has meant the world to us." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/its-really-cool-to-know-that-youve-put-something-52854/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
