Nothing real or truthful makes its way to TV unless you are smart and know how to sneak it in, and I would tell you how I did it, but then I would have to kill you.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The thing about television is that you can't fake it. Your sense of discovery must be genuine; you can't pretend to be surprised.
TV is a major force in our lives - a FORCE. It must be handled very carefully, both its censure and its artistic honesty.
Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home.
The whole thing about doing TV is that you never know what's going to happen. You just have to go with it and go with the flow.
Television has to reflect back to you your own sense of security. It also has to mirror your sense of your own decency and your own limitations.
I actually haven't been approached a whole lot for television, believe it or not.
With TV, you're in people's houses every night. And you have so much time to tell stories. I don't know why I didn't do it before.
I know it sounds hokey but I think, ultimately, on television you can't hide who you are.
You need to tell the truth to the audience, or they will throw a brick through the TV. They'll turn you off.
I did honest television. Real, live, honest television. That's what I did best.