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'Survivor' was, to me, an absolute reaction that the audience was having to the sort of staid nature of narrative drama on television.

Also, it was a cultural moment that wasn't being represented in terms of women who were successful and had choices they didn't have before. They needed a show that they can watch that they felt like represented them.

On my season of 'Survivor,' the tribes were split: a tribe of men versus a tribe of women. Even though the women kicked the men's butts at the first two challenges, we were a hot mess at camp.

Survivor has been such a hit, and out of that have come so many interesting stories from people that we don't see on the big screen. We have helped make them incredible celebrities.

I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.

I said 'no' to the 'Born Survivor' producer three times because I've never aspired to be a TV man.

I cannot believe that in all the years that there have been female stand-ups, there has never been a show just for them.

Every show on television has a downward trend because there are so many more things to watch. You can only deal with what is the benchmark of a hit series and 'Survivor' clearly remains a hit series.