What I didn't want to do is get into a ratings race with television because really, for them, it matters. For me, it doesn't.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I honestly believe that TV generally is obsessed with the ratings battle to the point of cutting its own throat.
I ended up with my life slanted toward television, and I just accept that. I think you play the hand the way it's dealt, that's all.
I've actually gotten so I don't associate television with entertainment very much.
It just seems there's better things to do in your life than be on television if it's not interesting, if it's not challenging, if it's not fun. You know? When it stops being those things for me, I'll stop making television.
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.
I think that in order for anything to work on television, you have to have conflict. Nothing can be too happy or it's boring. People don't want to watch that - they want to watch things that are exciting and dangerous and sexy and have tension.
Television provokes strong opinions, and sometimes we try a bit too hard to appeal to everyone.
People's attitude seems to be that if you don't have a television, you're not connected to reality - somehow you're not in reality. It's quite interesting, because I suspect that possibly it's the reverse.
Television is a powerful medium that has to be used for something better than sitcoms and police shows. On the other hand, if you don't recognize the forces that play on what people watch and what they don't then you're a fool and you should be in a different business.
I've been doing TV for fourteen years, and I've always had a fascination with the political business side. It's ruled my life. Ratings or no ratings have decided where I live, who I work with, and how long I'll be doing that particular job.