In real life, nothing would be more tedious than trailing around after two strangers as they went house-hunting in Hertfordshire. But for some reason, television is more compelling than real life.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Television has always been our No. 1 competition. But I know firsthand that you can create an experience you can't get on television. I also know that the social experience has an appeal.
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.
Television is more interesting than people. If it were not we should have people standing in the corner of our room.
Television, they say, will permit a person to be entertained at home, without the effort of going to a picture house, without the trouble of booking seats, without the presence of other people.
There is a lot to life, and a lot more than just television to life.
Television is fantastic because you get to follow a group of characters over time, and their stories can enrich and surprise you. And you get to work with a group of people over time as well, which can be very satisfying with the right group.
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.
Television has the obvious benefits of regularity and intimacy.
Television is an isolating experience, sadly enough. I'm sorry to say it. But as good as it ever gets, it's still isolating. You sit in your home and visit with no one.
In Britain you're more used to challenging drama. In America, TV is just boring, and numbing, and bloody terrible.