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I was a crazy Pee-wee Herman fan when I was in my early teens. Before he had the kids’ TV show, he had a nightclub show in L.A., and I had gotten a VHS copy of it. It was a kids’ show, but onstage in a bar, so it’s sort of poking fun at the kids’ show. And I was obsessed with that, and then ‘Pee-wee’s Big Adventure.’ Picture Quote #1

I don’t remember a drama on TV that had shown a couple could be married but still love each other very much, spend every day as if they were still on their honeymoon, be sensuous, and have fun together Picture Quote #1

I was working for a Swedish TV show - I’m Swedish - who basically did kind of spectacular stories. It was almost like CBS 60 Minutes,’ but a Swedish version where we actually did travel quite a lot. After a while, I realized that travel is the most fun part of this, so why not do it for a longer time and just go off and explore? Picture Quote #1

I’m not a movie guy, I’m not a TV sitcom guy, but whatever seems to fit and is funny is good for me Picture Quote #1

I’m just saying stupid, funny things when I’m hanging out on the TV show. When I’m making music I’m in a completely different zone Picture Quote #1

I definitely want to start my own production company at some point. I’m actually teaming up with Funny or Die to put together a TV show right now, that I can’t really talk about because it’s still in the very preliminary stages, but if it pans out this will be the first project under my production company, which I have yet to name Picture Quote #1

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My uncle is so funny - Don Vito. He was always fat with the craziest voice. Dude, he barely speaks English; it’s just full-blown jibber-jabber. It’s so funny to watch on TV because you really need subtitles because you can’t understand him Picture Quote #1

My dad was an interior design and furniture person. I started working with him for four years before my first TV writing break Picture Quote #1

It’s become almost a cliche at this point that movies in the general sense are the place you go for superheroes and explosions and TV is where you go for actual storytelling Picture Quote #1

If I had to say who is the number-one most powerful figure is in reality TV, it’s very easy. It is the general public. They’re the only people who have power now Picture Quote #1

I don’t really watch much TV. I watch old movies and stuff like that, so I’m not up to date. My favorite vampire movie would definitely have to be the one with Gary Oldman [Dracula] Picture Quote #1

Gary Oldman is my TV hero. The incredible thing about Gary Oldman is his versatility Picture Quote #1

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My dad was in radio; he was a broadcaster, and it was in the family. He hosted kind of a game show at one point on TV; he was the original host of ‘Good Day New York,’ and he hosted the Jerry Lewis telethon for 15 years Picture Quote #1

I’ve heard that George Clooney did something like nine pilots before ‘ER’ was picked up, way back when he was doing TV. It’s just the way the business works. There are a lot of pilots that we’ve never seen. It’s protocol Picture Quote #1

I play games on-set at work. Sometimes I can’t remember people’s names, so I start throwing out clues. Like if I can’t think of George Clooney, I’ll say, ‘You know, drop-dead gorgeous, was on a big TV show... ‘ Until someone says his name, I can’t finish my story! Picture Quote #1

If you had a successful TV show, people wanted to see you live. Promoters had had practice with pop groups, and ‘Python’ achieved a similar status. We also had lots of rock star fans - George Harrison, Pink Floyd, Robert Plant. Promoters saw that and liked it Picture Quote #1

When they show the destruction of society on color TV, I want to be able to look out over Los Angeles and make sure they get it right Picture Quote #1

[We often] criticize the people on TV: ‘He just can’t act.’ ‘You call that singing?’ ... We get jealous not because we’re evil, but because we have little artists pent up inside us Picture Quote #1

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This is a great time for the ‘guerilla marketer.’ The days when you used to have to buy expensive TV time and a yellow page ad to get started are gone Picture Quote #1

One of the things you have to get used to, working on a TV show, is filming out of sync Picture Quote #1

I’m not an extravagant person. You don’t get a chance to spend money when you’re working on a TV show Picture Quote #1

I’d love to be on a TV series someday, but I believe you get the jobs that you’re meant to get. If the job that I’m meant to get is another musical or another play or film or TV show, I’m just happy to keep working Picture Quote #1

A lot of people get emotional in movies that are cartoons, but not in TV shows Picture Quote #1

The Internet is an almost miraculous way of getting information, of finding and organizing with each other, both minutely and globally. A million times better than the phone and the mimeograph! Also much better than TV, which is one-way and passive Picture Quote #1

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I read the paper pretty much every day, as well as getting news from the Internet and on TV. But I don’t do social media at all; I’m a Luddite from that point of view Picture Quote #1

I’m pretty good about getting some exercise every day - well, most days. The secret for me was to put the elliptical in front of the TV Picture Quote #1

I am up at 3:30, reading the op-ed pages and getting ready to be on the air by 6 A.M. on the set of ‘Morning Joe,’ and after three hours of TV and two hours on the radio, it is only 12 noon Picture Quote #1

The thing about working in Hollywood is that, at some point, you really get tired of hearing how godless you are, and how if you and the rest of the heathens in Tinsel town would put more God-centric shows on TV, people wouldn’t be abandoning prime time in favor of their Bible study classes Picture Quote #1

BBC TV gets hold of an idea and beats it to death until we’re all heartily sick of it. They buy people without thinking what they’re going to do with them. It’s the wrong way around. What they should be doing is employing really good ideas people to come up with good ideas Picture Quote #1

I am so behind on all TV, and I love TV, but I literally, I get home so late, and when I get some time, I’m trying to catch up on my DVR Picture Quote #1

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I was a crazy Pee-wee Herman fan when I was in my early teens. Before he had the kids’ TV show, he had a nightclub show in L.A., and I had gotten a VHS copy of it. It was a kids’ show, but onstage in a bar, so it’s sort of poking fun at the kids’ show. And I was obsessed with that, and then ‘Pee-wee’s Big Adventure.’ (Tv Quotes) I don’t remember a drama on TV that had shown a couple could be married but still love each other very much, spend every day as if they were still on their honeymoon, be sensuous, and have fun together. (Tv Quotes) I was working for a Swedish TV show - I’m Swedish - who basically did kind of spectacular stories. It was almost like CBS 60 Minutes,’ but a Swedish version where we actually did travel quite a lot. After a while, I realized that travel is the most fun part of this, so why not do it for a longer time and just go off and explore? (Tv Quotes) I’m not a movie guy, I’m not a TV sitcom guy, but whatever seems to fit and is funny is good for me. (Tv Quotes) I’m just saying stupid, funny things when I’m hanging out on the TV show. When I’m making music I’m in a completely different zone. (Tv Quotes) I definitely want to start my own production company at some point. I’m actually teaming up with Funny or Die to put together a TV show right now, that I can’t really talk about because it’s still in the very preliminary stages, but if it pans out this will be the first project under my production company, which I have yet to name. (Tv Quotes) My uncle is so funny - Don Vito. He was always fat with the craziest voice. Dude, he barely speaks English; it’s just full-blown jibber-jabber. It’s so funny to watch on TV because you really need subtitles because you can’t understand him. (Tv Quotes) My dad was an interior design and furniture person. I started working with him for four years before my first TV writing break. (Tv Quotes) It’s become almost a cliche at this point that movies in the general sense are the place you go for superheroes and explosions and TV is where you go for actual storytelling. (Tv Quotes) If I had to say who is the number-one most powerful figure is in reality TV, it’s very easy. It is the general public. They’re the only people who have power now. (Tv Quotes) I don’t really watch much TV. I watch old movies and stuff like that, so I’m not up to date. My favorite vampire movie would definitely have to be the one with Gary Oldman [Dracula]. (Tv Quotes) Gary Oldman is my TV hero. The incredible thing about Gary Oldman is his versatility. (Tv Quotes) My dad was in radio; he was a broadcaster, and it was in the family. He hosted kind of a game show at one point on TV; he was the original host of ‘Good Day New York,’ and he hosted the Jerry Lewis telethon for 15 years. (Tv Quotes) I’ve heard that George Clooney did something like nine pilots before ‘ER’ was picked up, way back when he was doing TV. It’s just the way the business works. There are a lot of pilots that we’ve never seen. It’s protocol. (Tv Quotes) I play games on-set at work. Sometimes I can’t remember people’s names, so I start throwing out clues. Like if I can’t think of George Clooney, I’ll say, ‘You know, drop-dead gorgeous, was on a big TV show... ‘ Until someone says his name, I can’t finish my story! (Tv Quotes) If you had a successful TV show, people wanted to see you live. Promoters had had practice with pop groups, and ‘Python’ achieved a similar status. We also had lots of rock star fans - George Harrison, Pink Floyd, Robert Plant. Promoters saw that and liked it. (Tv Quotes) When they show the destruction of society on color TV, I want to be able to look out over Los Angeles and make sure they get it right. (Tv Quotes) [We often] criticize the people on TV: ‘He just can’t act.’ ‘You call that singing?’ ... We get jealous not because we’re evil, but because we have little artists pent up inside us. (Tv Quotes) This is a great time for the ‘guerilla marketer.’ The days when you used to have to buy expensive TV time and a yellow page ad to get started are gone. (Tv Quotes) One of the things you have to get used to, working on a TV show, is filming out of sync (Tv Quotes) I’m not an extravagant person. You don’t get a chance to spend money when you’re working on a TV show. (Tv Quotes) I’d love to be on a TV series someday, but I believe you get the jobs that you’re meant to get. If the job that I’m meant to get is another musical or another play or film or TV show, I’m just happy to keep working. (Tv Quotes) A lot of people get emotional in movies that are cartoons, but not in TV shows (Tv Quotes) The Internet is an almost miraculous way of getting information, of finding and organizing with each other, both minutely and globally. A million times better than the phone and the mimeograph! Also much better than TV, which is one-way and passive. (Tv Quotes) I read the paper pretty much every day, as well as getting news from the Internet and on TV. But I don’t do social media at all; I’m a Luddite from that point of view. (Tv Quotes) I’m pretty good about getting some exercise every day - well, most days. The secret for me was to put the elliptical in front of the TV. (Tv Quotes) I am up at 3:30, reading the op-ed pages and getting ready to be on the air by 6 A.M. on the set of ‘Morning Joe,’ and after three hours of TV and two hours on the radio, it is only 12 noon. (Tv Quotes) The thing about working in Hollywood is that, at some point, you really get tired of hearing how godless you are, and how if you and the rest of the heathens in Tinsel town would put more God-centric shows on TV, people wouldn’t be abandoning prime time in favor of their Bible study classes. (Tv Quotes) BBC TV gets hold of an idea and beats it to death until we’re all heartily sick of it. They buy people without thinking what they’re going to do with them. It’s the wrong way around. What they should be doing is employing really good ideas people to come up with good ideas. (Tv Quotes) I am so behind on all TV, and I love TV, but I literally, I get home so late, and when I get some time, I’m trying to catch up on my DVR. (Tv Quotes)

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