Norman Milton Lear ,quotes

We are a country of excess. So...

We are a country of excess. So it's not the violence, per se, but the exacerbation and constant repetition.

Norman Milton Lear 03.03.2018 03:03:03 29 quotes

When I want to entertain enter...

When I want to entertain entertainers, I call Jason Randal!

Norman Milton Lear 03.03.2018 03:03:03 29 quotes

When something is over, it is ...

When something is over, it is over...

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So we gravitated to shows and ...

So we gravitated to shows and issues and causes that made people care.

Norman Milton Lear 03.03.2018 03:03:03 29 quotes

It crossed our minds early on ...

It crossed our minds early on that the more an audience cared - we were working before, on average, 240, live people. If you could get them caring - the more they cared, the harder they laughed.

Norman Milton Lear 03.03.2018 03:03:03 29 quotes

TV that people will never see,...

TV that people will never see, that giant international corporations will never touch, will never pay your salary.

Norman Milton Lear 03.03.2018 03:03:03 29 quotes

There was no real controversy ...

There was no real controversy with All In The Family. That came from the people on the business end.

Norman Milton Lear 03.03.2018 03:03:03 29 quotes

The trafficking of sex and vio...

The trafficking of sex and violence is comes after the demand for ratings.

Norman Milton Lear 03.03.2018 03:03:03 29 quotes

The American people may not be...

The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart.

Norman Milton Lear 03.03.2018 03:03:03 29 quotes

When we went on the air, I did...

When we went on the air, I didn't want to be interrupted for an act-one curtain.

Norman Milton Lear 03.03.2018 03:03:03 29 quotes

Granted, the writers, director...

Granted, the writers, directors, producers, and that community make a great deal of money. But they might be choosing to do a whole lot of other things for the living they make.

Norman Milton Lear 03.03.2018 03:03:03 29 quotes

Originally, with all the shows...

Originally, with all the shows, we went looking for belly laughs.

Norman Milton Lear 03.03.2018 03:03:03 29 quotes

Nobody doubts my partisanship,...

Nobody doubts my partisanship, but a lot of the activity is nonpartisan.

Norman Milton Lear 03.03.2018 03:03:03 29 quotes

Life is about having a good ti...

Life is about having a good time, and it was a good time. We did some things well and some things poorly, but that was always the case.

Norman Milton Lear 03.03.2018 03:03:03 29 quotes

Maybe they continued to agree ...

Maybe they continued to agree with Archie Bunker - as I said earlier, you can't change people's minds, but you can get them to think.

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The establishment uses that ra...

The establishment uses that rationale all the time, and that's why we do what we do. But leadership requires some understanding that you can say no. People have base instincts, but the transcendent also appeal to them.

Norman Milton Lear 03.03.2018 03:03:03 29 quotes

If there is a reason to believ...

If there is a reason to believe in God, it would be the Havana Leaf.

Norman Milton Lear 03.03.2018 03:03:03 29 quotes

It seems to me that any full g...

It seems to me that any full grown, mature adult would have a desire to be responsible, to help where he can in a world that needs so very much, that threatens us so very much.

Norman Milton Lear 03.03.2018 03:03:03 29 quotes

Success is how you collect you...

Success is how you collect your minutes. You spend millions of minutes to reach one triumph, one moment, then you spend maybe a thousand minutes enjoying it. If you were unhappy through those millions of minutes, what good is the thousand minutes of triumph? It doesn't equate... Life is made of small pleasures. Good eye contact over the breakfast table with your wife. A moment of touching a friend. Happiness is made of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. If you don't have all those zillions of tin

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That's the heart of it: My sho...

That's the heart of it: My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people.

Norman Milton Lear 03.03.2018 03:03:03 29 quotes

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