Fred Silverman Quotes
I didn't even think demographics until I got to ABC. They were the first to go for 18-to-49. But, at CBS, it was just, 'Let's get 'em in the tent.'
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I had an interest in Scandinavian countries because I'd never seen snow.
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Racism still exists in the sport of boxing.
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I was a star in Italy, Austrailia, Germany and Japan before the American stations ever paid attention at all.
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If, however, economic ambitions are good servants, they are bad masters.
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I have a huge Lego collection - I have a really big Lego collection. We're talking pretty darn large. I also have a huge collection of original stainless steel Thomas the Tank Engine train toys. Beautiful little trains; they're my favorite thing in the world.
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In other times, I could stand here and give this kind of exposition on the beliefs of the Democratic Party and that would be enough. But today that is not enough. People want more.
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I never had any social life, just played the piano and studied, studied, studied.
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Boxing should probably be banned. But until then, I'm a big fan.
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I sang in 'Waiting for Guffman,' and I sang in 'A Mighty Wind.' I can carry a tune, but I don't like that Broadway singing.
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When you work on a text of a lesser quality, as the interpreter or the delivery person, you are obliged to try to fill it out as you see so many people do in lesser work.
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After a day in Cannes, I pass out before I even get to my bed. I'll get to my room, order room service, shower, and sleep.
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Apart from hard work and being in the right projects, you need to re-invent yourself. I'd be bored doing the same thing over and over, and the audience wouldn't like it, too. The trick is to break that monotony.
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I think every credit you get and every film you have your name attached to makes things a little bit easier. It definitely opens doors up, but it's still a grind.
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Every animal leaves traces of what it was; man alone leaves traces of what he created.
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Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness.
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Desperate courage makes One a majority.
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If the Communists conquered the world, it would be very unpleasant for a while, but not forever. But if the human race is wiped out, that is the end.
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Very few people know why art sells so high. I don’t even know.
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For Genet, Beauty will be the offensive weapon that will enable him to beat the just on their own ground: that of value.
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The right boys I always toss and the wrong ones I keep on top of me like paperweights.
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One could not pluck a flower without troubling a star.
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A lot of missions for NASA or experiments on accelerators happen through a whole process of scientific retreats, long-range planning, forming collaborations to do studies - all this kind of stuff. It's very democratic.
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The only things you learn are the things you tame.
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I didn't even think demographics until I got to ABC. They were the first to go for 18-to-49. But, at CBS, it was just, 'Let's get 'em in the tent.'
