Bonnie Hammer Quotes
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The TV mini-series is kind of a lost genre because the networks have given up on it.
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'Farscape' is a fabulous vehicle for looking at ethical, moral, political, and social issues.
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I've never wanted to be a woman playing a guy; I love being a woman.
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You may not know it now, if you studied communications or engineering, law or medicine, business or classics: you're a storyteller, too.
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Science fiction is not quirky anymore; we live in a futuristic world now.
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When NBC bought USA and SCI FI in 2004, Jeff Zucker put me in charge of USA Networks. We did a lot of research to find out what was working and what wasn't, and we actually had to hear a lot of things we didn't like. USA was predictable; it was boring.
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Prejudice and discrimination based on our differences is an unfortunate fact of life.
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The loudest voice in the room doesn't always work. In fact, it usually grates to the point - to the point that when you really need to be loud, nobody listens.
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What keeps me up is always raising the bar, and what makes my team happiest and also most worrisome is I'm always asking for more.
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The younger me was motivated by a need to please others, by the pressure to climb the corporate ladder and make money, and by a fear of failure - all of which became more and more intense as I navigated the competitive landscape.
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Oftentimes, when a movie turns into a series, you never retain the creative auspices. You buy the idea, you buy the franchise, and then you bring in a whole new creative team and copy the tone or sensibility.
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Many of the top-grossing movies of all time are science fiction.
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You can't trademark the word 'sci-fi.'
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Women have an instinct for what the market is. We have tremendous insight in terms of understanding products and consumerism.
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In the American office lexicon, 'aging' - and its close cousin 'old' - are inconsistent modifiers. While older women are often labeled as 'tired' and 'out of touch,' aging men get to be 'distinguished' and 'seasoned.'
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I'm a chick. I like shopping.
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I wouldn't be comfy going toe to toe launching a new scripted show against broadcast.
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I basically hit the deck running as soon as I wake up and don't turn my brain off till long after the lights are out.
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From my point of view, 'Stranger in a Strange Land' isn't just a science fiction masterpiece; it also happens to be one of my favorite books ever.
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I will never not take anyone's phone call.
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I've not had any interest in running a movie studio, but I want to make one feature film.
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Some mentors are more challenging than others.
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There's so much interest and curiosity about alien life, interstellar travel. It's always in the news.
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With 'Battlestar Galactica,' we had such resistance from the fan base to changing it. The upshot was, we ultimately won them over.