Scott Pelley Quotes
I'm always trying to get those interviews that are impossible to get, because they are the ones that are most interesting to the audience.
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It's really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to create this whole backstory.
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I did a sitcom with Desi Arnaz Jr. in a pilot called 'Whacked Out.' We were bombing, and Lucille Ball grabbed the mic and started berating the audience.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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I like to take pictures of lots of things: people-such as my nephews, my dogs, and just interesting objects that I see. For instance, I might take a picture of flowers by the side of the road, an old sign or a fence.
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Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty. But she is so interesting-looking - so bright. That will always take you farther.
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You as an audience can look at these things as films, but I remember them as social experiences.
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We all know the types who listen to Pete Seeger songs; even Pete admits they aren't interesting.
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I understand entertaining. You want people to walk out saying, 'I spent a night with interesting people.'
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Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.
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I don't like to just talk about nothing, or less than nothing. If it's something interesting, I'm fine with it, but, 'Hey, Zack, how is your day?' People ask that, and somebody actually tells them what happened in their day? I don't have any real interest in that.
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To me the interesting main character is never the one without flaws.
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The only interesting thing that can happen in a Swiss bedroom is suffocation by feather mattress.
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It's interesting to see what people are saying about me. I like keep up with the latest rumors! A while back there was a rumor that I was going to do a film with Demi Moore about the takeover of Commodore computers!
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I try to find 15 minutes a day to just be alone without any distractions just for headspace to meditate and get my Zen on. I think that helps me get through the hecticness of the day on tour with the interviews, the sound check, the meet and greets, the show and the post-show meet and greets.
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Most of my characters are an amalgamation of people that I've met, my family, or myself. Being a writer, you can draw only from what you know. I am lucky to have really rich and interesting people in my family for, you know, interesting family nights and great characters.
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'Vicky Donor' proved that the audience was waiting for well-scripted funny films.
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When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.
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I think that women can tend to look so feminine so easily. So it's interesting to see how we can look masculine and strong, too.
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I'd love to interview Bill Clinton. I know that might be a little boring, but he's so interesting and such an amazing guy. All he's done after his presidency... he hasn't just sat around, he's been so active in so many charitable causes.
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I won't necessarily make new music because when you make a record there are these great expectations on the side of the record company who are going to produce your record, promoters that are going to do your shows. They want you to do interviews, they want you to play shows. I mean, they want it to be a campaign.
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We are a naturally hierarchical species.
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I did a little modeling in Minnesota, but because I was a heavier 'model,' I didn't pursue it much when I lived there.
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Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own.
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I'm always trying to get those interviews that are impossible to get, because they are the ones that are most interesting to the audience.
