Nigel Lythgoe Quotes

United Kingdom, Television Director
July 9, 1949

Nigel Lythgoe OBE is an English television and film director and producer, television dance competition judge, former dancer in the Young Generation and choreographer. He was the producer of the shows Pop Idol and American Idol and is the creator and executive producer of, and a regular judge on, So You Think You Can Dance. He also created the 2009 competition Superstars of Dance.

Also known as Film Director, Producer, Judge, Dancer, Choreographer

And what is a stage dad, or a stage mom? It's someone who's protective. That's all.

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- Dad
- Mom
- Stage
In my day everything wasn't so PC.

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- Day

The minute you take away somebody the public's voting for, you're screwing with the program. There's no logic to it.

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- Logic
- Program
- Minutes
Since I've been in the U.S. I've lost the back of my heart, 15 ft. of intestine and my marriage - and God, I miss my intestine.

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- Heart
- Missing
- Intestines
That makes entertaining television. That is the circus of American Idol . We go for the very, very best and the very, very worst. It's the boring people that we don't want to see on television.

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- People
- Worst
- Boring
If you don't know the right people or have the right connections, you may never be discovered. With 'Opening Act,' we are democratizing a notoriously impossible process, pulling back the curtains on a consistently fascinating industry, and affording aspiring artists the chance of a lifetime.

Nigel Lythgoe
- People
- Artist
- Chance
There's no question 'Amazing Race' is a beautifully produced show.

Nigel Lythgoe
- Shows
- Race
Since we launched the original 'Pop Idol' in England, I've remained close with Simon Fuller. Working as executive producer on 'American idol' for its first seven years not only was an inspirational journey into the heart of American pop culture, it opened my eyes to the untapped potential of the incredibly dynamic young people in this world.

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- People
- World
- Heart

I don't think rap really fits in to 'American Idol' in the sense that I believe rap is an art form in itself more akin to poetry, more akin to drama, if you will.

Nigel Lythgoe
- Believe
- Art
- Drama