Sue Naegle Quotes

United States, Businessman
July 2, 1969

Sue Naegle is an American business executive. She was the president of HBO Entertainment from 2008 until 2013, when she departed and formed her own production company.In August 2012, she was recognized as the 46th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes Magazine.

I throw on a dress and heels and I'm good to go.

Sue Naegle
- Good
- Dress
- Heels
You have to be a strong advocate of the shows you believe in. Sometimes those skills are very similar to agenting.

Sue Naegle
- Believe
- Shows
- Advocate

I'm actually totally the prude of my family.

Sue Naegle
- Family
- Prude
The hunger for knowing is what excites me. I get to geek out about editing, be on set, give notes to writers - I love it all.

Sue Naegle
- Knowing
- Hunger
- Excites
Not every show needs to reach the same size of audience, or same width, of a 'Sopranos'.

Sue Naegle
- Audience
- Reach
- Width
Marketing is designed to bring people into something.

Sue Naegle
The best part of my job is that we can be making shows like 'Boardwalk', 'Thrones', 'True Blood' but also female-centered comedies like 'Enlightened', 'Veep' and 'Girls'.

Sue Naegle
- Job
- Shows
- Making
Most development doesn't make it to series. So you want the writer and director to have a really good experience with development because, if it doesn't work out, you want to work with them again. You have to know their work really well, know the drafts really well, and when you give notes, you need to have really thought them through.

Sue Naegle