--- title: "Best Mark Burnett Quotes" description: "James Mark Burnett is a British-American television producer, best known for creating The Apprentice, and producing Survivor, Are You Smarter than a 5th..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mark-burnett-64112.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Mark Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mark-burnett-64112.jpg) # Mark Burnett (1960) Television Producer United Kingdom **47** quotes in **392** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Mark Burnett is a television producer from the United Kingdom, best known for *Story of God and All of Us*. ## Quick Facts About Mark Burnett Born July 17, 1960 Nationality United Kingdom Profession Television Producer Notable works Story of God and All of Us Spouse Roma Downey ## About Mark Burnett James Mark Burnett is a British-American television producer, best known for creating The Apprentice, and producing Survivor, Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?, Shark Tank, and The Voice. He has produced more than 4000 hours worth of television programming, which have appeared on over 15 major television networks and aired in over 70 countries. ## Awards & Honors Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program star on Hollywood Walk of Fame ## Quotes by Mark Burnett · Page 2 > [I honestly think that in five years time, television will be watched on computer screens anyway and you'll be doing multiple things.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-burnett/i-honestly-think-that-in-five-years-time-television-will-be-watched/) [Mark Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-burnett/) [Computer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/computer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fe/mark-burnett-14300_computer_i-honestly-think-that-in-five-years-time_419828.jpg) > [Every show on television has a downward trend because there are so many more things to watch. You can only deal with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-burnett/every-show-on-television-has-a-downward-trend-because-there-are-so/) [Mark Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-burnett/) [Deals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deals/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27a/mark-burnett-14300_deals_every-show-on-television-has-a-downward_452593.jpg) > [I look at decisions like - it's like an Indiana Jones movie. The guy comes to a rope ladder, and he's being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-burnett/i-look-at-decisions-like-it-s-like-an-indiana-jones-movie-the-guy/) [Mark Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-burnett/) [Behinds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behinds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb5/mark-burnett-14300_behinds_i-look-at-decisions-like-it-s-like-an-in_363940.jpg) > [As the show's executive producer, I envisioned something akin to "Gilligan's Island" meets Lord of the Flies meets Ten Little Indians mets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-burnett/as-the-show-s-executive-producer-i-envisioned-something-akin-to/) [Mark Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-burnett/) [Adventure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adventure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6a/mark-burnett-14300_adventure_as-the-show-s-executive-producer-i-envis_439499.jpg) > [So many people wanted an adventure. It was really more about finding the cast that I wanted for 'Expedition Impossible,' so it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-burnett/so-many-people-wanted-an-adventure-it-was-really-more-about-finding/) [Mark Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-burnett/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24c/mark-burnett-14300_about_so-many-people-wanted-an-adventure-it-wa_1195409.jpg) > [Whether it is the cavemen in the caves thousands of years ago, Shakespeare plays, television, movies and books, stories and characters take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-burnett/whether-it-is-the-cavemen-in-the-caves-thousands-of-years-ago/) [Mark Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-burnett/) [Actors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actors/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/mark-burnett-14300_actors_whether-it-is-the-cavemen-in-the-caves-t_369821.jpg) > [One of the greatest freedoms of living in America is being able to ask the question: "If I could do anything I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-burnett/one-of-the-greatest-freedoms-of-living-in-america-is-being-able-to/) [Mark Burnett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-burnett/) [Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e3/mark-burnett-14300_able_one-of-the-greatest-freedoms-of-living-i_829207.jpg) ## Mark Burnett by topic [Television (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/television/mark-burnett/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-burnett/#itemlist", "name": "Mark Burnett Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I honestly think that in five years time, television will be watched on computer screens anyway and you'll be doing multiple things. 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