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“Philip Segal: I just laughed at it because it laughed at us [ABC]. It made a mockery of us. It made a mockery of…

— Brad Dukes

The movies had a slogan at the time, to distinguish themselves from TV, that said 'movies are better than ever.'

— Norman Lear

“Lewis and I played my-God-how-tacky-is-that? with Patrick's collection of objets d'crap, finally coming to the conclusion that only a going-out-of-business sale at a whorehouse…

— Rachel Caine

The audience got jaded, they want a hit, they want a big success, and so you don't want to experiment because you say, well,…

— Mel Brooks

I gave someone a perverse argument not so long ago about why advertising is better than movies. You want to hear it? Movies operate…

— Errol Morris

"I love the movie previews... you know... Why is it whenever you're watching a movie preview you always feel like you have to comment…

— Jim Gaffigan

I think people were not expecting us [with Robert Ben Garant] to, they were just like, "Well here come the writers," but we both…

— Thomas Lennon

“I ended up taking Ben & Jerry and the Gallo brothers home that night, so it was a real orgy, if a very maudlin…

— Amelia C. Gormley

“I've only been to SNL three times, and one time I was there, Chevy and Billy were having a huge screaming fight in the…

— Anonymous

“Sometimes when I’m watching TV and I see a horrible commercial I think, “Only an asshole would buy that.” Then I think, Wait a…

— Jarod Kintz

“Has it ever happened, you’ve seen a striking film, beautifully written and acted and photographed, that you walk out of the theater glad to…

— Richard Bach

I can't do movies where you start thinking "Where's the commercial appeal? How are we going to market this?" It's not that kind of…

— Lee Daniels