Home / Quotes / Quote by Peter Sagal

Quote by Peter Sagal

“There's a common saying that everybody deep at heart loves their mother, except sometimes we decide our actual mothers don't measure up. And so we look for a replacement.”

Quote by Peter Sagal

Author

Peter Sagal (born January 31, 1965) is an American playwright, author, and radio host. He is best known as the host of the NPR news quiz show 'Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!'. Born in New York, he graduated from Harvard University and began his career in theater, writing plays such as 'Denial' and 'The Book of Liz'. Sagal has also authored books including 'The Book of Vice' and 'The Incomplete Book of Running'. Known for his wit and cultural insight, he has made significant contributions to both broadcasting and theater. more

You May Also Like

“People often ask me what happened to my first husband? And I say, I killed him.”

People Firsts Asks Happened Husband Ask Me

Author:Florence Henderson

“I had four children. And my youngest when we started was like, oh, gosh, 2 or a little less. And sometimes my kids would say to me, you know, how come you don't scream at those kids on television like you do us?”

Knows Children Littles Sometimes Kids Know How Four Television Like You Our Children Scream

Author:Florence Henderson

“You really expose yourself when you try and go to up the volume and up the size of your performance.”

Trying Performances Size Volume

Author:Alexander Siddig

“Notes are part of life for any composer for hire. There's no way around it. I think anyone who has done even a small number of films as a professional composer gets used to that idea pretty quickly.”

Thinking Way Ideas Done Film Used Numbers Notes Composer Parts Of Life Small Numbers

Author:Christophe Beck

“Each film does bring a new set of personalities and it can turn out great or it can turn out not great.”

Doe Film Turns Personality

Author:Christophe Beck

“Sometimes the personality or just the particular process of a director can really affect your quality of life as a composer in terms of how much time you spend away from your family or the amount of time you spend doing the type of work that you maybe don't consider as fun to do as other type of work.”

Sometimes Fun Process Term Quality Particular Type Personality Amount Directors Our Family Composer Quality Of Life

Author:Christophe Beck

“I've decided the secret of parenting is benevolent neglect.I put my family last. Because if you don't, if you put them first, they never thank you. You'll never get a word of thanks from them.”

Ifs Firsts Lasts Secret My Family Decided Thanks Neglect Benevolent

Author:Barry Humphries

“Careers are built on relationships. Even if it's a bad movie, even if I know it's a bad movie, even if it's a team of filmmakers that I know are going to be difficult, that I know are going to really make me work extra hard, it's fundamentally the same process.”

Ifs Knows Hard Process Difficult Careers Team Built Filmmaker Extras Bad Movies

Author:Christophe Beck

“I wanted to be a veterinarian. I adored animals, raised everything in the world and decided that was going to be what I was going to do. But I could sing.”

World Wanted Animal Decided Raised Veterinarian

Author:Shirley Jones

“It's important to keep your creative muscle strong and working. My most inspiring method though is just sitting down with an acoustic guitar and coming up with melodies. It's what I've been doing nice I was nine years old.”

Years Important Strong Creative Nice Sitting Method Guitar Nine Muscles Melody Acoustics Sitting Down Nine Years Acoustic Guitar Most Inspiring

Author:Zella Day