“Right now the producers of 'Modern Family' have no idea how many people watch our show each week on all platforms, and nobody seems to want to tell us. If a disproportionate number of any show's viewers watch in alternative ways, then, under the current system, that show may not appear to be as strong as it actually is.” PeopleIfsWayWantMayIdeasShowsSeemsStrongNumbersWatchesWeekModernRight NowCurrentsProducersAlternativesNo IdeaPlatformsViewersModern Family Author:Steven Levitan
“Metal buildings are the dream that Modern Architects had at the beginning of this century. It has finally come true, but they themselves don't realize it. That's because it doesn't take an Architect to build a metal building. You just order them out of a catalog - comes with a bunch of guys who put it together in a couple of days, maybe a week. And there you go - you're all set to go into business - just slap a sign out front.” DreamTogetherGuyOrderRealizingWeekModernCenturyFrontsBuildingCoupleArchitectureBunchMetalsArchitectSlap Author:David Byrne
“It took time for the church to come to terms with the ignominy of the cross. Church fathers forbade its depiction in art until the reign of the Roman emperor Constantine.... Now, though, the symbol is everywhere: artists beat gold into the shape of the Roman execution device, baseball players cross themselves before batting, and cancy confectioners even make chocolate crosses for the faithful to eat during Holy Week. Strange as it may seem, Christianity has become a religion of the cross--the gallows, the electric chair, the gas chamber, in modern terms.” MayArtSeemsArtistFatherTermChurchChristianityPlayerWeekModernStrangeHolyShapesBeatsCrossesGoldBaseballSymbolsFaithfulGasChairsDevicesChocolateExecutionElectricReignChamberEmperorBaseball PlayerBattingDepictionGallowsConstantineGas ChambersElectric ChairChurch FathersIgnominyRoman EmperorHoly WeekEmperor Constantine Author:Philip Yancey
“Now scarcely a week goes by without a news story about the cops swooping down on some adolescent prowler who is as skilled at breaking into computer systems as defense contractors are at breaking into the Federal budget.” StoriesWeekModernComputerNewsDefenseBudgetsCopModern LifeContractorNews StoriesComputer Systems Author:Russell Baker
“What modern technology has done has afforded us the luxury of abbreviation and being concise with time, I think. Things that it would take you a week to do can now be done in a day, which is absolutely awesome because you can concentrate on the bigger picture.” ThinkingDoneTechnologyWeekModernBiggerLuxuryBigger PictureConciseModern TechnologyAbbreviations Author:Justin Broadrick
“Having been an actor, I always want to leave room for the actors to find their comfort zone, so I don't like to be too rigid in how I plan my shots. It's different if you have weeks to rehearse and you can rehearse on your sets or in your locations and you can plan that out with your actors, but in modern independent filmmaking, you don't really have that time. You have to have a certain level of improvisation.” IfsWantDifferentCertainActorsLevelsRoomsPlansWeekModernComfortShotsIndependentZoneFilmmakingLocationComfort ZoneImprovisationIndependent Filmmaking Author:Eric Balfour