“When I was a kid, I had ambitions for being a television announcer, which was before television took off, you know, in the late 40s. And just through necessity, going out looking for work, I was starting to sing, and dance, and act, and I never expected to do that, nor to have any success at it at least.” KnowsKidsTelevisionAmbitionLateStartingExpectedGoing OutAnnouncersLooking For Work Author:Dick Van Dyke
“I've never let producers tell me what to do. Even when I was making television, I always did what I wanted to do, and if I couldn't, I didn't do it. It was a freedom that, these days, young directors starting out don't have.” IfsWantedYoungTelevisionDirectorsStartingProducersThese DaysStarting Out Author:Michael Haneke
“The closest I came to doing anything that I wanted to do was to try and check and see what industries were just starting out. There was plastics and television, and I figured television had to be more fun than plastics.” TryingWantedFunTelevisionIndustryStartingChecksPlasticClosestStarting Out Author:Chuck Barris
“I have, over the years brought an enormous number of plays to television starting obviously with Nicholas Nickelby and then things like Angels In America or in Wit with Emma Thompson and Mike Nichols. So, yes, I do find that very interesting and I'm sure that down the road there will be plays that I'll want to do that way.” WayWantYearsPlayAmericaInterestingNumbersTelevisionAngelStartingWitEnormousVery InterestingMikeDown The RoadEmmaAngels In America Author:Colin Callender
“I think where Playground is heading is deeper into that marriage between stage, film and television, with the increasing number of people in the film business working in television, obviously something that we were very influential in starting and doing at HBO. And I think that that's the focus of where I see the company moving forward, continuing to explore that intersection of all that talent.” PeopleThinkingFilmMovingNumbersCompanyFocusStageTalentTelevisionStartingDeeperMoving ForwardContinuingInfluentialHeadingsPlaygroundsIntersectionsHboFilm And Television Author:Colin Callender
“My first few years as TV critic, I would go to parties and people (usually older Posties or ex-Posties who seemed to pride themselves on not watching very much television) would take me by the arm and insist that I watch this show they'd recently starting watching on DVD, about drug dealers in Baltimore.” PeopleYearsFirstsShowsPartyWatchesTelevisionTvsPrideArmsDrugCriticsStartingTake MeExesDealerDvdsBaltimoreDrug Dealers Author:Hank Stuever