“For me, being on set is no different than being at a dinner table or riding the subway next to someone; inevitably their life story is always more compelling than most ads in magazines and most commercials and reality TV and all the stuff we're sold and told is valuable.” DifferentStoriesRealityNextStuffTvsTablesValuableDinnerMagazinesAdsRidingCompellingSubwayLife StoryReality TvDinner Table Author:Victoria Mahoney
“If reality TV has taught us anything, it's that you can't keep people with no shame down.” PeopleIfsRealityTaughtTvsShameTaught UsReality Tv Author:LIZ
“Reality TV is really just based for sensationalism. So, it's extreme versions and extreme caricatures of personalities.” RealityTvsPersonalityExtremesVersionsCaricaturesReality TvSensationalism Author:Essence Atkins
“Doing reality TV is a lot harder than I thought because I come from the world of [scripted] television where everything is thought out and you know what's going to happen, your lines, what your wardrobe is going to be, etc. But with reality, it's very spontaneous and the cameras are around for 12 hours a day.” KnowsWorldRealityHappensHoursLinesTelevisionTvsHarderCamerasEtcSpontaneousWardrobeReality Tv Author:Tia Mowry
“I appreciate some people enjoy reality TV and enjoy being a part of it - and I do watch it - but it isn't for me.” PeopleRealityEnjoyWatchesTvsAppreciateReality Tv Author:Max Beesley
“When you look at the current state of reality TV, at least on the mainstream level, the shows that tend to be more successful have been around for a while. It's difficult today to show the audience something they haven't seen before, and I think that's what tends to be the secret to any great, big reality hit.” ThinkingLooksHas BeensStatesShowsBigsRealityTodayDifficultLevelsSecretAudienceSuccessfulHavensTvsCurrentsMainstreamReality Tv Author:Dan Cutforth
“There are a whole bunch of people - Republicans or sports fans or reality TV fans - who probably would never have recognized that they have trans people in their world. Caitlyn Jenner really is thinking about the movement and saving lives, so I know that her intentions are honorable.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldWholeRealitySportsFansMovementTvsRepublicanIntentionBunchSavingHonorableTransReality TvSave A LifeSports Fan Author:Jill Soloway
“I'm obsessed with voices in film. I have this memory of how people say words, even on the most intensely stupid reality TV show.” PeopleShowsRealityFilmVoiceMemoriesStupidTvsObsessedTv ShowsReality Tv Author:Jenny Hval
“I was once asked if I had any ideas for a really scary reality TV show. I have one reality show that would really make your hair stand on end: "C-Students from Yale".” IfsIdeasEndsShowsRealityStudentsTvsHairScaryTv ShowsYaleReality TvReality ShowsReally Scary Book:A Man Without a Country Source: A Man Without a Country
“Never get in to it [acting] because you want to do it for the money. Have that passion in your heart, where you would do it for free just because you absolutely love it. If you just want to do it because you want to be famous, then go do reality TV.” IfsWantHeartRealityPassionActingTvsReality Tv Author:Rockmond Dunbar
“Without arts programmes there's only reality TV, and reality TV needs the arts to show it what reality is.” NeedsArtShowsRealityTvsProgrammesReality Tv Author:Billy Connolly
“Reality TV is the perfect antidote to people who don't have enough self-centered douchebags in their life.” PeopleSelfEnoughRealityPerfectTvsAntidoteSelf CenteredReality TvDouchebags Author:Dana Gould
“I watch cartoons the way most adults watch reality-TV shows.” WayShowsRealityWatchesTvsAdultsTv ShowsCartoonReality Tv Author:Ne-Yo
“I had a lot of fun [on The Voice] and I learned a whole lot about reality TV, for one, and how they kind of use the artists as characters to make a hit TV show.” KindWholeCharacterUseShowsRealityArtistFunVoiceTvsTv ShowsReality Tv Author:Curtis Grimes
“It's been cool to see on the Voice all these up-and-coming artists from all over the country just develop and follow their careers as well, because we were all at a beginning point together. Now, after seeing the business side and behind-the-scenes stuff, it's hard for me to watch reality TV and play along like they want you to.” WantWellsCountryHardPlayRealityTogetherArtistStuffSidesVoiceBehindsCareersWatchesSeeingTvsSceneReality TvBehind The Scenes Author:Curtis Grimes
“I don't like reality TV as far as it being scripted and not being true reality.” RealityTvsBeing TrueReality TvTrue Reality Author:Cody Johnson
“Very few people actually saw Andy's films like Chelsea Girls where he filmed seven hours, ran it on two screens, where each scene was in a different room at the Chelsea Hotel with these people he called 'Superstars" who were basically super-exhibitionists - the guy in one room high on LSD talking about masturbation, Brigid Berlin in another room playing a lesbian and shooting up people with amphetamines right through their jeans, it was all real and they were really doing it (though Brigid is now a proper lady), but you know Andy really did pre-date reality TV.” PeopleKnowsTwoDifferentRealRealityFilmGuyGirlHoursRoomsTalkingSawsTvsSceneSevenScreensShootingRanHotelJeansBerlinSuperstarMasturbationReality TvChelseaLsdExhibitionistAmphetaminesShooting Up Author:Bob Colacello