Success is often built on the shoulders of failure - from which new configurations emerge.
— Kevin Reilly
I've spent a lot of time encouraging, corralling, protecting, and sparring with creative people.
Unfortunately, there is no 'X Factor U.S.A.' without Simon Cowell.
I remember coming up in the business and seeing how the grind turned some executives into grizzled cynics. And I vowed to never become that guy. I have always believed it's incumbent upon network brass to bring a wide-eyed optimism to the chairs they rent. Talent deserves that. And frankly, the jobs are just no fun otherwise.
I love talent because they are passionate. They can be emotional and irrational and unpredictable... and that's okay, because all we want is something exciting on the page and on the screen.
Trying to make programs that are all things to everyone is not going to work.
When you get these franchises with some built in profiles and anticipation... I think the anticipation and the buildup can can exceed the delivery.
I love TV. Always have. Since my mother told me to stop sitting so close and watching so much.
One of the things I truly enjoy about my job is the dynamic nature of having a foot in each world - the world of the talent, who create our product - and the world of our business in which we market, distribute, and monetize that product.
Before there was cable, Fox was cable.
While I felt like we potentially had something really huge in 'Gotham,' you're always nervous that it won't live up.
