Erika Slezak Quotes

The landscape of daytime has changed. I'm not so sure people go to daytime TV for kumbaya moments anymore.

We've all but abandoned soaps in our own culture. I lost my beloved 'Guiding Light' in 2009, and 'One Life to Live' was just the latest casualty to fall beneath the programming axes.

Reality TV has taken over.

I forget I'm on a TV show sometimes.

I barely ever watch TV, but when I do, I usually only watch MTV shows, like 'The Real World Sydney.'

But reality television is here to stay.

Because I tend to kind of hide under the sheets when it comes to reality television. I've seen probably one episode of maybe five different shows, and that's about it.

For better or worse, in the 21st century, reality shows are the variety show.

There are some great shows that come and go really fast, either because the network doesn't give them a chance or they just don't grab on to the psyche of the country quickly enough.

People like reality; I think it's always happened from the Roman times, when people used to go to a coliseum and watch people compete against each other. I think networks and cable channels find it an easier way of producing and putting things together, because people will watch it and it's cheaper.

Television is kind of a disappointment. I often want to watch it, but I find it quite hard - I don't like soaps, reality TV or celebrity chefs.

As a viewer, I care about people, I care about characters, I care about perspective.

In all my science fiction movies, I try to blend the familiar with the futuristic so as not to be too off-putting to the audience. There is always something familiar they can grab onto.

I've actually always started with what feels most natural. Which is, the people who surround me in my daily life. So, the first show I ever wrote, which is called 'Surface Transit,' was based in part on people I knew from my family. Co-workers, ex-boyfriends. All of that kind of thing.

I'm obsessed with trash TV. I love horrible TV. shows. It's the white trash in me, you know?

'Good Luck Charlie' is different from all the other Disney Channel shows because it's so relatable. Everything that happens on the show can happen to you and your family.

I love the comfort of daily life's routines: things like being able to read a paper on the subway. It's no accident that my favourite word is 'quotidian.'

If there's room for 30 reality shows, surely there's room for two amazing costume dramas.

I will do as I usually do. Tomorrow is going to be a day like any other day.

Good drama, challenging drama - and comedy for that matter - has a place in the daytime schedule.

I watch way too many VH1 reality shows like 'I Love Money' and 'Tough Love.'

I think the ordinary is a very under-exploited aspect of our lives because it is so familiar.

I don't enjoy reality television at all. I have to say that I get it, though. I watch some of it, and I understand why people enjoy it.

The inspiration for my Vines comes from thinking about funny and relatable experiences from my daily life.

I started working at Bravo in 2005, when I was offered a job by Lauren Zalaznick, the network's chairman. She encouraged me to start a blog. I wrote behind-the-scenes gossip about 'Battle of the Network Reality Stars,' the first show I took on as head of current programming.