Anthony Fantano Quotes

TV is just another opportunity for me to entertain people. Although it's definitely a lot slower than the Internet, that's for sure.

I seriously consider television to be the people's medium.

The nature of television - it's quicker than both a play and a movie.

Television is a very powerful medium and I am open to doing any type of shows on television.

With TV, the most important thing is just to get people to turn it on.

There's a great appetite for smart television. Every day I get up and there are interesting stories I want to do.

Television is a medium because anything well done is rare.

There's a huge demand for my entertainment, and I can't meet the need. So I decided to try a TV show to reach as many of my fans as possible.

Every so often, there is an article saying the old kind of talk show isn't possible now. In the oldest kind of talk show, you only had the choice of that or two other channels!

You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings.

You know what shows today are missing? Stars.

TV, in particular cable channels, has assumed the role of independent film.

Sit down in front of your television set when your station goes on the air and stay there without a book, magazine, newspaper, profit-and-loss sheet or rating book to distract you—and keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that you will observe a vast wasteland.

My goal was always to take a talk show to the network. I never wanted to be on MSNBC.

TV is a level playing field, and you're competing for eyeballs.

I've wanted to be in daytime television for a long time, because that's where you can convey a message.

Television is better than it's ever been in history. A lot of stories are being pushed - because of how complicated they are to make - toward Netflix and other channels on cable.

We want to be a consolidator, not a seller, and we want to continue to explore the kind of targeted entertainment, targeted audiences, that I think are happening and emerging in every country in the world.

Television is all about deadlines.

Television was almost a natural for me.

The thing about TV is you kind of have an endless canvas. You can always keep going.

My dream scenario would be to partner with a huge media conglomerate, an NBC Universal or a Fox, and help give me a platform on television and help get me a TV show.

We have got offered some shows in America, but really dopey shows - like reality shows.

Television takes you to an altogether different audience and directly to people's living room. On television, I'm being myself, and that's why people relate to me more.

The beauty of Netflix is, their job is to put stories out there, and not stories that appeal to everybody, which is maybe NBC's job?