J. C. Watts Quotes

Without aging white males, I doubt the 'New York Times' would survive. How many young people, females, Hispanics and blacks subscribe to the 'New York Times?'

Trying to get the talk show, looking back on it, we had to beg a lot of station managers to pick up the show because people thought no one would watch it because I'm openly gay.

All I know is politics. Really, politics takes up most of my time; it's nonstop.

Most of the shows I want to do I'm not smart enough to figure out how to watch.

There is a time for everything, also for my time in politics which has been long and eventful. Now I believe it is time for others to take the baton that was passed to me following the crash. I have therefore decided to leave political life at the end of this term.

During my time in Washington, I have become increasingly frustrated by the power held by the gun lobby.

As I've learned in my time in the state legislature, important legislation is always a work in progress.

I have no problem at all going back and forth between cable and network.

Theatre has always been better disposed to colourblind casting than telly or film. Given that most television is contemporary, and it reaches 56 million people, I am disappointed there still isn't more representation.

An excessive amount of my time is taken with political involvement. It's unavoidable; that's my temperament.

I always thought of myself is a private-sector person. I was a reluctant candidate. I put in my time. Now it's somebody else's turn to take charge. But I am still very interested in politics.

We have a lot of American TV in Australia. I grew up watching 'Seinfeld,' 'The Simpsons' and those prime time TV shows over the years that feature grown-ups and high school kids. We had a saturation of American voices.

The first problem of the media is posed by what does not get translated, or even published in the dominant political languages.

I don't have a TV at my house. I literally do not. I have a television, but I don't have anything plugged into it, though. I watch DVDs.

One thing I have learned in my time in politics is that if one of the parties is shameless, the other party cannot afford to be spineless.

I spend 80% of my time in my restaurants. Taping my TV shows doesn't take much time, and then they get aired a lot. That's the thing people don't realize.

I have very strong views on TV. There's no diversity, there's no choice. Things are decided by committee.

I've often been asked to run for office. I have no desire to do that, I would not want my time with the family or the company restricted because of the demands of an elected position.

My kids watch everything downloaded; they have no idea what the numbers or the names of the channels mean, except, 'FX makes the show that I see on my computer.' So it's harder to get a show on the air, but at the same time, there are a lot of terrific shows.

I don't have television so I don't watch TV.

For me, what's a more important question is how we get at least the option of more diverse experiences in this media.

Point-blank, there is not enough diversity in media.

'Essence' is political. I grew up on the magazine, looking at the covers. Seeing ourselves on the cover is political.

TV is very mass, especially now that boxes are shifting to small towns.

In terms of mainstream media it's very difficult to break through if you're on the left.