Barry Levinson Quotes

I think I really see myself doing TV more than ever.

I am the lead on NBC's 'Siberia,' and I loved that experience.

My day job is making TV shows.

I had done a directing producing job before on 'Big Day' and 'Jake in Progress,' and those are two shows where I directed the pilot and stayed with it in series.

If I'm going to do television, I wanted that 'North and South' experience. I wanted something that's going to challenge me on a constant basis.

My first job in television was on 'My So-Called Life.'

I'm interested in producing more TV shows.

I've been working in television for a long time, and I know all aspects of television.

I'm always working on stuff. But they never materialize. I'm always working on movies and TV shows.

I was on 'The O.C.' and had a small part, which wasn't very challenging. I was a bit bored, so I started shadowing directors and they finally gave me a shot. From there, it led to directing other television shows. I am trying to direct a feature film, so we'll see what happens.

You know what, I'd done an interview show when I was like 16 or 17. One of my first jobs. I did interviews for this television show in Toronto.

I did everything - I did newscasts, I did sports, I did dramas.

I would never, ever, ever, ever say I have regretted the 'A-Team,' 'Magnum PI' or 'Murder She Wrote' or any of the others I did - and if you mention a television series, I'm sure I had a hand in it.

Doing a half-hour TV show is a dream.

Yeah, I think we did the term Muppets before we got the show Sam and Friends - a few months after I started working.

Doing a TV show, you're on an assembly line and it's as cut and dry as that. There are some shows that are exceptions. There are producers that want really special things.

I remember watching Regis and Kathie Lee interview celebrities, and my mom looked so happy. I just did the math. I wanted to make my mom happy, and I wanted to talk to celebrities. Basically, I wanted Kathie Lee's job!

Well, there's much more time to do a weekly show, and much more coverage - as it turns out, it was all preparation for the stuff I'm doing now - but it was interesting to see how much time was spent on how little airtime, compared to knocking out a show a day on the soaps.

I love talk shows and hosting. I would want to do something like that. I'm not sure I would want to be a reality star continuously.

In TV, you usually don't get a chance to fix anything. It's always easier to cancel something than fix it.

I directed an episode of Touched by an Angel a couple of months ago, and I will be doing more of that. I just like to keep a bit of variety going; it keeps things interesting.

They were all interested in what I was going to do, because I'd never worked in televsion before.

Their crew for 'Arrow' is just one of the most wonderful crews that I've worked with. I know that actors say that all the time, and it sounds like trash coming out of my own mouth, but it's so true.

I directed an episode of 'Party of Five' toward the very end of that show. It was a great experience.

Running a TV show is always running a TV show; it's never not running a TV show.