Mark Burnett Quotes

The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

I'm quite concerned that if I spend time in the office, someone will always find something for you to do. There's always a crisis that needs your urgent attention.

The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.

People think, 'Jack, you do too much.'

I'm never in control of my time during the workday.

Because acting was my only professional outlet, I put a ton of pressure on the roles that I did. I overstepped my bounds, I tried to control things that were out of my purview as an actor and in some cases even tried to direct my scenes because I felt I knew how they should run rather than trust the director.

Right now I'm doing four shows at a time, trying to read four outlines every week, four scripts every week, and watching four rough cuts; it's a lot of good work. It's fun to do it, but it does wear you out.

I've got so many things coming across my desk right now that are nonfootball related, I can't stand it.

I'm constantly busy.

I have a choice - I can either watch all the dailies, or I can follow the social media. I can't do both.

I get so many requests for interviews. If I talk to everyone, we can't do our job with our customers and work on our software. It would be hard to stay focused.

I'm a happy human being when I'm overloaded with stuff to do, but I got stuff to do.

For me, I'm not Spielberg. I can't edit while filming another film.

It would be nice sometimes to take a longer break in between projects, but unfortunately, the way that the business is, there's such a demand for new material on a consistent basis that it's nearly impossible to do that.

I never think I work hard enough, as much things I have on my plate.

I'm not a workaholic!

I wish I could do 50 projects a year.

Your instinct when someone is busy is to give them the least amount of work so that they can do it.

I'm for sure a workaholic. I'm a complete control freak and I take on way too many projects.

I have more things going on right now than I can actually do without the invention of a cloning device. It is great!

Economics is a slave-driver. No one has free time; no one has any leisure.

I'm try[ing] to catch up on my work and you know I keep my eyes on the road, but I'm a busy man.

You don't think I work 14 hours a day right now?! I mean, I still put in the hours, I still do the work.

Our mother always taught us to be in control of our voice and our bodies and our work, and she showed us that through her example. If she conjured up an idea, there was not one element of that idea that she was not going to have her hand in. She was not going to hand that over to someone. And I think it's been an interesting thing to navigate, especially watching you do the same in all aspects of your work: Society labels that a control freak, an obsessive woman, or someone who has an inability to trust her team or to empower other people to do the work, which is completely untrue.

How am I supposed to be a mom to two kids, a wife and do a show every night? It's impossible!