James Roday Quotes

So I think the popularity of the Internet at the same time as the show made a big part of this sort of groundswell of support for 'Stargate.'

New media is like a megaphone. It amplifies your ability to reach more people.

Technology has allowed me to reach my fans directly. Social media: it has been a complete revolution of how to interact, promote and share things.

Social media is the ultimate equalizer. It gives a voice and a platform to anyone willing to engage.

I interact with my fans mostly through Twitter, and I like to do livestreams about every two weeks, where I say, 'Ask me anything!' and I just sit there with my computer for 15 minutes, taking a break from work, and answering their questions.

It's interesting now; with social media, you are actually interacting with fans.

The fact that people still talk and obsess about 'Twin Peaks', more than twenty years after the fact, is a great validation for what we thought we had going at the time.

The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.

'Caddyshack' touched people; so did 'Tron.' 'Caddyshack' is a lifestyle, and 'Tron' is more religious, spiritual, but both are very emotional responses.

Now that I'm in the position I'm in now, I like to take all my creative ideas and put 'em on the Internet for my fans to interact with. Give 'em something to do.

It's interesting because a lot of people that stop me on the street now, and they talk about 'The Wire,' and they all have the same question: 'How come they took that show off the air?'

My plan for the online version of 'Famous Monsters' is to become an online 'uncle' to an entire group of people who have never read or heard of 'Famous Monsters of Filmland.' The site will not be written in a scholarly fashion. It will be written in a playful, 'Hey, check this out!' kind of way.

Social media amplifies the loudest voices.

Social media and I have had a very tumultuous relationship.

When we first filmed 'Gilmore Girls,' I didn't know it would build such a cult following.

If people love 'TVD' in 20 years the way they still love 'Buffy' today - on its 20th anniversary - I will be happy.

I came up in the '80s and '90s - there was no engagement with the fan base.

Social media has democratised platforms of expression so much - now a child can have a very loud voice.

I would never go back to doing the show again. I mean, every day I think about Lifestyles because somebody comes up to me and tells me how much they love the show and I should bring it back, but this is not the time to bring it back. I don't think it would be as successful today as it once was.

I grew up off 'The Simple Life' where they really made just being a personality a thing.

I watched 'Hey Hey' religiously every Saturday night like every other single human that I knew.

Everyone has a voice. I mean, that's the good side to the Internet Age and social media. Obviously, there's negatives to it, but I think that the fact that everyone has a voice now is a tool that we can use for good.

Instagram has a faster chance of reaching me than CNN, and if I really want to know what's going on, I refresh my Twitter feed.

I can't imagine TV without 'Big Brother.' When C4 got rid of it I rang the helpline in 'Heat' magazine. I was that devastated.

I feel conflicted about my relationship with social media.