Steve Capus Quotes

The news is the one thing the networks can point to with pride. Everything else they do is crap—and they know it

I am thrilled to be joining 'CBS News' and to have the opportunity to collaborate with some of our profession's most talented journalists.

The Fox News that I know and work in is a team of producers, technicians, photographers, truck operators and production managers who barely have time to eat lunch, much less engage in bad behavior.

My role, or anyone's role in network news, is to make the person on camera look good. You don't do that, you don't work there.

Before becoming a writer, I worked in the media, for the ABC affiliate in Dallas.

I worked for CBS News in the aftermath of all the greatness. I actually brought coffee to Edward R. Murrow.

I miss particularly the managing editor role on the 'Evening News.'

When I started in news on the 'Six O'Clock,' I was 36 and felt very inexperienced.

When you make the transition from local news to something like Fox, you feel incredibly blessed because now you have fantastic producers at every level who are helping you do the things you used to do by yourself.

Honestly, anchoring the news on a nightly basis is the hardest job I've ever taken on.

At the end of the day, my focus will be to make the 'Evening News' as strong from an editorial perspective as it possibly can be.

'Monsters of God' isn't just a series close to my heart; it is my heart, and I am very much looking forward to working with my fantastic team in New Mexico to create a top-notch series.

It's such an enormously challenging process to make any kind of television. It's stressful and works towards getting the best out of creative people.

Let me clarify a few things about TV news on the national level at NBC and MSNBC. We write our own stories. There is no teleprompter for reporters. No traveling makeup artists or stylists. And there is very little sleep.

At age 15, I sold a television series to NBC.

I respect the hell out of everyone who does a network show. That is a marathon. It's so many episodes, and it can be a meat grinder. Anyone making a network show, and on top of that making a very good network show, that's an insane feat of Herculean endurance and fortitude.

I was India's youngest producer. I was 21 when I produced my first film. I've continued to produce films because of the people who have worked with me and supported me.

I would like to say to as many people as possible that please go and see the film 'Jaana,' because we all have worked hard to make it a good film.

My first shift in broadcasting was 2-11 A.M., doing lots of grunt work and running the TelePrompTer for the morning anchors. Luckily, I fell in love the minute I walked into the newsroom, and I've never gotten over that.

I prefer working with artists who are prepared to get down in the dungeons and get the job done.

When you talk about a character on a situation comedy, it's not just the actor. It's the writers, too.

My role at NBC was president of 'NBC News.' I had that role for eight years.

It was great to learn producing news from the bottom up and although I often looked at the reporters and thought, 'I could do that!'

Going from local news to a network operation is learning a whole new ballgame. The way you go about it and the stories you cover are so different. I feel at Fox I have a lot more autonomy about doing my work.

When you work on a Dick Wolf show, it's as if you've joined a second family.