Keith Barry Quotes

Being an executive producer allows me the opportunity to create original content, and I can't wait to show my fans what we have in store on 'Kocktails with Khloe.'

A TV show is constant work, which is the great thing about it.

I was creator and executive producer of 'The Brady Bunch' on TV. The stage version was done by others, but it was a repeat of the old scripts. The 'Gilligan' musical is a completely original work with all seven characters and 18 original songs.

I'd read a lot of scripts, and I remember reading 'Orange Is the New Black,' and it was at the head of the pack. I remember thinking, 'Wow, that is really good. I would love to be a part of that.'

We all respect sincerity in our friends and acquaintances, but Hollywood is willing to pay for it.

There's no question 'Amazing Race' is a beautifully produced show.

I developed the pilot for 'Entertainment Tonight' with Jack Haley, Jr. and Al Masini, who became my business partner in 'Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous,' 'Runaway' and several other shows and specials.

I love watching reality TV, but being part of making it was just demoralizing.

You can't trust actors.

I've started a company, called Tall Girl Productions, and we've got our first project that is purely producing, not writing, with a writer named Evan Daugherty. It's for NBC, it's called 'Afterthought,' and it's science fiction-ish. That's fun.

For 'Breaking Bad,' our offices were in the ugliest building in Burbank, California. Which, if you know Burbank, is really saying something.

People think what you are doing is real, on a TV show.

I want to be on a show that's as good as the one we're doing and that we get to make for many years.

Television studios bet the farm on reality shows, where they didn't need any actors and movie studios had no plans for any quality movies that required the presence of me.

It's actually much harder to develop a TV show than I had anticipated.

Most of the cast and crew on 'Mama's Family' have been together since the 'Carol Burnett' days, so we work really well together. It's like I'm being paid to pretend I'm in show business.

For years, people had been saying, 'You guys should have a reality show - it would be crazy,' and I didn't pay much attention to that talk, but the idea did stay in the back of my mind.

It's pretty surreal to be doing a show on HBO with pals.

'Roc' was sort of an experiment because none of the lead actors on our show had any real television experience, especially in half-hour TV.

Friends of mine were the creators and executive producers of 'Damages,' people I knew from graduate school.

Making good television is what Simon Cowell does. That's his business.

It's a lot of hard work to do a weekly TV show. It's certainly not fun.

Working on 'WAGS' is obviously very different than working on wrestling television. It's very different in the way that there is not nearly as much to do for 'WAGS.'

Why do a reality show if you're going to be fake?

Even though I was playing myself on 'NCIS,' it was so cool to see how everything works behind a camera.