Paul F. Tompkins Quotes

No, you will never see me on 'Dancing With the Stars.' Sorry.

I'd rather be on the cast of 'Love & Hip-Hop' than 'Project Runway.'

I was offered a lot of reality shows in the past. I continue to be offered things like 'The Surreal Life.' I did one in 2002, right after the attacks on the World Train Center. It was called 'Celebrity Bootcamp.' It sounded exciting and cool when they presented it. When you get down to it, it was corny and cheesy.

Reality TV has taken over.

Personally, I don't get that whole reality show thing. It was much smaller, and it's grown. It's like an epidemic. I'm still rather confused by it.

In fact, I would advise against anyone doing reality shows. I won't be doing 'X Factor' just yet.

I'm a choreographer and I love watching 'The Bachelorette.'

I think one of the things I was shocked about was how interested the world is in 'American Idol' and how people, writers, they write about 'Idol' all the time, and I guess I didn't expect that.

We're kind of in a voyeuristic world. We have TV shows that are all about watching people do weird things in houses. People are obsessed with that. There's live coverage of it.

Reality shows have a lot to answer for. They applaud mediocrity.

I like how TV used to be - 'Boys from the Blackstuff' and 'Play for Today', instead of 'Stars in Your Eyes' and 'Celebrity Come Cook With Me' or whatever. I hate all that stuff.

I enjoy reality TV shows. Watching them, and appearing in them. There's a spontaniety involved in the unscripted shows that I like to be involved with.

I'm completely done with reality TV.

I still watch 'Idol,' and it's still the No. 1 show, so obviously I'm not the only one who loves to sit at home and be entertained.

I've sort of closed my mind off to reality shows: I just don't watch them, don't care about them, don't know who the characters are, but they're all in general usage.

My agent said that every Monday after an episode of 'Entourage,' at the staff meeting at the agency, that's all they do is talk about the episode the night before.

People aren't paying to see the Kevin McHale show, they're paying to see the cast of 'Glee.'

I have been invited to do something called 'Celebrity MasterChef' in England, which, of course, I can't do. It's complete nonsense. You have to be a decent cook to begin with. I'd be the joke one.

I have a bit of a problem with 'American Idol.' Forgive me, but it's difficult for me to watch. I can't help but think of people being exploited. On the other hand, I'm really enjoying 'Glee.'

Everybody knows that I'm not a snob when it comes to pop culture, obviously. I love reality shows.

There was a time when idealistic folksingers such as myself believed that Reality TV was a programming vogue that would peak and recede, leaving only its hardiest show-offs. Instead, it has metastasized like toxic mold, filling every nook and opening new crannies.

Of course I watch 'Life with La Toya' on OWN.

I love that there are all these macho guy actors out there that have secret desires to be on 'Glee.'

My entire schedule gets turned around for 'The Bachelor' and 'Bachelor in Paradise.'

Now we've gotten accustomed to reality shows where the goal is to see people acting foolish.