Fawad Khan Quotes

I'd like to do a television show that is encouraging, useful, and clean, and I'd like to go up against Entertainment Tonight and beat it.

In a day when broadcasters and publishers have rather free access into our homes, we must seek clean, uplifting entertainment, whether on television, videos, movies, magazines, books, and other printed material. We should be very selective and choose only those things that meet the test of being virtuous, lovely, of good report, or praiseworthy.

The fact that television is raising our moral conscience is a good thing.

The whole reason Sabrina came about was because we wanted something good for families to watch on TV.

I didn't want to do a throwaway, mindless movie with fart jokes just to make 6-year-olds laugh. I want to provide my children with some substance.

We have bred multiple generations of people who have not experienced knowing where you are the moment a news story broke, with that news story being great and grand and something that elevates society instead of diminishes it.

I think a lot of the problem is that at 8 o'clock there's nothing on for kids.

Hollywood likes to boast that it can elevate the national conscience.

If we want parents to be discerning about what children are watching then we need to put stuff in there for them to watch, too.

Besides entertainment and action, I want to educate. You know, as a producer or director, we do have a responsibility to society.

My opinion is that you cannot really blame cinema for the result of what is somebody's mindset. I think it's just entertainment. For me, I've always believed in doing things that I can sit and watch with my family. So far I think I've stuck to that, and I will also in the future.

I'm really proud of Gunsmoke. We put on a good show every week - one that families could all watch together without offending anyone.

I would wish eventually to be able to make television that informs and educates as well as entertains.

There is so much going on in world, even just on the Internet. I think TV should push to put some of the positive things going on in shows, and also to discuss more of the negative things so more people can relate.

TV is a medium with a wide reach and viewers consider actors role models. Hence, one must realize the responsibility of portraying a certain character.

Let children come across good as well as bad things. MTV is unnecessarily criticised for dishing out obscenity.

Public broadcasting makes our nation smarter, stronger and, yes, safer.

I turn down a lot of movies because sometimes they glamorize violence or the darker side of sex or criminality.

Americans are good people, and at times we can be wise. But we're often under-informed by media, misinformed by our government and ill-served by both.

The Republican Party's typical position is to preemptively surrender whenever liberals start yelling 'Oh that's mean. You can't use that word': 'Oh I did not realize that 'The New York Times' made a finding that the term 'anchor baby' is offensive. Henceforth I shall not use it.'

Progressives want a different sort of media than what the Right wants.

I think the media could be a very good force for good, and I think Hollywood can, as well.

No, there is no 'need' for me to do a social cinema.

We all know we're conditioned from music and television, so for us, we take great privilege in being role models, and having an impressionable audience its important for us to make sure what we're doing is in line with them.

Even the older generation are able to understand things when they see it on TV and identify with it. A lot of people are able to empathise with the characters. They can also distinguish between good and bad.