Channing Dungey Quotes

There's a lot of politics in television and a lot of in-fighting and all that sort of stuff, but in the end, we are purveyors of entertainment. Viewers are not really bogged down in who's doing what and who hates who and who's doing best in the ratings. They watch television to be entertained.

There's a great appetite for smart television. Every day I get up and there are interesting stories I want to do.

You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings.

I mean, all the ratings wars are silly. But, I mean, someone has to be concerned about the ratings because it means, you know, it translates into revenue.

By seizing the opportunities that disruption presents and leveraging hard times into greater success through outworking/outinnovating/outthinking and outworking everyone around you, this just might be the richest time of your life so far.

I can't create magic, where all my serials will have the highest ratings.

The family sitcom has been around forever, since the advent of television. I don't need to reinvent it. But if you take something and you do it in a way that you haven't necessarily seen before, that's right where I live.

I accept any challenge, so challenge me

Curiosity doesn't kill the cat; it kills the competition.

Success begets more in television.

I never dreamed about being on a hit television series. I've never really related my dreams to that specific of a work goal. I was always enjoying the moment. Acting, writing, looking for roles and getting involved with people and trying to create something that would be entertaining to people. With "E.R." we were all very lucky to get this combination of people together in the right story in the right way to take it to the level it has reached.

If it was easy, everyone would be doing it, and you wouldn't have an opportunity.

Any problem is an opportunity. The bigger the problem, the bigger the opportunity.

Dream, diversify-and never miss an angle.

Television is a tough business. It's not that easy to jump shops.

Television is like the movie business. It's not the least-objectionable program - it's the best program that gets positioned. Same in the movie business. It's not just everything automatically gets done by the "in" crowd.

Do as many ideas as possible. The right idea will pick you.

There are many things clogging the television waves. You've got to fight for every bit of television households you can get.

If I've done anything, I've brought passion to television.

Your margin is my opportunity.

There is no better catalyst to success than curiosity.

Challenges mean opportunities as well.

Challenge is what makes men. It will be the end when men stop looking for new challenges.

Unsolved problems, that's one of the great signs of progress in my opinion.

You never want to be completely alone at what you do. Competition is good for everyone.