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I was working for a Swedish TV show - I'm Swedish - who basically did kind of spectacular stories. It was almost like CBS '60 Minutes,' but a Swedish version where we actually did travel quite a lot. After a while, I realized that travel is the most fun part of this, so why not do it for a longer time and just go off and explore?

If I had a choice as to my perfect career, I would make a couple of films a year and then concentrate on natural history.

In December 2011, I will be opening up my production house, Sharmeen Obaid Films, and aspire to change the way Pakistanis approach nonfiction storytelling. There are thousands of stories to be found here.

I love making documentaries. But I do like other factual entertainment as well, and I like doing the lighter stuff.

I think the sheer hell of trying to get a film made; I don't know if it would ultimately be worth it. The sort of format that I have, these TV things, sit somewhere between documentaries and reality shows and entertainment shows and dramas.

I've picked up so much about the technical aspects of filmmaking and television.

I love documentaries. I love the format. I've been doing them for a long time.

I would love to make a film in the outback or in Papua New Guinea, in Port Moresby. I know that it's not in Australia, but it's not too far.

I've always been a fan of these travel shows and documentary series.

The thrill of doing television versus features is, in television, you get to focus more on the characters.

In all honesty, I've written movies that have been made, and the process has not been as satisfying as writing for television.

What does she do?" "She's a producer." Of course, in Los Angeles this doesn't mean much more than "she's a member of the human race.

Local television shows do not, in general, supply make-up artists. The exception to this is Los Angeles, an unusually generous city in this regard, since they also provide this service for radio appearances.

Ridley Scott's company makes great work in whatever arena, whether it's movies or commercials or television. They just do really quality stuff, so you know it's going to be quality.

I would love to. A dream of mine is to produce films, as well as to produce content for television.

I did three television shows in Poughkeepsie in one day, with Adrian Adonis and The Iron Sheik. They gave us no food.

It has taken a lot of persuasion for me to take part in an official documentary about 'Only Fools and Horses.' But, as time has gone on, it seems to have been imprinted in television history, and I thought it was only right that I tried to give an accurate insight into how the show was put together.

My first flight was in my early 20s, from New York City to Los Angeles, to shoot a Cherry 7-UP commercial.

I actually worked on the pilot of 'The Chase' and wrote the questions on it.

The goal is not to just do 'Video Game High School' every year. We want to grow into a real content production company. We want to be Pixar or HBO. We want to make five series a year or 10 series a year.

I've done a lot of television over the last years, and you know, with some television productions, if you can do with just one take, you can move on and do something else.

For someone like me, making a documentary - I don't kid myself. There's no influence at all. What I do is entertainment. I would even say much the same about the column I write in 'The Sunday Times.'

I was excited when I first got the call, when I heard BBC Four were making a biography and they were interested in me being a part of it.

Television is very different than working on film. With films, you get to develop a set of characters, and then, at the end of the film, you have to throw them away.

I'd love to be a huge television director. I definitely want to do that. I could imagine me going more and more into that, as I age.