Stacey Dooley Quotes

Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I think viewers are hungry for shows in which people say something meaningful.

All my films have some kind of statement about something - but I have to coat it with entertainment to make it palatable. Otherwise it becomes a polemic, and people don't want to see it. If you're trying to get a message out to people, you've got to entertain them at the same time.

I think the best entertainment tackles social issues in a sort of seamless way.

I humbly apologise for reality Television.

Conservatives are routinely pilloried on television. A&E likely greenlit 'Duck Dynasty' in the first place because executives believed Americans would laugh at the redneck antics of the self-described 'white trash' family.

I don't like to write rhetorically or get on a soapbox. I try to make the stuff multi-layered, so that it always has a life outside its social context. I don't believe that you can tell people anything; you can only draw them in.

If there's room for 30 reality shows, surely there's room for two amazing costume dramas.

We don't need any more reality TV, women yelling at each other. I can't watch that stuff.

I'm interested in making films that make people think.

If you want to know what's going on in America, you have to watch soap operas.

I try to support stories that enable us to see the difficulties in our society and the challenges we face, which is why I've also produced documentaries like 'Brick City' and 'Serving Life.'

Does 'Jersey Shore' make me sad for humanity that this is what's passing for entertainment? Well, this is a business, and if that's what millions of people want to watch, I can't fault someone for producing it.

You have some great films every year, but for the most part, no one is making films with heavy messages or themes. People are afraid of doing that.

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

I like to watch all those shows that shouldn't be on the air - reality shows.

I have learned that documentary makers are incredibly sneaky people.

If you look at most mainstream filmmaking, to be honest, some of these films aren't even asking questions anymore at all.

I think people will always like intelligent TV.

I have got lots of offers from networks for more reality shows.

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 think that our task as filmmakers is to create the most insightful reality given the most pressing questions.

Perhaps there's a lot of quality television that's not right for the individual who needs questions answered in each episode, and perhaps reality television may be a better option. With the integrity of HBO and their drive to tell stories, it takes time to arrive at any sort of answers.

I think I have a responsibility as a film-maker to bring not only controversial subject matter to the screen but also to inspire a thought process.

Peak TV has resulted in beautiful shows that have nothing in particular to tell us about humanity.

I was never interested in reality shows or dance shows, as they have become so common.