Popular Culture Phenomenon Quotes

'American Idol' is sometimes lumped with reality shows and it has that element - folks-next-door battling it out in a contest. But instead of fighting leeches, bugs, parasites and each other, as on CBS's 'Survivor' and other shows that imitate it, the 'American Idol' contestants, of course, sing.

People don't really know about 'Neighbours' in America, and if they have heard of it, it's only in the context of 'Oh, sure, that's what Guy Pearce was on', or Kylie Minogue.

Season 1 of 'Power' was a hit. Everyone was talking about the series and how I should watch it. The show was well written, and it had a great cast.

'Best Man Holiday' was a very successful film.

A modern-day Dickens with a popular voice and a genius for storytelling in any genre, Stephen King has written many wonderful books.

'Breaking Bad' has definitely opened many, many doors for me.

I think the success of the 'Twilight' movies, not just the books, comes down to Stephenie Meyer.

The history of Guitar Hero is pretty spectacular. Really, I don't know of another franchise that has captured the imagination of the world so quickly and so powerfully and so positively in such a short period of time.

Filming with Laura Prepon, Taylor Schilling, Natasha Lyonne, it just blew my mind.

'The O.C.' was very challenging.

It was really exciting to see how 'Bridesmaids' was accepted and how well it did.

I forget sometimes that I'm in the HBO stable because I am such a fan of so much of their programming. Like, 'The Wire' is my favorite TV show of all time.

I think Kyle Chandler is something of a national treasure.

Say what you want about superhero movies and how much they make and how much they hurt other movies. I don't buy any of it. I just think they're so good.

I'm really proud of 'Cars.' 'Cars,' when it first came out, got probably the most mediocre reviews of a Pixar film.

No, no, it was the relationships. That was that group. People believed that Rob and Laura were really married in real life. You know, a lot of people believed that.