Youth Entertainment Quotes

I know my mom said as early as she can remember letting me watch TV, my one treat a week when I was like 6 was to stay up and watch 'Saturday Night Live.'

Especially in entertainment geared toward young people, the women are much stronger than they used to be. There's not really the damsel in distress anymore. I think the stereotype still possibly lives in different genre pictures but, in entertainment for the younger generation, they're used to women being equal and being strong. I think if you don't portray that, it would be kind of weird.

I take having a kids' show real seriously. I think it's an enormous responsibility.

When I was a kid growing up, I used to watch 'DuckTales.'

In my first year at drama school, I did this kids' show called 'Let's See.'

I find that the stuff on television is more exciting than the films, which are for teens almost.

Of course there are a lot of books that are interesting to make movies out of, but on the other hand, I think video games are also kind of like bestselling books for the younger generation, and the younger generation is the one going to the theaters.

When it comes to the video channels and the programs, the radio stations, the music is geared towards kids, and it's made by kids.

It was considered oh, not proper for children to go to the movies.

Comedy Central is what these young people are viewing. The network speaks to their audience, which is saying, 'Give me fast jokes. Give me party stories and party language.'

The entertainment options for young people are a lot broader now, and the quality of films is slumping a little bit.

I just remember not having access to films as a young person who loved films but living in Compton.

Most movies are made today for teenage boys. Once in a while a good one comes along.

Now, what of the entertainment that is available to our young people today? Are you being undermined right in your homes through your television, radio, slick magazines, and rock music records?

I'm perfectly fine with the fact that lots of young folks are wanting to watch anime and read manga. I'm perfectly happy that they are doing things online, reading there as opposed to traditional print magazines.

And part of my vision is to do dynamic videos for kids.

I believe that the kids, young people should have an opportunity to have Oscar nominated actors in their movies too.

I'm excited to see a new age of rom-coms, and especially teen romantic comedies, because when I was younger, I was watching 'Harry Potter' and 'Hunger Games' and stuff like that. I loved those movies, but they are a little bit heavy. We didn't really get to have the lighthearted love stories.

My parents walked in on me Googling 'agents for kids' when I was 9.

My dream is to eventually open a children's theatre.

I always had a real love of children's presenting, and I was lucky enough to do that and have an acting career alongside it.

I did a series for teenagers and kids called S-Club 7 in LA for Fox Family Channel. And I did it because the children, everybody's children, they don't know who I am. They know I'm the-lady-in-the-movie-they-can't-see. And I was actually offended by that because I think I've done a lot of wonderful work.

Saturday morning was their unrestricted television time, and they usually took advantage of it to watch a series of cartoon shows that would certainly have been impossible before the discovery of LSD.

I love doing kids' shows, and I love working with kids. I've done a lot of it. A lot of people don't like working with children, but I love it.