Ben Silverman Quotations

He's a classy brand and a brilliant coach.

My own feeling is, these are aging franchises,

We love watching Steve's film career flourish. We love watching his films, and we love participating in everybody's success.

The government has to ask at what point has there been too much consolidation. I think we may be reaching the breaking point.

Eurovision' is the granddaddy of all talent shows and the Super Bowl of singing.

These shows are about taking a celebrity out of their comfort zone and showing them in a different environment than you're used to seeing them. All of these celebrities are people who love cooking anyway.

The more ideas that pop, the more open to new ideas the American market is.

They're getting squeezed in the region with the two goliaths coming at them from all directions.

The audience relates immediately with the kind of person a celebrity is. They have some sort of familiarity with the viewers. They know Tony Gonzalez is a football stud. When you're casting real people, you're trying to put them into a type. Here we go out and say this is a jock. The audience gets to know the characters quicker.

I remember taking a look at them 18 months ago and not being very impressed. Management has obviously executed very well. It was obviously a mistake to overlook them.

I brought you six different kinds of soup, all low-sodium, no fat...are you listening?

The main factor is being able to walk into an office and put on a tape and speak to a track record.