J. Michael Straczynski Quotes

Hollywood wants press, any kind of press.

For years, people had been saying, 'You guys should have a reality show - it would be crazy,' and I didn't pay much attention to that talk, but the idea did stay in the back of my mind.

Having gotten TV shows on the air, that's so much less work that trying to get the 'Veronica Mars' movie made.

I did an episode on the TV show 'Awake,' and I thought, 'Wow, that's really hard.' To do that so fast and to do that, if it's very successful, for nine months out of the year, for a bunch of good years, that's challenging. But, it was interesting. It's a good show. You'd have to have a very good character, I guess.

You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.

I don't even like being quoted in a press release.

Nowadays it seems more and more like the 'business' in 'show business' is underlined, and there are campaigns, and it's all part of getting people in to see the movies.

Hardly any actor objects to press. It's a question of it being done in the way they like to see it done, meaning to get down to the serious interview what the profession is so we can reach out to the people to help them get along.

I definitely want make an impact in television. I want to make a continued and greater impact in feature films, and I want to be somebody who continues to be at the forefront of creating a wide variety of content that I could be proud of and that engages people on all levels.

Most of the time our events aren't in the papers and they're not televised, so people don't know when we're competing.

Police blog or entertainment news, it's just good to see your name in print.

I think that people are interested seeing me on the screen.

I've never liked the press part of it (no offense), but it comes with the job.

I feel like so much of why I sort of want to work in television is so that people know to come see me live.

Normally when one reporter talks to you at a tournament it's no big deal.

I think being in the public eye can only help me launch into the world of fashion.

I'm not in the business of trying to be a celebrity. I like entertaining and being in movies. I like when people leave a movie and talk about it with friends. My biggest struggle is the press... its an odd thing and something I've had to learn a lot about.

If you're in public life, a certain percentage of what you do must be done on television.

You have a tendency to mix show with justice....You give a theater show to the press all over the world.

I found that the quality of TV material that came to me was so great and was just often better than the film material I got. And when I find a good movie that I really like, I jump on it because it's exciting to do.

When the game gets eyeballs in newspapers and on TV, that's what in the end is the goal for everyone.

Politicians don't say no to cameras very often.

The publicity machine for films and television is so much bigger than for theatre.

We've got to make sure we keep the media attention on us; being on telly and in the papers gets people interested.

Surely, AP or the coaches are all aware everybody has agendas. Anybody who's on TV has one. You know, that's viewership and ratings and those kinds of things.