Top 28 James Burrows Quotes
#1. My father was weaned on books. I'm halfway between being weaned on books and weaned on television. And if you're weaned on television, you're not as good a writer as if you were weaned on books.
James Burrows
#2. network of tree houses and huts and underground burrows that made up the thriving metropolis in which they lived - all logs and twine and dried mud, everything leaning to the left or the right - did
James Dashner
#3. My father was Abe Burrows, who was a Broadway legend. 'Guys and Dolls,' 'How to Succeed,' 'Cactus Flower,' '40 Karats,' 'Can-Can,' 'Happy Hunting,' 'Reclining Figure,' it goes on. He was a legend, and when I was growing up, I was Abe Burrows' kid. That was my self-esteem.
James Burrows
#5. Most of the pilots I choose do not have high-concept ideas, so for me it's not the idea as much as the execution of the idea, and if the idea, like you take a bar in Boston, that's not a high-concept idea. But if it's executed well, it makes a great show.
James Burrows
#6. Sometimes an actor will stumble on the joke, and I'm right on them. Back it up before the audience hears the bad version of the joke, because humor is 90% surprise. If they know what's coming, they won't laugh as hard.
James Burrows
#7. It's a lot easier to understand things once you name them. It's the unknown that mostly freaks me out. I don't know the name of that fear, but I know I've got it, the fear of the unknown.
Carrie Jones
#8. The biggest difference in writing a sequel is that now there are expectations. But also - and this is the awesome part - now there are fans, too!
Tim Federle
#9. The first step in providing economic equality for women is to ensure a stable economy in which every person who wants to work can work.
Jimmy Carter
#10. I'll tell you what I love about directing: the surprise. You never know what's going to happen with your piece until an audience weighs in.
James Burrows
#11. I didn't have the drive; I never wanted to be in show business. I went into my father's business because of osmosis.
James Burrows
#13. I remember on the pilot of 'Will and Grace' some executives from NBC saying to me, 'There are too many gay jokes.' I said, 'If not on this show, then what show?'
James Burrows
#14. On the whole, I would bid you stand up to your work, whatever it may be, and not be afraid of it; not in sorrows or contradictions to yield, but to push on towards the goal.
Thomas Carlyle
#15. Personally, I refuse to drive a car - I won't have anything to do with any kind of transportation in which I can't read.
Arthur C. Clarke
#16. The worst liars are the ones everyone thinks would never ever tell a lie.
Ellen Hopkins
#17. I have a fun clause in my contract. If I'm not having fun, I can leave.
James Burrows
#19. Script comes first, then the actors, then you gotta be lucky enough to get the right time slot. Then people have to watch.
James Burrows
#20. Networks are reluctant to take a chance. They put on shows that they know will work on some level, but to get the innovative show, it's very difficult.
James Burrows
#21. The best thing for an actor is to try it his way. The way they do it may not work, but it may inspire me to try something else.
James Burrows
#23. I know what's funny, and I probably know the best way to deliver the joke. Whether it's walking out of a room, facing that way, facing this way. I just have a sense of that.
James Burrows
#24. On 'Taxi,' I had the great fortune of directing many wonderful episodes, none more classic than Reverend Jim's driving test. It was maybe the funniest show I did.
James Burrows
#25. Cheney is a terrorist. He terrorizes our enemies abroad and innocent citizens here at home indiscriminately.
Alec Baldwin
#27. The stronger the facts are there, you should achieve justice. You don't need to make sensationalized statements.
Kimberly Guilfoyle
#28. You can have a great script, or a great director and a bad script, and get a great movie. Nothing really guarantees anything.
Douglas Booth
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