Ben Silverman Quotes on Celebrities (2 Quotes)

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.

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.