Ben Silverman Quotes (7 Quotes)

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

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

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.

They are more into things like variety.

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.

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.

Unlike television, where networks funded the content, and owned and exploited it, here the distributors aren't funding the content.