That's the heart of it: My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people.
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I wanted to just do a one-act play for 26 minutes, with commercials at the beginning and end. For years, I couldn't get my way. They wanted to interrupt three times.Norman Lear
But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met.
Norman Lear
My family argued at the top of their lungs and on the edge of their nerves, forever. That's what they did, so that was my experience.
Norman Lear
We are a country of excess. So it's not the violence, per se, but the exacerbation and constant repetition.
Norman Lear
The trafficking of sex and violence is comes after the demand for ratings.
Norman Lear
Well, they're all family shows - they're all about families, and they're all about America. That's how I grew up. Those are my people, all of them.
Norman Lear
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