Top 55 Nina Tassler Quotes

I feel it’s our responsibility to keep our ear tuned to public discourse. There’s a lot of noise out there, and our responsibility is to pick up on the themes and issues that work their way through all of society.

I’d love to see the ‘CSIs’ run forever.

Tom Selleck is a big draw.

Sometimes the career you end up with has no logical connection to where you began.

18-to-49 can only be part of the story. There are many more metrics.

Creative drives our business; the business doesn’t drive the creative.

Audiences need to engage with characters.

I was always fascinated by the Torah, the Bible, in terms of story telling: heroes and villains, morality and flaws. There’s no better epic. Also, being part Latin and Jewish means I have a sense of the theatrical. There were always a lot of people in my house. My home was always filled with a lot of storytellers.

Finding new voices with fresh ideas is the hardest and most rewarding part of a television executive’s job.

Ever since ‘Jericho,’ I’ve loved these big-idea shows.

Women drive network television.

You have to present characters an audience can relate to.

I’m a feminist.

When I was in drama development, you hear anywhere between 500 to 600 pitches a season, and you do feel like you hit the wall. But I will never say, ‘No, I won’t hear that.’

‘The Talk’ is one of the most diverse shows in daytime.

I’ve always seen the world as very gender-neutral.

I came to understand and observe that we’re all going to face obstacles. We’re going to have challenges. We’re going to fail. We’re going to have success. But all of it is going to ultimately be character-building. And it’s not going to deter us from wanting to achieve, to strive, and be successful.

Audiences like making discoveries.

As long as we’re monetizing our content… we still win at the end.

‘Without a Trace’ analyzes criminal behavior in the special context of a disappearance. We consider it a suspense thriller.

Without the nontraditional methods we used to promote ‘Jericho’… we wouldn’t have been able to get the traction we did.

I’m on the board of trustees at Boston University. I’m on the board of trustees at Jewish Family Services.

Any show in its first season goes through multiple changes. There is little or no difference to changing the cast on a talk show.

I want to hear Damon Lindelof complain about broadcast when he goes to the bank to cash his ‘Lost’ checks.

I think back to having had the good fortune of being at Warner Bros. when we were doing ‘Lois & Clark.’ The chemistry between Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher was really wonderful.

We’re committed to delivering our viewers and advertisers year-round programming with a wide variety of storytelling.

I’m part Latin, so everything in the Latin culture is – there’s a lot of hyperbole, and there’s a lot of melodrama.

‘Criminal Minds,’ our original show, is a phenomenal show, and all elements of that show work so well. I think that ‘Suspect Behavior’ just didn’t click. I don’t think it has anything to do with spin-offs. I think a spin-off still has to be successful on its own.

‘Criminal Minds’ consists of stories told within the framework of the FBI behavioral science unit. It’s about serial profiling.

‘Zoo’ further demonstrates our commitment to high-quality, year-round programming and to high-concept series that play to summer audiences in the U.S. as well as on a global scale.

That’s what my job is: to create quality programming.

My mother was not without her flaws. She did have a lot of flaws, but she revealed her strength and her flaws equally, and I think that’s really important. I was very much influenced by that.

There’s always a knee-jerk reaction in our business to analyze and determine why something didn’t work.

As an outsider, you observe what everyone is saying. Insiders are sometimes too insulated, listening to voices in their own little group.

‘Survivor’ is one of CBS’s signature series and symbol of enduring quality and entertainment on prime time television.

Accepting fear head-on is freeing.

When it comes down to, it’s not about the form, it’s about the content.

The original ‘CSI’ grew stronger once the spinoffs became entrenched. Like any good franchise, when there’s a great story to be told, viewers can’t get enough.

I think ‘destined for greatness,’ for me, is digging deep inside and knowing that I will always strive to be the best person I can possibly be and effect change in a positive way.

With all of our big-hit shows – like ‘Big Bang Theory,’ and even ‘How I Met Your Mother’ – when they first started, you have multiple characters to service, and you want to make sure that the audience has a chance to get the concept, get the emotional arc, and really engage with the relationships.

I come from a long line of Democrats.

One of the things I learned in college is that if you’re going to be late for an audition, don’t go.

I’m a parent. I’m a mother.

I went through a lot of feelings of self-doubt and loss of self-esteem. I was particularly vulnerable after having my son. It was rough getting back on my feet in the business.

I’m an entertainer.

We continue to see summer as a great place for unique concepts, innovative business models, and passionate television audiences.

We don’t know where we’ll end up, but making moments matter – taking a step back to see something from a different vantage point and investing in your core values – can lead to a world of surprises.

Failure is a fundamental factor of success.

Whomever you are and whatever your relationship is to work, I think we all have suffered from being over-hyphenated. You know, ‘working-mom,’ ‘tiger-mom,’ ‘stay-at-home-mom’… how about ‘mom?’

I was always a big fan of ‘Quincy,’ and I loved the idea of puzzle solving.

As you continue to work on a show, if I still feel inspired, and I feel they are making exciting choices, then our enthusiasm remains. This is not a perfect science. It’s an evolutionary process.

‘The Dovekeepers’ is a compelling, beautifully written novel that combines history and fiction into a timeless story of survival and heroism.

I’m a voracious reader. What that does is keep your mind fresh and active and hearing different voices and different styles. TV can be derivative, and if you just watch TV, you’re not widening the circle.

I’ve been blessed to be with my husband since I was 18.

James Corden is a rare entertainment force who combines irresistible charm, warmth, and originality with a diverse range of creative instincts and performance talent.