Quote

Newscasters cannot call attention to themselves by being too attractive or too unattractive.

Jessica Savitch

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jessica Savitch
Age: 36 †
Born: 1947
Born: February 1
Died: 1983
Died: October 23
Correspondent
Journalist
News Presenter
San Diego
California
Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story
Jessica Beth Savitch
Unattractive
Attractive
Literature
Call
Attention
Cannot

More quotes by Jessica Savitch

Image
News reporting is a cycle: No matter how much you work at sending a message, it's only successful if it's received.
Jessica Savitch
Image
A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.
Jessica Savitch
Image
News events cannot be controlled, nor can newscasts be mapped out like entertainment shows.
Jessica Savitch
Image
Our free enterprise system of disseminating information is collectively referred to as The Media. But there is no collective.
Jessica Savitch
Image
To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.
Jessica Savitch
Image
The relationship between talent — a term loosely applied to those who work on-air — and management is uneasy, at best.
Jessica Savitch
Image
The bad news is that 50 people died in a hotel fire the good news is that we got exclusive footage.
Jessica Savitch
Image
When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.
Jessica Savitch
Image
My current goal is to place a moratorium on goals.
Jessica Savitch
Image
I have had a lifelong phobia of snakes.
Jessica Savitch
Image
Every time I am in danger of believing the glamour of my own press, some incident inevitably brings me back to earth.
Jessica Savitch
Image
The idea of stardom was difficult to grasp. It was like being schizophrenic there was her, the woman on television, and the real me.
Jessica Savitch
Image
It is my belief that one's salary is between an individual and the IRS.
Jessica Savitch
Image
I hadn't realized until I covered the police beat just how seedy crime is.
Jessica Savitch
Image
In real life, events seem much less dramatic.
Jessica Savitch
Image
The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer.
Jessica Savitch
Image
Men still control the news, both on and off camera.
Jessica Savitch
Image
Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.
Jessica Savitch
Image
Many senators have developed a canny sense of what will play best for the audience.
Jessica Savitch
Image
Women didn't want to watch other women on television because they were jealous of their husbands' diverted attention.
Jessica Savitch