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Norman Lear
Age: 102
Born: 1922
Born: July 27
Actor
Businessperson
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
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Television Producer
Television Writer
New Haven
Connecticut
Norman Milton Lear
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There was no real controversy with All In The Family. That came from the people on the business end.
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I started by writing, with my partner Ed Simmons, a monologue for Danny Thomas, that he performed at Ciro's nightclub in Los Angeles.
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My dad called me meat head dead from the neck up.
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So we gravitated to shows and issues and causes that made people care.
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Nobody doubts my partisanship, but a lot of the activity is nonpartisan.
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The movies had a slogan at the time, to distinguish themselves from TV, that said 'movies are better than ever.'
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Culturally, I think 'All in the Family' was universal enough to have good timing at any time.
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I think for television generally, the question that often arises is, Does television lead, or does it follow? You know, does it lead the conversation, or culture, or does it follow what's going on? And I think it does both.
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Life goes on pretty much the same way. I've been working on a couple of films on the side. You may see some more. You may even see another television show.
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I wanted to meet Bob Hope, and I got to know him pretty well.
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It crossed our minds early on that the more an audience cared - we were working before, on average, 240, live people. If you could get them caring - the more they cared, the harder they laughed.
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The evidence seems clear that those business which actively serve their many constitutencies in creative, morally thoughtful ways also, over the long run, serve their shareholders best. Companies do, infact, do well by doing good.
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But it also became the experience, or was the experience, of the writers who were attracted to this kind of humor. They're all men or women who come from the same kind of experience in their own lives.
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The trafficking of sex and violence is comes after the demand for ratings.
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The people responsible for the dollars that will buy the sex and violence so many deplore, don't even know what's going - well, of course they know. But they're comfortably ensconced in their country clubs and churches, and very far removed from the decisions that are made on their behalf.
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It seems to me that any full grown, mature adult would have a desire to be responsible, to help where he can in a world that needs so very much, that threatens us so very much.
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I don't know how you can look back with regret if you're at a moment when everything seems fine.
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Bud [Yorkin] was the kindest and dearest man, and one of the most talented directors there was.
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I was the laziest white kid my dad ever met.
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I think what's dangerous is 24 hours a day, 335 channels, or whatever the hell there is. Too much is too much.
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