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Norman Lear
Age: 102
Born: 1922
Born: July 27
Actor
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Film Director
Film Producer
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Television Producer
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New Haven
Connecticut
Norman Milton Lear
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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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Nobody doubts my partisanship, but a lot of the activity is nonpartisan.
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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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Success is how you collect your minutes.
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I guess the story that best defines us [with Bud Yorkin] and our relationship goes back to the [Dean] Martin and [Jerry] Lewis show. The four stage managers on that show became major TV creators and directors - John Rich, Jack Smight, Arthur Penn and Bud Yorkin.
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If there is a reason to believe in God, it would be the Havana Leaf.
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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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I got a call from an agent to come to New York City, and write for the 'Ford Star Revue.' Because at the time there wasn't much 'national television'.
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'All in the Family' took ten weeks to take off in 1971, and we were lucky to start in January, because if it had started in the regular fall season of 1970, I don't know if we would have lasted. The ratings didn't take off until the end of that fall season, when the other two networks ran out of fresh shows.
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In the area we're discussing, leadership begins on Madison Avenue, on the desks and in the offices of people who spend hundreds of millions of dollars buying what will get them ratings.
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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 think that of most leaders in religion as power brokers. They give orders, in a sense, to an audience every week, and that's where the definition of God starts.
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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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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 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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I think Americans have become a - much more a nation of consumers than citizens.
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I wanted to meet Bob Hope, and I got to know him pretty well.
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I wanted to work with Bert Lahr [the 'Cowardly Lion' in 'The Wizard of Oz'], and I did.
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You're in the business - when you're a writer, producer, director - to get ratings.
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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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