Littlefield Quotes & Sayings

While 'Friends' was about a 20-something population and what they were going through, they were also dealing with issues with their family. — Warren Littlefield

But the cost of steeling yourself against grief was that you had to steel yourself against joy, as well. — Sophie Littlefield

Audiences want and need a shared viewing experience. — Warren Littlefield

A lot of people were wounded in our kitchen and in the week of a car less than a mile away. And the life I had before- the one I had hated so much- was in the past. — Sophie Littlefield

NBC's pilot season of 1994 is legendary in the business. In a world where failure is commonplace, we midwifed the birth of both 'Friends' and 'ER'. While 'ER' came essentially out of the blue, we'd been casting around for a 'Friends'-like show for some time at the network. — Warren Littlefield

If only there was something to trade, someone to trade with; Cass would rip her soul from her body and hand it to the devil himself, would walk into the gates of hell with her head held high if someone could just take care of Ruthie. — Sophie Littlefield

God let it be known that it is better to give than to receive, but a lot of people failed to get the message. — Edmund Wattis Littlefield

One way in which 'Friends' did resemble 'Seinfeld' is that it really found its audience over the summer of 1995 in reruns. That's when the main title song, 'I'll Be There for You', by the Rembrandts, exploded, too. — Warren Littlefield

That's the true enemy of the future. Ignorance. Indifference. Failure to adapt. — Sophie Littlefield

My job was to find interesting material that would give us a quality television show. — Warren Littlefield

The writers and actors on 'Friends' were notoriously particular about what made it onto the air. — Warren Littlefield

What Must-See T.V. was all about was one network, one night, for one decade. And a third of the country would come and watch Must-See T.V. And you didn't dare go to work the next day, because if you hadn't watched, you would be left out of the conversation, that water-cooler conversation. — Warren Littlefield

There's no reason that there has to be a fringe network that illuminates an urban or a multiethnic experience. — Warren Littlefield

Courage was no that hard to come by for children. No matter the hardships they faced, given a little love and encouragement, their spirits rebounded and thrived.
Adults were different. Their habits and experiences made them inflexible, welding their routines into place, cementing their joys and hurts to create expectations of life that were not in line with the new realities. All around her, Cass saw the dazed expressions and the blank weariness. — Sophie Littlefield

In the history of pilot reports, 'Seinfeld' has got to be one of the worst of all time. — Warren Littlefield

I loved growing up in Montclair ... I think it's grown and changed and embraced change. — Warren Littlefield

He settled his big hands on her hips. He let them slide slowly down to cup her ass which she had jammed into a Spanx hide and seek high rise panty. Before slipping on the slinky purple faux wrap dress that her daughter had given her after surviving being held at gunpoint together gift the prior fall. Stella was fairly sure she would enjoy the sensation of Goat's strong fingers kneading her flesh if it hadn't gotten numb in its fierce polyester lycra prison hours ago. — Sophie Littlefield

Just because it's old, doesn't mean it's gold. — Bruce Littlefield

A 'Friends' shoot night could extend well into the small hours of the morning. — Warren Littlefield

You don't know what the country is ready for unless you're pushing that envelope, and I was told that I couldn't develop 'Will and Grace'. — Warren Littlefield

Two hundred channel choices in most homes certainly gives you the world of choice. And so slicing it, dicing it, and offering someone their favorite thing - by the way, if it's not good enough, make it yourself and post it. — Warren Littlefield

When you're still in the broadcast business, you're still trying to reach tens of millions. You're trying to still aim for a broader audience, and I think that's a more difficult task to spread yourself across that audience, connect with them, as opposed to a very, very small, pinpointed audience. Difficult to do. — Warren Littlefield

Our D.V.R.s make up the schedule of the shows that we're passionate about. You want Jon Stewart? You've got it. Your D.V.R. will give that to you, as opposed to making the destination and the choice to spend that evening with a network. — Warren Littlefield

Creating things sometimes is difficult. — Warren Littlefield

At the end of Season 1 of 'Cheers', it was the lowest rated show in all of network television ... So we turn to 'Bill Cosby'; when he came to Thursday night, he just exploded. And once the audience was there, we said, 'Hey, by the way, we also have this other great show. It's called 'Cheers'.' — Warren Littlefield

I believe America wants and needs the shared experience of television. We far too often see in crises how television brings us together. — Warren Littlefield

I fought to make a multiple series commitment with John Wells. — Warren Littlefield

When in life do you get a black and white printout that says this is what you should do? It just doesn't happen. — Warren Littlefield

'Friends' played in this territory of being funny, and then also just grabbing your heart. And not afraid of that. It was a comedic soap opera. Not being afraid to have an audience feel something, laugh and cry, was quite extraordinary and quite wonderful. — Warren Littlefield

There's nothing worse than the one that got away. It haunts you for weeks like a bad dream, eats away at your psyche like a termite on softened wood. — Bruce Littlefield

'A Different World' didn't have the blazing success that 'Cosby' had, but it was on for seven seasons, and we got a lot of awards, and a lot of faces came out of that show and have had great careers. — Warren Littlefield

Oh, your mom is going to kill me. What was I thinking getting you practically murdered and on a school night too. — Sophie Littlefield

I was the network president. I thought I knew everything. — Warren Littlefield

My last series was on A.B.C., a one-hour called 'My Generation'. Critics liked it. I was on for two weeks, and that was a tough one. — Warren Littlefield

When we developed the 'Seinfeld' show, we took a bet on Jerry Seinfeld, who was not a household name. But Jerry had a voice. He was appearing on 'Late Night', on 'The Tonight Show', had some commercials out there, his voice of observational comedy, looking at the world around him, that voice was really starting to come into its own. — Warren Littlefield

Now he [Rattler] was staring at Prairie with an intensity you could light fires with. And she stared back. There was something between them, all right, something cracking with tension and danger, something almost ... alive. — Sophie Littlefield

Innovation comes to you from creators who do have a vision and a passion, and that is how we succeeded. — Warren Littlefield

An Airstream is a lot like a first love: you are lured by her charm, seduced by her beauty, and once bitten, you are forever chasing after her mystique. — Bruce Littlefield