Quotes

I'm hoping that DEA (1990) will provide a platform for education, responsible but realistic advocacy of the problems we are facing, as well as being good storytelling.

On Dellaventura (1997): This is not hard-edged, it's not gritty. I could have done it dirtier, darker. The network was concerned I'd do a dark show. Leslie Moonves's perception of me is I'm good, but I tend to go dark. It's not a question of pandering, it's a question of being realistic. I didn't want to spend five months in development and have yet another pilot go in the toilet.

[on pitching Dellaventura (1997)]: I knew I would be able to sell this show to a network, because it takes absolutely no imagination on the part of an executive to know what it's about.

on Gary Cole's character, Jack Killian, in Midnight Caller (1988): He's a sort of blue collar avenging angel, a Sam Spade of the 80's with the soul of an Irish poet, and the heart of a Jack Kerouac.

on Bad Boys (1983): I feel that this movie is a plea for sanity, it deals with a very violent world and in a very realistic way with young kids who because of illiteracy and lack of parental guidance throw their lives away.

on Midnight Caller (1988): It won't be catch-a-killer every week, it's going to be action-adventure, but leavened with other issues and stories.

on Allen Klein managing The Beatles: I did not like Allen Klein very much. I didn't think he would make a good business manager for them. I thought he was a dishonest person and it would seem to be that a lot of people agreed with that.

[on the death of Badfinger frontman, Pete Ham: He was in a depressed state of mind, not really because of the last unsuccessful tour of the States, as you say here, IT was more due to the fact that they had made so much money and were ripped off by their managers.