Mark Burnett
Mark Burnett
Mark Burnett is a British-born, Los Angeles-based television producer and, since December 2015, president of MGM Television and Digital Group...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Producer
Date of Birth17 July 1960
CityLondon, England
CountryUnited States of America
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I found a nanny/child care position in Beverly Hills taking care of a 3-year-old and a 17-year-old. They had a large, wealthy house. I learned that I liked the way rich people lived. I learned that they were not smarter than me.
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I don't think people wanted to see potty-mouthed competitors.
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Donald Trump is a guy who can commit to things and wants to do a great job -- I mean, that's what makes Trump, Trump, ... People like that don't do things half-heartedly.
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So many people wanted an adventure. It was really more about finding the cast that I wanted for 'Expedition Impossible,' so it had good diversity, and people could really say, 'Oh, there's the firefighters, there's the team of cops, there's the grandpa' - so that you can really relate with them.
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We're not that far from people watching TV on the same screen as the computer, with interactivity back and forth. It's the interactivity that TV lacks right now and that is a major advantage for the Internet.
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You may see people on the show who are maybe a little older, maybe had a bit of a career before, and this is their second chance. Some people will be enrolled in film schools. Some people will have no experience at all.
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This is the biggest volume of eyeballs ever available in history. More people are on computers every day than sit down and watch TV at night. The Internet is about to become the next broadcast network.
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This is a forgiving country. People love redemption stories.
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Having book smarts versus street smarts seemed like a great idea but it changed the tenor of the show, ... It affected the reaction among the show's usually wealthy and well-educated audience. I don't think people wanted to see potty-mouthed competitors.
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I came here with nothing, with maybe a hundred bucks in my pocket and had to get a job. And these wealthy people who had made their money themselves, I worked for. It did show me what could be achieved in America, what's possible if you have some vision to take big risks.
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I found a nanny/child care position in Beverly Hills taking care of a 3-year-old and a 17-year-old. They had a large, wealthy house. I learned that I liked the way rich people lived. I learned that they were not smarter than me.
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One of the greatest freedoms of living in America is being able to ask the question: "If I could do anything I wanted with my life - money being no object - what would I do?" In many parts of the world, people don't have the luxury of asking that question.
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I learned firsthand that there would simply be no wars if people engaged in real conversation.
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If you think about the amount of people that are online all day, it's staggering. It's an audience that's already hooked in.