Michael Muhney famous quotes

Benjamin Franklin said it best, 'Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.'
-- Michael Muhney

#Believe #Half #Franklin

Unfortunately, in real life, people are so incredibly quick to judge a situation before it has completely played itself out. But fortunately, in "reel" life, the audience gets an opportunity to watch things unfold, or unravel... or both in some cases.
-- Michael Muhney

#Real #Opportunity #People

This word "redemption," what is it about this word? Is it tangible? Do you know when it has happened? Is it necessary in a drama? Does it make a character boring? Does everyone agree on a character being "redeemed?" Or is it a word that is so subjective and polarizing and insignificant in modern television? It is a word that has been given, quite possibly, far too much significance, when it is truly ambiguous and meaningless in a drama. I have personally grown to loathe that word in literature.
-- Michael Muhney

#Drama #Character #Doe

I much prefer to watch actors and writers create "humanizing" moments for characters. In a drama, "humanizing" is far more impactful and powerful than "redeeming."
-- Michael Muhney

#Powerful #Drama #Character

I still secretly believe that afternoons are the time for the test card and you shouldn't watch television when the sun is out.

I believe in instinct, not reason. When reason is right, nine times out of ten it is impotent, and when it prevails, nine times out of ten it is wrong.

I was a narrative historian, believing more and more as I matured that the first function of the historian was to answer the child's question, "What happened next?

I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money goes. Fame comes, fame goes. I believe every human being is a celebrity in their own right.

I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.

He would not stay for me, and who can wonder? He would not stay for me to stand and gaze. I shook his hand, and tore my heart in sunder, And went with half my life about my ways.

The energy of live theater is indescribable. You are just in the moment for an hour and a half.

Ronald Reagan is clearly to television what Franklin Roosevelt was to radio.

Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, others, knew how to lead. They knew how to ask the American people for the right things.

Hey, I'm like Aretha Franklin, I don't get no R -S -P -E -C -T around here!