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" Whomever you are and whatever your relationship is to work, I think we all have suffered from being over-hyphenated. You know, 'working-mom,' 'tiger-mom,' 'stay-at-home-mom'... how about 'mom?' "

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" Nothing runs forever. How you handle it, the most important thing is how you respect your audience, how you respect your cast, and being incredibly sensitive to how you wrap up any show when it ends a successful run. "

Nina Tassler

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" I was drawn to performing and to storytelling. "

" That's what my job is: to create quality programming. "

" I came to understand and observe that we're all going to face obstacles. We're going to have challenges. We're going to fail. We're going to have success. But all of it is going to ultimately be character-building. And it's not going to deter us from wanting to achieve, to strive, and be successful. "

" As an outsider, you observe what everyone is saying. Insiders are sometimes too insulated, listening to voices in their own little group. "

" The audience that watches on Sunday night is upscale, very female, and very engaged. "

" Television's an intimate medium. It's in our living rooms. It's in our bathrooms. It's in our bedrooms - and we respect that. "

" I love to watch documentaries on The History Channel and TLC. "

" It's important to me to reach deep into the community and promote Latino artists. "

" I'm part Latin, so everything in the Latin culture is - there's a lot of hyperbole, and there's a lot of melodrama. "

" 'The Dovekeepers' is a compelling, beautifully written novel that combines history and fiction into a timeless story of survival and heroism. "

" Ever since 'Jericho,' I've loved these big-idea shows. "

" I love musicals. I'm a big 'Glee' watcher. "

" It's about story; it is a social experiment, and people take that into account when they're watching 'Big Brother.' "

" 'Criminal Minds,' our original show, is a phenomenal show, and all elements of that show work so well. I think that 'Suspect Behavior' just didn't click. I don't think it has anything to do with spin-offs. I think a spin-off still has to be successful on its own. "

" Throughout my career, the pounding in my heart, the fright, has been ever-present, but I never turned back. Fear can be a highly motivational part of the journey. "

" I'm extremely lucky that I've worked for and with amazing people in my life. "

" In 1963, my parents took over a camp business from my grandparents. They turned it into a liberal, progressive, a co-educational, interracial camp for kids from all over the world, all over the country. And it was a very important cause for both of my parents. "

" I was always fascinated by the Torah, the Bible, in terms of story telling: heroes and villains, morality and flaws. There's no better epic. Also, being part Latin and Jewish means I have a sense of the theatrical. There were always a lot of people in my house. My home was always filled with a lot of storytellers. "

" Creative drives our business; the business doesn't drive the creative. "

" I'm a voracious reader. What that does is keep your mind fresh and active and hearing different voices and different styles. TV can be derivative, and if you just watch TV, you're not widening the circle. "

" As long as we're monetizing our content... we still win at the end. "

" Without the nontraditional methods we used to promote 'Jericho'... we wouldn't have been able to get the traction we did. "

" You have to present characters an audience can relate to. "

" I feel it's our responsibility to keep our ear tuned to public discourse. There's a lot of noise out there, and our responsibility is to pick up on the themes and issues that work their way through all of society. "

" I'm an entertainer. "

Nina Tassler

Entertainer

" When I was in drama development, you hear anywhere between 500 to 600 pitches a season, and you do feel like you hit the wall. But I will never say, 'No, I won't hear that.' "

" I went through a lot of feelings of self-doubt and loss of self-esteem. I was particularly vulnerable after having my son. It was rough getting back on my feet in the business. "

" Audiences need to engage with characters. "

" I think back to having had the good fortune of being at Warner Bros. when we were doing 'Lois & Clark.' The chemistry between Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher was really wonderful. "