Quotes About Norman Lear

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“As far as getting my start, it was really Norman Lear, even aside from being on All in the Family. He helped me get my start as a director. He was the one who said, Let him do Spinal Tap. Let him give it a try, because I had been trying for years to get that thing off the ground.”
— Rob Reiner —

“I didn't grow up in a Norman Rockwell house ... my house was more akin to Norman Lear.”

— Michael P. Naughton

“'Hollywood maids' are so idiotic. They grin at everything. I told Norman Lear I didn't want to play a maid because of that 'hee-hee/grin-grin' attitude, and he said, 'Who said I wanted that?' He told me he wanted two strong women that are the black and white of the same coin. I said, 'Oh, well - in that case, I'll be right there!'”

— Esther Rolle

“When I was growing up my favorite show was 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show', and I loved all the stuff that Norman Lear did.”

— Ryan Murphy

“As far as getting my start, it was really Norman Lear, even aside from being on 'All in the Family.' He helped me get my start as a director. He was the one who said, 'Let him do 'Spinal Tap.' Let him give it a try,' because I had been trying for years to get that thing off the ground.”

— Rob Reiner

“I'm still producing scripted features, and I am already working on a new documentary project with Norman Lear and Lara Bergthold. It is about the Declaration of Independence and the relevance of the document today. And it will be fun and engaging - I promise!”

— Linda Goldstein Knowlton

“After we did [All In The Family], that ended up being a real love fest all around. Me and Norman, Norman [Lear] and me, Rob Reiner, everybody liked everybody. So about six or seven months later I moved out to L.A. and I got a call that Norman wanted to see me. I came in and he said "ABC has given me a property that they just optioned to make into a TV series. It's from a play called Hot L Baltimore, and I want you to be in it."”

— Richard Masur