Sheila Nevins Quotations

I get very nervous when it's quiet, because I think it's dead. What I learned in the moment was to hold back a little before you talk.

I want a documentary to crest by being voted on by 6000 people who are in the business of telling stories.

I'm an instant responder. Somebody told me I'm a living Twitter. I'm quick to respond and quick to fill air.

To me, I read good reviews in lots of papers and bad reviews in lots of papers.

respect mostly the people on the other side of the camera.

When a man is close to tears discussing his work and his lip quivers, he deserves bosses who punch back. I feel I would punch back for Dan.

a singular creative force in what may be called high-impact television.

This documentary is about tapping into a celebration of gay people and prejudice against gay families that is inherent in large parts of America. If anyone's going to bring this into someone's living room, it's Rosie. She is part of America's family.

If you made a movie about (evolutionary biologist Charles) Darwin now, it would be revolutionary. If we did a documentary on Darwin, I'd get a thousand hate emails.

I didn't realize, actually, at the time how terribly important this documentary was. I didn't know that the issue of gay marriage, gay rights, gay adoption was going to actually become an issue that would probably tear this country apart.

I am grieved that these continuing stories are everyday matters swept away,

I do less-fanciful reality. I celebrate the fat, the ugly, the women who can't get guys. I'm not trying to entertain you; I'm trying to make you passionate.