41 Quotes by Tom Freston

As per a part of the deal the director (Steven Spielberg) would produce...not necessarily direct four-five films for us.

Creating a network specifically for the LGBT community is something we've wanted to do for a long, long time, and it's an idea we feel is overdue. Despite our nation's progress on civil rights and the growing visibility of gay people in business, society and even in television programming -- what has been missing is a full-time home for this important and influential audience on television. We have big plans and hopes for LOGO and I'm thrilled to finally announce its arrival.

I have prevented my kids from watching MTV at home. It's not safe for kids.

I have prevented my kids from watching MTV at home. It’s not safe for kids.

People often say that a bad event is a ‘blessing in disguise.’ Trust me, experience will teach you that some are unbelievably well disguised. Everyone gets fired, or decides to make a radical change at some point. Everyone suffers setbacks.

I’ve never been fired in my life. From anything. I’ve never failed at anything I’ve tried.

I always imagined myself somehow as an electron around some atom, and you’re just, like, bouncing around and spinning. There was a never-ending supply of places to go, people to see, things to do, and fitting it all in became kind of an art.

I think online is a better platform. If you look at the metrics, if you look at the delivery system, if you look at social – all of the things that online can do – TV can’t compete.

Read, listen to and watch everything you can. Explore the corners of popular culture and the arts. And, of course, these days you have to stay maniacally plugged in to the cutting edge of whatever technology is taking your profession into the future – otherwise you’re toast.