Top 15 Quotes & Sayings by Gary David Goldberg

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American producer Gary David Goldberg.

Last updated on November 21, 2024.

Gary David Goldberg was an American writer and producer for television and film. Goldberg was best known for his work on Family Ties (1982–89), Spin City (1996–2002), and his semi-autobiographical series Brooklyn Bridge (1991–93).

American - Producer | June 25, 1944 - June 22, 2013

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I don't sleep at night at all. Making movies is a marathon. I'm a good 100-yard-dash guy.

Gary David Goldberg

Television is what it's always been. The best of times and the worst of times at the same time.

Gary David Goldberg

A lot of money eliminates a category of worry. If your car breaks down, you're still going to get through the day. But it doesn't make you a happy person if you weren't a happy person before.

Gary David Goldberg

In 1998, I received treatment for my knee by an Israeli therapist. We spoke about Israel and I mentioned 'Scooterman' and he just froze. It was like he had met Elvis. I thought he was kidding me and then he called his brother, they yelled to each other over the phone, and then I believed him.

Gary David Goldberg

At the end of the seven years, 'Family Ties' voluntarily went off the air. And, we went off as the #1 show on TV that week. We cut down the nets on stage 24 and moved on with the rest of our lives. Always to carry with us the blessing of what we had gone through together.

Gary David Goldberg

'Family Ties' was a very successful situation comedy. And, in almost every respect, it functioned on a day to day basis like a well-run, well conditioned basketball team. The show was performed live each week in front of a studio audience on Friday night.

Gary David Goldberg

I was a guy who showed up for work and took the chance for finding out whether I could do it or not... I'd like to think I made my success not at the expense of anyone. Success was accidental.

Gary David Goldberg

I like to write scenes in the middle of the night. We could change every word of 'Family Ties' between Monday and Friday.

Gary David Goldberg

My father worked in the Post Office. A lot of double shifts. All his friends were in the same situation - truck drivers, taxi cab drivers, grocery clerks. Blue collar guys punching the clock and working long, hard hours. The thought that sustained them was the one at the center of the American dream.

Gary David Goldberg

It takes a lot of people to make a winning team. Everybody's contribution is important.

Gary David Goldberg

It was Nate Monaster who encouraged me to be a writer.

Gary David Goldberg

You could put all of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's angry sermons on to one loop. You could put that loop up on the big screen at Radio City Music Hall and let it play there 24 hours a day, seven days a week and Barack Obama will still emerge as the next president of the United States.

Gary David Goldberg

I think to the extent you die with money in the bank, you've miscalculated.

Gary David Goldberg

A good team, like a good show, comes into being when the separate individuals working together create, in essence, another separate higher entity - the team - the show - which is better than any of those individuals can ever be on their own.

Gary David Goldberg

It takes a lot of people to make a winning team. Everybody’s contribution is important.

Gary David Goldberg

Top 15 Quotes & Sayings by Gary David Goldberg

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