I think if you're behind the times, you've failed. I think the only way to measure success is being right on time with what people want.
Chuck BarrisThe closest I came to doing anything that I wanted to do was to try and check and see what industries were just starting out. There was plastics and television, and I figured television had to be more fun than plastics.
Chuck BarrisTelevision is not my favorite medium, my favorite form of entertainment. Certainly game shows aren't. I don't watch reality shows at all.
Chuck BarrisI came up with a new game-show idea recently. It's called The Old Game. You got three old guys with loaded guns onstage. They look back at their lives, see who they were, what they accomplished, how close they came to realizing their dreams. The winner is the one who doesn't blow his brains out. He gets a refrigerator.
Chuck Barris