Warren Littlefield

I loved growing up in Montclair... I think it's grown and changed and embraced change.

My job was to find interesting material that would give us a quality television show.

Friends' played in this territory of being funny, and then also just grabbing your heart. And not afraid of that. It was a comedic soap opera. Not being afraid to have an audience feel something, laugh and cry, was quite extraordinary and quite wonderful.

Creating things sometimes is difficult.

The writers and actors on 'Friends' were notoriously particular about what made it onto the air.

Innovation comes to you from creators who do have a vision and a passion, and that is how we succeeded.

There's no reason that there has to be a fringe network that illuminates an urban or a multiethnic experience.

Audiences want and need a shared viewing experience.

I believe America wants and needs the shared experience of television. We far too often see in crises how television brings us together.

When in life do you get a black and white printout that says this is what you should do? It just doesn't happen.

When you're still in the broadcast business, you're still trying to reach tens of millions. You're trying to still aim for a broader audience, and I think that's a more difficult task to spread yourself across that audience, connect with them, as opposed to a very, very small, pinpointed audience. Difficult to do.

When we developed the 'Seinfeld' show, we took a bet on Jerry Seinfeld, who was not a household name. But Jerry had a voice. He was appearing on 'Late Night', on 'The Tonight Show', had some commercials out there, his voice of observational comedy, looking at the world around him, that voice was really starting to come into its own.