Quotes by Andrew O'Keefe

“I respect the challenge of creating something of quality within the very tight confines set by commercial TV, ... Thats an appealing idea, meeting that kind of a challenge. To draw a very long bow, its the same sort of challenge John Donne would have faced when sitting down to write a sonnet. In one way its so limiting, but in another way it brings out the best of your creative impulses.”

“I am hungry for ratings, because its a job review, a daily job review. But I try not to be a slave to them.”

“I was over-ruled by the judge,”

“[These are great figures for a 5.30pm game show and the lead-in to the news they provide to every market except Brisbane is enough to change the fortunes of the all-important 6pm news bulletins across the two commercial networks.] I am very flattered that people keep saying this of me, but I dont know if its true, ... Today Tonight and Seven News are going gangbusters in their own right, but the popularity of Deal certainly doesnt hurt. Weve dramatically improved over the last year in every market except Melbourne.”

“Ive found the last couple of years exciting and rewarding but also the most difficult of my life. If you are the product and your life is spent in self-examination, you devour praise and criticism 24 hours a day and you forget the thing that drives the world is outside of you. I dont know any other business so shrouded in Schadenfreude. The knives are always out, it just depends which way theyre pointed.”

“Deal or No Deal is a new format and (Family) Feud is a resurrected format, which is always harder to work with when you are bringing something back to life.”

“We wanted to prove that the triangle is the strongest geometric figure.”