"For me, I think there's a lot more room in cable television to tell broader stories. NBC and the networks, they're all very mainstream, and they're a little more conservative in how they approach storytelling"
- Gabriel Macht
About this Quote
In this quote, actor Gabriel Macht is expressing his belief that cable television enables more innovative freedom and the ability to tell more varied and expansive stories. He contrasts this with conventional networks like NBC, which he sees as being more focused on appealing to a mainstream audience and therefore more limited in their storytelling method. Macht suggests that cable tv provides a more liberal and unbiased platform for storytelling, allowing for a wider series of point of views and themes to be explored. This quote highlights the potential for cable tv to push limits and challenge traditional storytelling standards.
This quote is written / told by Gabriel Macht somewhere between January 22, 1972 and today. He was a famous Actor from USA.
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