Mark Burnett
Mark Burnett
Mark Burnett is a British-born, Los Angeles-based television producer and, since December 2015, president of MGM Television and Digital Group...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Producer
Date of Birth17 July 1960
CityLondon, England
CountryUnited States of America
feel-better america giving
America is the most giving nation on Earth. One of the best ways to feel better is by doing something for somebody else.
watches tvs
No one's going to watch The Bible on primetime TV.
television hours stage
You have to treat every hour of television you're given like a $100 million movie, and with 'A.D.,' we stepped it up even a stage further.
cutting guy decision
I look at decisions like - it's like an Indiana Jones movie. The guy comes to a rope ladder, and he's being chased. There's uncertainty on the other side, but he knows when he gets to the other side, he's going to take his machete and cut the rope ladder behind him. He has no retreat.
hustle biting chewing
There's nothing like biting off more than you can chew, and then chewing anyway.
country school america
I learned in America that Americans are into results. Americans don't care where you came from, what your family did, what school you graduated from. They care about if you can deliver the results. That's what makes America the country it is.
television trends watches
Every show on television has a downward trend because there are so many more things to watch. You can only deal with what is the benchmark of a hit series and 'Survivor' clearly remains a hit series.
cutting europe class
In Europe and Australia, there is something called the Tall Poppy Syndrome: People like to cut the tall poppies. They don't want you to succeed, and they cut you down - especially people from your own social class.
next world internet
The world is changing, and the Internet is about to become the next broadcast network.
shopping gas-stations needs
There are screens at the gas station, there are screens at the shopping mall. And they all need content.
bugs entertainment stuff
Bug eating and backstabbing are the stuff of great entertainment.
luxury america people
One of the greatest freedoms of living in America is being able to ask the question: "If I could do anything I wanted with my life - money being no object - what would I do?" In many parts of the world, people don't have the luxury of asking that question.
adventure race challenges
I've always liked adventure television. Pre-'Survivor,' I did a series on cable called 'Eco-Challenge,' an adventure race with experts mainly, and here we have 'Expedition Impossible.' I like the outdoors and I like doing something fresh for television you haven't seen before.
want roles kind
I'm the kind of person who if I was playing the role of someone who got shot, I'd probably want to get shot so I knew what it felt like.