Quotes from Nina Tassler

I feel it's our responsibility to keep our ear tuned to public discourse. There's a lot of noise out there, and our responsibility is to pick up on the themes and issues that work their way through all of society.

Throughout my career, the pounding in my heart, the fright, has been ever-present, but I never turned back. Fear can be a highly motivational part of the journey.

People step on my feet, and I say I'm sorry.

We continue to see summer as a great place for unique concepts, innovative business models, and passionate television audiences.

With all of our big-hit shows - like 'Big Bang Theory,' and even 'How I Met Your Mother' - when they first started, you have multiple characters to service, and you want to make sure that the audience has a chance to get the concept, get the emotional arc, and really engage with the relationships.

I love musicals. I'm a big 'Glee' watcher.

Women drive network television.

'Criminal Minds' consists of stories told within the framework of the FBI behavioral science unit. It's about serial profiling.

I was drawn to performing and to storytelling.

I think 'destined for greatness,' for me, is digging deep inside and knowing that I will always strive to be the best person I can possibly be and effect change in a positive way.

I came to understand and observe that we're all going to face obstacles. We're going to have challenges. We're going to fail. We're going to have success. But all of it is going to ultimately be character-building. And it's not going to deter us from wanting to achieve, to strive, and be successful.

We don't know where we'll end up, but making moments matter - taking a step back to see something from a different vantage point and investing in your core values - can lead to a world of surprises.

I'm extremely lucky that I've worked for and with amazing people in my life.

Before I go to bed, sometimes I'll just sit outside and philosophically assess the day.

One of the things I learned in college is that if you're going to be late for an audition, don't go.

Creative drives our business; the business doesn't drive the creative.

Audiences need to engage with characters.

I have worked in the media/content business my entire life.

The original 'CSI' grew stronger once the spinoffs became entrenched. Like any good franchise, when there's a great story to be told, viewers can't get enough.

I was always fascinated by the Torah, the Bible, in terms of story telling: heroes and villains, morality and flaws. There's no better epic. Also, being part Latin and Jewish means I have a sense of the theatrical. There were always a lot of people in my house. My home was always filled with a lot of storytellers.

Sometimes the career you end up with has no logical connection to where you began.