“The show has made me feel really ugly, because I assume that the women they cast are based on their perception of what a man would want— and all the women look the same to me on the show. They always have the same kind of long barrel curls and they’re all skinny. There’s no one that looks like me.”— Diablo Cody, amazon.com
“One thing that will never happen on my set is, like, a rape or something. I would never allow some guy to walk into the room of some girl who’s passed out. Everyone has to be cognizant of what they’re doing— even when two people get really drunk and want to have sex, if they’re too gone, it’s like,…”— Scott Jeffress, amazon.com
“I used to live-tweet during The Bachelor, and I loved it, until it became an unsafe environment.”— Spencer Pratt, amazon.com
“I know what’s up— they’re on the show to get IG followers and #SponCon ads. But the reality is, I went on a TV show just for fame and now I’m married with a kid, so the game is crazy.”— Spencer Pratt, amazon.com
“You can’t only absorb the ideals of a feminist world view through shows that espouse them— often, there are more lessons to learn about womanhood on shows where the women (or, more typically, the men) are behaving in ways that proliferate misogyny in one way or another.”— Allison Williams, amazon.com
““If I have any skill at all, it’s the ability to come up with ideas that get people talking.”— Mike Fleiss, amazon.com
“To motivate the producing team, Jeffress offered cash incentives. He kept a wad of crisp $ 100 bills in his pocket and promised one to anyone who delivered strong drama. The first producer to get tears? A hundred bucks! You get Michel to make out with the right girl? A hundred bucks! Catch a chick p…”— Amy Kaufman, amazon.com
“Those are the [moments] that make you feel that reality TV can actually change lives and inspire people.”— Scott Freeman, buzzfeed.com
“Yeah. I have no idea why [I make people angry]. I work really hard – I have seven appointments tomorrow before 10am. I'm constantly on the go. I have a successful clothing line. A fragrance. I mean, acting and singing aren't the only ways to be talented.”— Kim Kardashian, theguardian.com
“It calls to mind the questions posed back in the 1960s by Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram, who had been fascinated by the impact of spectacle and authority on soldiers’ obedience in Nazi Germany. Milgram wanted to know if German war criminals could have been following orders, as they claimed, and…”— Douglas Rushkoff, amazon.com