In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen.
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“In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen.”
— Ted Koppel · Caesar
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More Caesar Quotes
“In praising Antony I have dispraised Caesar.”
“It's a lot easier to let someone else be Caesar.”
“I grew up on variety shows. I'm from the '60s and '70s. I loved watching Flip Wilson. I loved watching Sid Caesar's 'Your Show of Shows,' 'The Ed Sullivan Show.' I love all of those variety shows.”
“My very first acting job ever, the first time I got paid to be an actress, was in 2001, right between my sophomore and junior year in college, when I was just 19 years old. I got paid $250 every two weeks, 10 shows a week, to be in the Utah Shakespearean Festival. I was Calpurnia in 'Julius Caesar.'”
“While trying to protect the republic, the conspirators in Julius Caesar enable Mark Antony to triumph. In Rose Rage, the more Henry VI tries to fix things, the more they go wrong.”
“Believe it or not, but 'White Heat' and 'Little Caesar' keep dancing around in my brainpan while I'm writing 'Moonshine.'”