“The industry is changing and evolving so much. For the kind of broadcaster that I want to be, I want to understand the value of the other roles around me. That’s why it was important for me to learn how to do different things.”

“Be true to yourself, to the way you deliver your sportscast or broadcast, whatever you’re doing.”

“At the end of the day, don’t worry about if anybody says you can’t do something… stay true to yourself as an artist. Tell the stories that you want to tell, and most importantly that you need to tell, for whatever those reasons may be.”

interviewed by Haley Lloyd Student Filmmaker Whitney Reynolds sits down with Haley Lloyd, to discuss how she went from a small-town Oklahoma girl, to hosting her own nationally syndicated self-titled talk show. In this episode, we discuss how Reynolds has stayed grounded, working to not

“One of the things, to me, that’s so important when you’re a producer or director, or any of those kinds of positions… is that you have a knowledge of everybody’s position – the stagehands, the audio people, the lighting people, the editors.”

“Whatever it is, just do it with honesty, do it truthfully, and don’t let your credibility be swayed by anyone or anything.”

“It was about persistence, boldness, and courage.”

“No position is below me. I just want to learn from other people on set.”

“You got to do it for you, rather than for them.”

“Creativity is something that comes and goes, but you’re never going to get anything done if you don’t do the work, if you don’t take the time and do the work.”

“Basically, hustling like it is crazy! That is the one common denominator between the people who really make it (whatever their definition of it is) and everyone else. Beyond working hard. Saying yes to everything.”

The minute you start falling more in love with your product than the people receiving your product is the minute you start going backwards.”

“Is your heart happy? Are you happy? When you wake up in the morning, is there a little zest for life? Do you love what you do? Yes, work is hard, but do you love your work? To me, success is setting a goal, accomplishing a goal and being happy doing it. ”

“…anytime something comes at you, you got to be ready to look it square in the eye and make a call about it.”

“Don’t ever lose sight of the audience. TV is a very one way medium and it’s easy to forget that you need to engage the audience in an interactive way.”