Making Masterpiece Quotes

“It was 1969, and for all the girls and women I knew, life changed profoundly in those four years of college. In 1965 we entered, most of us virginally, as freshmen in knee socks and loafers, looking for husbands and studying art history. We graduated in bell-bottoms and white armbands, taking the Pill and attempting to save the world.”
― Rebecca Eaton, Making Masterpiece: 25 Years Behind the Scenes at Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery! on PBS

“Vassar was like all colleges in the 1960s: a scene of deep friendships, love, booze, dope, sex, music, and politics.”
― Rebecca Eaton, Making Masterpiece: 25 Years Behind the Scenes at Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery! on PBS

“I discovered that drama can transport you to another world, another mood.”
― Rebecca Eaton, Making Masterpiece: 25 Years Behind the Scenes at Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery! on PBS

“Masterpiece" lives on and on because it brilliantly does one of the things television is supposed to do: it entertains and distracts. Its programs are high-class escapism, but they don't leave you feeling that you've wasted your time. "Downton Abbey" may be high-end soap opera, but it's satisfying -- and it makes you feel something.”
― Rebecca Eaton, Making Masterpiece: 25 Years Behind the Scenes at Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery! on PBS

“One day I'm just going to say, "Good evening, I'm Alistair Cooke. Screw the plot! Watch the program.”
― Rebecca Eaton, Making Masterpiece: 25 Years Behind the Scenes at Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery! on PBS