grab hold of

"There is so much to reflect on. It's an extraordinary thing to get to my stage in my career and still be doing new things, new excitement. So, I really wanted to grab hold of that."

I’m curious how you would amend this quote: “There are two ways to survive in television now, and one is really hard, and I haven’t cracked it yet, which is to grab hold of this giant zeitgeist hit like ‘Modern Family,’ where everyone in the world wants to see it, and you just write your own ticket.

“Time is of the essence for us to grab hold of the fire and start getting containment.”

Programs with bright colors, repetition and songs grab hold of children’s attention, he said.

“Life on Earth: Art & Ecofeminism” is a somewhat difficult exhibition to grab hold of, but that’s mostly because its important subject is so much larger than a diverse but relatively modest presentation can encompass.