Television Quotes · Page 139

Television is like a microwave. So many shows come and go, so to have something people would like to see back is…

— Simone Missick

How are children supposed to learn to act like adults, when so much of what they see on television shows adults acting…

— Thomas Sowell

If we can be changing some lives along the way, that's the holy grail on television.

— Nancy Dubuc

The heart and soul of network programming is series programming, the weekly repetition of characters you like having in your house.

— Dick Wolf

When I was coming up, if you were on a TV show, that meant something was wrong with your career. Now it…

— Billy Bob Thornton

What's so strong about 'Game of Thrones' is that it's a character and political drama, with a sort of fantasy backdrop.

— Elijah Wood

It's not every network that's calling up a perimenopausal woman who sings cabaret to do a TV show.

— Bridget Everett

All reality TV shows are a triumph of voyeurism. They choose contestants who are ill-suited and slightly freakish.

— Terry Wogan

But the thing is if you've got an hour to sit down in front of a television, then the likelihood is that…

— Christian Cooke

I got a message from one of my friends in Puerto Rico, who said, 'Sonia, there's nobody working in Puerto Rico -…

— Sonia Sotomayor

I've been an acquaintance of the president Ryan Glover for some years and for a couple years we've been talking about possibilities,…

— Ed Gordon

Largely because of television, instead of looking over into that spacious building, we are, in effect, living inside of it. That is…

— Boyd K. Packer

Your cable television is experiencing difficulties. Please do not panic. Resist the temptation to read or talk to loved ones. Do not…

— Matt Groening

“Pilot scripts are particularly difficult to write because you have to introduce all the characters without it feeling like a series of…

— Tina Fey

Pen-and-paper role-playing is live theater and computer games are television. People want the convenience and instant gratification of turning on the TV…

— Gary Gygax

Most major sports benefit from the fact that betting by the general public fuels fan interest and boosts television ratings. The Super…

— Thomas Hauser

Far from 'rotting my brain,' as I was often told would happen, TV helped me feel less alone at a time when…

— Emily V. Gordon

Watching something on the TV or Internet is not nearly as incredible as it is when you see it in person.

— Katelyn Ohashi

I'm reading and trying to find a television show that I really like, so I can start really working again and gain…

— Shannyn Sossamon

There really needs to be more of progressive shows and strong characters that women should aspire to be like.

— Mandira Bedi

This journey that I've been on, in television, I have committed to it. I'm committed to whatever my truth is and that…

— Porsha Williams

There is something supremely reassuring about television; the worst is always yet to come.

— Jack Gould

My life is not nuts. I hardly ever watch television, I don't go out very much, so I don't really know what's…

— Sophie Okonedo

Whatever I do, no matter it's for television, web or the big screen - it should satisfy me as an actor.

— Gautam Rode

I really have no preference between TV and film. I think that each individual project is its own thing and has a…

— Zach Gilford

I've been watching a lot of A&E's 'Intervention.' I know that's sort of depressing, but I love watching it.

— Vanessa Bayer

I have not watched WAGs World, I have not watched the BBC's Upstairs, Downstairs, either. It would be Downton Abbey, I think.

— Theresa May

MTV definitely has the effect of narrowing the range of music that hits the mainstream. On the other hand, isn't that the…

— Ann Powers

Western influences have turned the world into a small global village, particularly through television and other mediums.

— Shobana

I think of how much I've learned from doing television, and it is so invaluable.

— Alycia Debnam-Carey

'Grey's Anatomy,' that was a great show to be part of, but they work really long hours. They were all just really…

— Jesse Plemons

I knew very early on I wanted to be a television writer. My teachers told me I was a strong writer and…

— Lena Waithe

Television represents what happens to a medium when the artists have no power and the businessmen are in full, unquestioned control.

— Pauline Kael

In the industry, I got a lot of attention for Mad Men, because everyone in the industry watches it.

— Sarah Drew

I love working in TV. And I love the adrenaline of hosting things like 'Access Hollywood' with, like, zero preparation and just…

— Frankie Grande

The first thing I went out for was 'The Sopranos' and I got it, so that's how it happened. I hate to…

— Vanessa Ferlito

I would rather stare at the wall for half an hour than watch an episode of any of the 53,801 Australian soap…

— Terry Pratchett

The number of people in public life who appear on television or on the big screen who are content to be who…

— Rush Limbaugh

I was so sad that 'Best Friends Forever' got cancelled. I thought it was a great show and NBC didn't give it…

— Erinn Hayes

I know it sounds hokey but I think, ultimately, on television you can't hide who you are.

— Robert Urich