Television Quotes · Page 157

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

— Terry Wogan

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

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

— Mandira Bedi

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

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

— Katelyn Ohashi

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

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

— Zach Gilford

There's going to be a new cable-TV channel for dogs. Dogs don't even watch TV. But the schedule came out today. And…

— Craig Ferguson

Hey, if I had my choice for social engineering, I'd declare an automatic R-rating for any movie that depicts television commercials. There's…

— Marshall Herskovitz

“I call TVs 'erasers' because they have not only wiped away the entire human experience to date, but whatever it was they…

— Kurt Vonnegut

But television, when I was doing it, was all about scoring. You had to make these jokes bang, do whatever you could…

— Tom Hanks

The show is not a history lesson or intellectual exploration. It is entertainment based on tension, irony and storytelling that is closely…

— Matthew Weiner

Broadcasting for advertisers is still the best game in town, and they know it. Look, I admire a lot of the shows…

— Leslie Moonves

All human activity is fruitless when pitted against the girls and boys singing on pop television, for they have found the answer…

— Steven Morrissey

Their argument is that most shows are losers, which is true, but it's also disingenuous to say, 'We are not going to…

— Dick Wolf

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

— Gautam Rode

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

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

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

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

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

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

— Shobana

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

I doubt if the public thought of me as Christ when they next saw me as Temple Houston on television.

— Jeffrey Hunter

Nowadays, kids know how a programme like Merlin is made and how it works. But the show just seems to grow in…

— Colin Morgan

Networks don't want a show with a continuing story. There's no backend potential.

— William Devane

I love 'The Vampire Diaries!' I can't help it - it's such a teeny-bopper show, but I think I just like it…

— Ashley Wagner

The movie, if I recall, didn't have to do with the television show because there were concerns from everyone that they didn't…

— David Selby

The closer you get to what's happening in TV now and the ways it's evolving, the more danger you get into.

— Alan Sepinwall

The idea of being on television is to wear your T-shirt so people see it and maybe buy it.

— CM Punk