Television Quotes · Page 159

When it's finished, I'll get the box set, and I'll have a 'Game of Thrones' month, and that'll be fantastic. That'll be…

— Ed Skrein

We all [Ed Simmons,Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis] started together, so there were no rules - anything we wrote became television.

— Norman Lear

Rupert Murdoch is in bed with Cameron. Of course they want to kill the BBC... anybody who is in the way.

— Stellan Skarsgard

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.

— Peter De Vries

Of course I want to do films. But to me, television is equally important. It is where I got recognition.

— Ashish Sharma

I love watching great TV, whether it's to educate myself more on my craft or to just simply be entertained.

— Rachel G. Fox

As far as TV goes, of course there's pressure to look good. It's not something I've ever cared about too much.

— Spencer Matthews

Except for a few episodes, I have not watched any of my shows. I don't think I like to watch myself on…

— Mouni Roy

I think it's an important thing for a Mexican to say, especially now with the rebellion in Chiapas. Mexico has to confront…

— Richard Rodriguez

The music and everything we're doing on the stage and on television backs itself up. If that's what gets people's curiosity going…

— Tina Yothers

I was my class playwright and I wrote plays set in villages with kings and chiefs.My plays were about treason and betrayals.…

— Sefi Atta

I always say the classier cousin of 'Anchorman' is 'Mad Men,' because when you really look at it, why do people really…

— Adam McKay

I've been looking for a versatile and writer-driven home that could help me bring more complex, exciting, and potentially murderous characters to…

— Marti Noxon

To me, the idea of a weatherman is really powerful. There's a guy on television or on the radio telling us the…

— Gregory Alan Isakov

I enjoyed Jonathan Franzen's 'Freedom.' Would I make that into a film? I think it's better suited to television. That would very…

— Peter Weir

Reality television, which turned its eye on people who were doing nothing but being themselves, was the perfect expression of this trend…

— Alexander McCall Smith

A long-running TV series is a beast in that it demands you stick to one character over a long haul.

— Grant Bowler

I want to be comfortable on TV. If I'm comfortable, they're comfortable watching me. I think nothing's more icky than watching icky…

— Luke Bryan

I'm always in awe at how fast television is and how quickly you're called upon to be 100 percent invested in a…

— LaTanya Richardson

Things end in this business. Shows get canceled, or you walk away from them - but most likely, things get canceled.

— Nikki Glaser

The great thing about being on a television show is that it usually provides you with fairly steady income so you can…

— Ian Harding

'The Chase' is such a strong format and so simple to follow. The best quiz show formats are the simplest.

— Bradley Walsh

I really don't know how women in television news do the job. It's a very male-oriented business.

— Mariette Hartley

It was just a really thrilling little ride on this big world of 'Sons of Anarchy.'

— Donal Logue

I like the fact that a modern television and modern drama on cable has characters that are really intricate and deep and…

— Matthew Lillard

When I was a child, there were times when we had to entertain ourselves. And usually the best way to do that…

— Jack Handey

We're really trying to make movies for TV. Producers and writers are taking risks that they weren't in the past.

— Philip Winchester

What I don't believe is that DVDs or HD broadcasts can be a substitute for the real thing.

— Roger Allam

A zen couch potato is a person who contemplates the nature of televised existence.

— Richard Helms

When I was a kid, we got up, we walked a number of paces to a television, turned it on, and changed…

— Jeffrey Tambor

Black films and television are growing and getting the recognition... and the opportunities.

— Demetrius Shipp, Jr

If I programmed my own TV network, it would air good news! Just positive stories. Heroic stories. Cute puppy dogs doin' stuff.

— Jennifer Aniston

'Lost' is about a bunch of people stranded on an island. It's compelling, but kind of tiny. But what sustains you are…

— Carlton Cuse

Many people think I'm a television personality. I never have been! Just someone who acts it.

— Graham Kennedy

For me it's the funniest show on TV. 'Benidorm' is such old-school, 'Carry On,' panto humour. It's so warm.

— Martin Kemp

Sometimes, I'll be flipping the channel at home and think, 'Wow, there's a lot of me on TV.'

— Lester Holt

The comforts come from my movie and television writing. It is unusual to live this well simply from books.

— Anatoly Rybakov

Yeah, I'd done a bunch of pilots. Some that had gone for a while. One that went for 13 episodes. But I…

— Donal Logue

If you watch a television show made by accomplished professionals of children's TV, it's all very expressive.

— Taron Egerton

If there's ever going to be a challenge for an actor, it's that character who's often evolving - which is not often…

— Jim Rash