Television Quotes · Page 164

I hope to continue doing TV, and I think that what I've learned on 'The Strain' will come in handy.

— Guillermo del Toro

I was a huge fan of 'Arrested Development,' and there's just something it tickles in me and it's bright and it's hilarious.

— Keri Russell

A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station, not the factory. It concentrates its energy on infiltrating and changing the image…

— Abbie Hoffman

A lot of people don't know the first time I was ever on national television I was a 'Soul Train' dancer.

— Nick Cannon

Honestly, it's a sad truth, but whenever a show is about to go off air, you start getting hints because the work…

— Jasmin Bhasin

No one really sees the hours of work you put into that moment that finally happens on television or in the theater;…

— Jordan Fisher

My parents used to fight a lot, and I think they fought a lot at night, and they would turn the television…

— Chuck Palahniuk

The strangest thing about writing a sitcom, is never knowing if it will become anything but words on a page.

— Pippa Evans

Movies have gotten dull, the way network television got dull. And television, if we can still even call it that, is still…

— William Gibson

I wanted to be the antithesis of a bubbly presenter because I was bored of seeing that. The average TV presenter was…

— Amelia Dimoldenberg

I used to struggle a lot with the depiction of violence in 'EastEnders.' I had more meetings with producers about that than…

— Martin Kemp

When television began, it modeled itself after radio. Many early television programs were radio programs first. 'My Favorite Wife,' 'The Jack Benny…

— David Gerrold

I learned my business in the theater and in television, particularly working with the actors. You can learn much more in the…

— Michael Haneke

During all the years I entertained at the Baby Grand night club in Harlem, 90 percent of the audience was white. But…

— Nipsey Russell

Well, I think tone is very important with this show [Masters of Sex] because there are certain elements or certain aspects to…

— Michael Sheen

I was raised to be self-conscious about weight. Then as I got older and started doing television, it became a career issue,…

— Margaret Cho

Girls' is a huge show, as far as buzz, and magazine covers, and getting a ton of copy, and awards. And yet…

— Mike White

With TV, you film something and have to wait six months to scrawl through Twitter to see what people think.

— Karla Crome

We're in this really different world of television where everybody is binge watching, and it almost doesn't matter where you're airing.

— Jessica St. Clair

I think there will be 20 years of evolution from linear broadcast to internet television.

— Reed Hastings

I'm a writer and a photographer - I'm totally aware that doesn't always translate to TV.

— Ree Drummond

There was so long from when we did the pilot and then when the show was eventually picked up by Comedy Central…

— Thomas Lennon

The only reason to do a television series is to make it successful. And if it is successful, that's a six or…

— Adrien Brody

When you have a guest role, it's like being dropped into a show out of a helicopter.

— Susan Blommaert

I don't think it's that strange that a show has sort of a bumpy beginning. It's just part and parcel of the…

— David E. Kelley

Yes, we're trying some new stuff. Some of it might work. Some of it might not. This, of course, is the nature…

— Marc Cherry

In television, you can leave so many things open-ended. For everything you wrap up, you can open another one or two.

— Michael Brandt

I always say if you've seen good acting on television, those actors are really good. Because there's just not enough time. You…

— Sasha Alexander

My experience as a young actor on network television was that I couldn't make it work. I was drowning as an actor.

— James Badge Dale

Sitcoms are usually given short shrift by the acting profession, but it's quite an amazing job.

— Lea Thompson

Politics is not a picture on a wall or a television sitcom that you can decide you don't much care for.

— Molly Ivins

So many of the kids on television have really nice clothes, perfect skin and hair.

— Gia Coppola

Acting in TV as opposed to films is really difficult. What a film gets two months to do, we get eight days…

— Michelle Borth

The good show is not about people fighting or getting drunk or throwing up on each other, or hating each other -…

— Cat Deeley

My job was to find interesting material that would give us a quality television show.

— Warren Littlefield

Being deaf and partially blind means I don't really watch TV. I wouldn't know what to do with a remote control.

— Eric Sykes

When 'Firefly' was canceled, we had just a few other places to shop it to - to take it over... And all…

— Alan Tudyk

“I should create a TV show called 61 Minutes. It’ll be like 60 Minutes—only more.”

— Jarod Kintz

There's no money in television, but TV provides the wherewithal to get the dollars for live performances.

— Nipsey Russell

I hate it when people talk about Buffy as being campy... I hate camp, I don't enjoy dumb TV. I believe Aaron…

— Joss Whedon