Television Quotes · Page 174

There is a middlebrow snobbery in America that praises everything on public television and disdains everything on the commercial networks as a…

— Henry Fairlie

I've obviously witnessed the world of TV production, and I'm just a bit fascinated by people being a bit awful.

— Ruth Jones

'Surviving Jack' was actually a really nice show that was very well-run creatively.

— Kevin Reilly

In my day we didn't have sex education, we just picked up what we could off the television.

— Victoria Wood

For me, I had just come from kids telly, 'Dancing on Ice' was the first grown-up telly I had ever done.

— Holly Willoughby

'Getting On' - that show, it broke my heart. It really was like the greatest love of my life. I'm forever changed…

— Alex Borstein

I really am enjoying the fact that I feel like women are having more and more say in Hollywood, in television particular.

— Miriam Shor

If I had created reality television I would have had a much greater influence, but then I would have had to KILL…

— Joss Whedon

Charred bits of black silk swirl into the air, and pearls clatter to the stage… I’m in a dress of the exact…

— Suzanne Collins

It's just immensely frustrating that things like Breaking Bad get made that are kind of perfect! There's not even a bad episode…

— Damon Lindelof

There's no better training than working on a soap opera because of the amount of hours, the amount of pages you do…

— Daniela Ruah

I believe television is going to be the test of the modern world, and that in this new opportunity to see beyond…

— E. B. White

The more intelligent the storytelling becomes and the deeper the character development, people will realize in film and television, like they do…

— Robert LaSardo

Because if you remember - and people forget this - the first two years of Game of Thrones everybody was going, "I…

— Alex Graves

Leaving Nickelodeon was definitely an adjustment. Because then, it was back to the real world of, 'Now I'm an adult looking for…

— Kenan Thompson

Obviously, 'Homeland' is not just a spy thriller. It's more than that, but 'Tyrant' will be a bit more of a palace…

— Adam Rayner

I don't really watch TV series because I don't want to get hooked on them and have them suck up all my…

— M. Ward

Nashville was totally different than I ever dreamed. I had only seen the music business on television and been to a couple…

— Faith Hill

My whole adolescence has been on 'Game of Thrones;' I don't know what I'm going to do without it.

— Sophie Turner

I understand our audience loves to see some drama on TV, but even they have got bored with similar patterns of carrying…

— Armaan Malik

When you're doing a television series, unless you really pay attention to your life, it doesn't leave very much time for anything…

— Mary Tyler Moore

By the time the networks get through worrying about who they're gonna tick off, they wind up with nothing.

— Joe Don Baker

TV's hard work. I don't know how the hell Angela Lansbury survived doing 'Murder, She Wrote' all those years.

— Christopher Meloni

I like 'EastEnders,' yes. If I didn't respect the show, I wouldn't have gone into it.

— David Essex

I've just watched the whole series of 'Flight of the Conchords'. I absolutely love it - the humour, the actors, everything about…

— Konnie Huq

National Geographic has awesome stuff. I like Court TV. Sometimes I'll watch Reality Mix because they have some interesting stuff on that.

— Erik Estrada

If we're bringing up kids that are so stupid that they kill themselves because of a song, what good are the kids…

— Marilyn Manson

Television enjoys a de facto monopoly on what goes into the heads of a significant part of the population and what they…

— Pierre Bourdieu

Television exposes the world to the accident. The world is exposed to accidents through television.

— Paul Virilio

I love the intimacy of TV. I love the fact that you don't necessarily have the pressure of an audience or anyone…

— Abi Morgan

Our show is different, because it's not about law and order, it's about psychology, the intent of somebody.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

I would wish eventually to be able to make television that informs and educates as well as entertains.

— Drummond Money-Coutts

You know what I like? I like classic stuff. I like 'The Andy Griffith Show' - the variety of characters was so…

— J. B. Smoove

Our Times, a Brief History: As televisions became flatter, People became rounder.

— Demetri Martin

'Almost Live' allowed me to take chances and try things you can't do on national television. It allowed me to screw up.

— Joel McHale

There's nothing more creative I'll ever do in my career than trying to make an hour of TV everyday.

— James Corden

I have a special ability to spot TV shows that don't go past two seasons; that's my gift.

— Lizzy Caplan

As for 'Supernatural,' I had seen many episodes and enjoyed the show before my audition.

— Julie McNiven

There are literally tens of thousands of very good content providers in the world that don't distribute their content through TV channels.

— Silvio Scaglia

Working on 'Mad Men' was an incredible experience. It was such an incredible show with beautiful writing and so much complexity.

— Alexis Bledel