Television Quotes · Page 204

I don't like to watch golf on television because I can't stand people who whisper.

— David Brenner

Penalties are not football. They are not even as television people keep telling us, great drama. They are cheap melodrama.

— Simon Barnes

I always say that I started in television when harassed was two words instead of one.

— Katie Couric

When I started in the business, you did television, and then when you got lucky, you got a prestige project of a…

— Cuba Gooding, Jr

I grew up going to the movies, not watching them on television, so I'm still a bit resistant to TV as a…

— Kenneth Lonergan

When I made TV shows, people called them regressive. Clearly, everyone wants to generalize everything, but I like to choose a middle…

— Ekta Kapoor

Love from the fans is flattering. That's what makes the show. They are so essential to everything involved with 'Once Upon a…

— Jamie Dornan

What's so frustrating is that there are so many things I want to bring to television, but the networks just don't seem…

— Soupy Sales

While I've found many of the religious shows I've viewed over the years not to be to my liking, or in line…

— Bill Hicks

I watch reality TV , but unless you have been part of that crew, unless you've sort of been immersed in that…

— Dhani Jones

When Dr. King was murdered, I had no idea who he was. But as soon as I heard his words on television…

— Michael Eric Dyson

Corporate America was hurling offers at her. Thinking even bigger, wanting even more, she had dreams of starting a Martha Stewart magazine…

— Jerry Oppenheimer

I intend 'Dämmerung' to be an ironic meditation on the financial rewards of poetry and a tragicomic lament on the passing of…

— Simon Armitage

We need imagination in programming, not sterility; creativity, not imitation; experimentation, not conformity; excellence, not mediocrity. Television is filled with creative, imaginative…

— Newton N. Minow

Astonishing times. Who would have imagined that the Crazy Gang would yield a Hollywood film star (Vinny Jones), a British television ever-present…

— Giles Smith

I wonder if, as the tech to deliver content continues to evolve, we will start seeing the one season / 6-8 hour…

— Brad Feld

I remember when John Cameron Swayze over the television told me personally that the Russians now had the atomic bomb; then I…

— George A. Romero

All that I am today, every part of my success and experience- it's all because of TV.

— Hiten Tejwani

I love to go back and write and direct another film one day, but that's on the backburner for now because I'm…

— Kevin D. Williamson

You can have ambiguity in television that you are not allowed in film... at least in Hollywood studio films.

— Richard LaGravenese

It's a cliche to say this now, but to me, 'The Sopranos' is like Dickens. It's able to take this very focused…

— Stephen Merchant

Not every show is meant to impart education and has to be entertainment driven as well.

— Rubina Dilaik

When I turn the TV on, if it is WTA, ATP, whatever, I like to watch it obviously.

— Carlos Alcaraz

TV chefs are not responsible for people's consumption of fibre; this is not our job.

— Yotam Ottolenghi

Especially while television I think is going through some growing pains or is in need of - I think current comedy is…

— Jenna Elfman

When I'm not working, I am the laziest person. I can literally lie on a couch and watch television for 15 hours.

— Jennifer Lawrence

In my mind, everything is too sanitised on television - what is wrong with things going wrong?

— Bruce Forsyth

I got really into 'North of 60,' and I'll still watch reruns of 'Da Vinci's Inquest.'

— James Tupper

some soap opera, you know, real people pretending to be fake people with made-up problems being watched by real people to forget…

— Chuck Palahniuk

[Television] is a great medium for writers, because there's just no time for a studio to interfere very long. You write it,…

— Tina Fey

I do a lot of TV stuff, but I also turn a lot down - it's got to be an adventure.

— Vanilla Ice

Part of walking the line as showrunner is trying to please people and still be true to what you believe creatively.

— Billy Lawrence

I'm quite happy sat in front of the telly watching everything on Sky, Netflix, Amazon Prime. And the one called Roku. I've…

— Shaun Ryder

No mighty king, no ambitious emperor, no pope, or prophet ever dreamt of such an awesome pulpit, so potent a magic wand.

— Fred W. Friendly

It's become impossible to enjoy most quality television shows because the hurt or endangered women device is so frequently used.

— Jessica Valenti

I love Steven Wright. I was in high school in the '80s, and there was a lot of stand up on television.

— Demetri Martin

It's cool when you have someone like Tony Khan, who has a national television company and is letting you take the ball…

— Darby Allin

Conspiracies are a perennial favorite for television producers because there is always a receptive audience.

— Michael Shermer

It's obvious that any new show comes with its share of blunders, misfires, and bad choices.

— Robert Lepage

Television and radio do a wonderful job in focusing attention on the problems of our society.

— Richard J. Daley