Television Quotes · Page 215

I actually think the BBC and, to a lesser extent, ITV have recognised for quite a while that age and experience count…

— Angela Rippon

The idea of the writer/producer in television is much younger than people think it is.

— Matt Nix

There are now more TV's in British households than there are people - which is a bit of a worry.

— Prince Charles

When you're working on a television series, you only get a very short off-season. The scheduling of TV is relentless.

— Joshua Jackson

I've done fairly well as a performer and a DJ in the U.K., so 'Game of Thrones' really just opened up a…

— Kristian Nairn

I don't understand how shows are made and what is the grammar or formula behind making them successful or unsuccessful.

— Sunil Grover

There's no better place to do a longform project than HBO. I loved the creative teams I got a chance to work…

— Todd Haynes

'Pretty Little Liars' - my sister and I read the books, so we stuck to it for the first season, but it…

— Gracie Gold

I think it's important for History to keep experimenting with their shows. The more documentary-driven, the returning series, are the bottom of…

— Nancy Dubuc

For me, a good show is not a perfect show; it's just one where you connected. It's a show where the fans…

— Walker Hayes

USA does such a great job sort of branding and packaging their shows and you know, they move and they sort of…

— James Roday

I wrote my own play, 'The Westie Monologues,' about where I'm from in Australia, and it was very successful. From that, I…

— Rebel Wilson

“Cultural copaganda is all around us--from the CIA , starting in the 1950s funding projects like the Iowa Writers' Workshop or fronting…

— Alec Karakatsanis

For years, people had been saying, 'You guys should have a reality show - it would be crazy,' and I didn't pay…

— Kris Jenner

Even the most loyal viewers of a show would only watch one out of three episodes. As someone who made television, I…

— Tim Kring

I would never, ever, ever, ever say I have regretted the 'A-Team,' 'Magnum PI' or 'Murder She Wrote' or any of the…

— David Hemmings

I'm terrified of being in the relationship where we're just scrolling and watching TV and not paying attention to each other.

— Gabby Windey

People are sophisticated viewers, as evidenced by the risks that are taken in cable television, and I think network has to do…

— Todd Lieberman

I never really imagined a show about a sponge going past our first season. I thought maybe we'd have a cult following,…

— Stephen Hillenburg

“What were they building? Alcorn asked. A game you could play on a TV screen. They’re crazy,”

— Leslie Berlin

Here's my goal: I want to make a seriously dark show, and not on a network that has ever done that.

— Maggie Q

You have to work years in hit shows to make people sick and tired of you, but you can accomplish this in…

— Walter Slezak

Two hours on television just doesn't automatically happen. I'm up early, I'm reading newspapers online, talking to my staff, coming up with…

— Wolf Blitzer

I entered into Dawson's Creek to do a couple of episodes. They weren't sure about my role in the beginning, but then…

— Sasha Alexander

TV is part of your life - it makes you feel connected to the rest of the world - as opposed to…

— Zoe Kravitz

I would love to appear in 'Scandal,' something like that, or 'Grey's Anatomy' because I think they're incredible.

— Cynthia Erivo

I watched 'Downton Abbey' twice, and I'm thinking of watching it for a third time. It is so good!

— Rory O'Malley

For me, 'The Goldbergs' was about surviving a crazy family - and believe me, the show is a sanitized version!

— Adam F. Goldberg

The first presidential debate was down in Florida. Residents spent all day putting plywood on their televisions.

— David Letterman

For 'Breaking Bad,' people were with Walter White for 99% of that show, even though that guy is a monster.

— Adam McKay

The average kindergartner has seen more than 5,000 hours of TV-more time than it takes to earn a bachelor's degree.

— Shook

George Clooney had the web of celebrity from television and doing 'ER,' and he's able to parlay that into films. God willing,…

— Bailey Chase

Television in its present form...[is] the opiate of the people of the United States.

— Richard M. Nixon

Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.

— Alfred Hitchcock

I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news…

— Ted Turner

Dear shaving commercials, stop shaving hairless legs. If you want impress us, please shave a gorilla.

— Ashley

Now, people can watch the entire first series over a period that would probably take you a couple of nights.

— Tim Roth

On television one gets to do things in detail and at an easier pace. You can experiment a lot with the character,…

— Vishwajeet Pradhan

Europe has a press that stresses opinions; America a press, radio, and television that emphasize news.

— James Reston

I'm just a simple television and film producer who started off from her garage and whose only idea was to tell a…

— Ekta Kapoor