Television Quotes · Page 218

“When I was very young I couldn't watch anything black and white on TV because I knew the people moving were now…

— Dave Eggers

If I'm ever murdered, I hope it's interesting enough to be the inspiration for a Law & Order episode.

— Anonymous

Seriously, if people tune in and watch 'Falling Skies,' they will see a show that will excite them, move them, and will…

— Maxim Knight

I don't know, I think when filming a reality show, you definitely sign up for showing the world vulnerable parts of your…

— Tana Mongeau

I was always singing and dancing for my mother when I wasn't glued to the television watching I Love Lucy or the…

— Debra Messing

I was court-ordered to Alcoholics Anonymous on television. Pretty much blows the hell out of the second A, wouldn't you say?

— Paula Poundstone

They baffle me where they go with the storylines... we used to be a Golden Globe winning show.

— Jeremy London

The thing about TV is you kind of have an endless canvas. You can always keep going.

— Justin Simien

The idea that you waited for that particular issue to come out, but then you planned your TV viewing for the coming…

— David Bianculli

I'm extra harsh on pilot scripts, which is difficult because pilots, generally, are not that great. You have to imagine the whole…

— Lizzy Caplan

Initially I started in theatre as a Shakespearean actress before film and television. I've always been an artistic child growing up and…

— Lorraine Toussaint

I'll miss working with Mark, and all of the other Sharks. Each of them has been incredibly generous and warm to me,…

— Chris Sacca

All my interesting stories are from before I was on television. Nothing interesting has happened to me since then. Maybe it's because…

— Graham Norton

In the past, if you did film, you couldn't do stage, and if you did film, you certainly didn't do television. You…

— Garret Dillahunt

The pilot is a sales tool; it introduces you to the characters and might set the template for what the show is…

— Michael Spiller

The people with mean things to say, say them. At the end of the day, the mean things and the good things…

— Craig Zadan

We know what Donald Trump has said and what he's done to women. But he also went after a disabled reporter, mocked…

— Hillary Clinton

I enjoy watching Fear Factor, Newlyweds and American Idol as far as reality TV shows go.

— Natalie Gulbis

It's not my aspiration to appear on a reality show. That's the last thing I need in my life.

— Carolina Herrera

We went a few decades without a good mullet on TV, so I'm happy to bring it back.

— Josh McDermitt

I haven't had a TV in 10 years, and I really don't miss it. 'Cause it's always so much more fun to…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I only want to do live shows. What happens with TV shows is you can't always do things live.

— Nadine Coyle

I grew up watching Oprah on television. So, to say I didn't learn a lot from her just wouldn't be true.

— Angie Martinez

Television in itself is a very big platform, and movies are even bigger. So we cannot compare both of them.

— Sara Khan

We don't work in the traditional TV format where we're like writing concurrently to shooting. Like, we really view it as a…

— Jay Duplass

We always had one eye on doing Saturday night TV even when we were back doing mornings. That's where we wanted to…

— Declan Donnelly

The only thing high-definition television will do is provide sharper images of the garbage.

— George Carlin

We have it, we're lucky enough that we've created a show where it's not about... a family, or a kid, it's about…

— Trey Parker

Television and film are such streamlined story mediums. You can't really meander about, whereas a novel is an interior experience.

— Steven Bochco

The only educational aspect of television is that it puts the repair man's kids through college.

— Joan Walsh Anglund

It is extremely difficult to do anything constructive, let alone deep, on daily commercial television, especially on a talk show.

— Dennis Prager

I love the show 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia;' that's probably a guilty pleasure! I laugh so hard.

— Linden Ashby

It takes a while to get a show on, and I've a number that have not yet been produced. I want to…

— Leslie Bricusse

I think in a lot of network television, everyone's vaguely Protestant and doesn't really go to church so they can be 'relatable.'

— Rachel Bloom

Ive done a lot of shows that didnt do well. You have to go in with a 50-50 take on it. If…

— Amanda Righetti

Working in theater, film, or television are three different jobs for an actor, and I accept them as such.

— James Spader

Matt Weiner is an amazing writer. He's one of the best, greatest writers that's ever written for television - or just written.

— Jared Harris

Somebody somewhere decided to put me on TV without really thinking twice about it.

— Chris March

Future generations will look back on TV as the lead in the water pipes that slowly drove the Romans mad.

— Kurt Vonnegut

I have been inundated with offers to move into a career in television or film, and these, too, are tempting.

— David Ginola