Television Quotes · Page 220

There's not a whole lot of events out there on television, especially in the years between Olympic Games.

— Shannon Miller

I have been involved with this stuff [newspapers, television] all my life, but I'm involved, so I know when you're telling the…

— Donald Trump

Whenever anyone asks me if I'm from a TV show, I say yes - no matter whether I've ever been on it.…

— Michael Ian Black

It's so many years of reading story. You leave work and it goes away till you see it air on television.

— Jacob Young

Tim [Omundson] is just so wonderfully delicious. He has the sexiest beard on television. He's such a fabulous actor, and a great…

— J. Robbins

I'm sure Roddenberry in his wildest dreams never would have thought he would have gotten five TV series out of his idea.

— John de Lancie

We are drawn to our television sets each April the way we are drawn to the scene of an accident.

— Vincent Canby

I would like television to produce some itching pills rather than this endless outpouring of tranquilizers..

— Edward R. Murrow

I happened to fall into a job that wound up being a seminal piece of television history, which was a show I…

— Deirdre Lovejoy

In a weird way, 'Veronica Mars' was my reaction to 'Freaks and Geeks' because 'Freaks and Geeks' was the show I wanted…

— Rob Thomas

Capricorns like to stay in one place. I have to go to work in places like New York, but basically, I don't…

— Charles Nelson Reilly

It's better to write a pilot rather than write a spec show. In some cases, you have to do both, but more…

— Cheo Hodari Coker

I'd been working with Chuck Lorre since the dawn of time, starting with 'Dharma and Greg,' so when I get a call…

— Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

It's pretty awesome for me. I'm on a steady series that's doing really well, and it's about something that's really personal as…

— Leisha Hailey

All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies. The demand for extraordinary movies increased. If any one thing is…

— Clive James

Sometimes jobs are jobs, and when you guest star on television, you're also working with a guest director. You're the new kid…

— Robert Englund

I'll cop to this: so much of doing a 22-episode show is just keeping your head above water.

— Joshua Jackson

American shows don't always translate, but this one has and speaking for myself I'm quite glad for it.

— Paul Guilfoyle

I was 50 when I had my first show, so I was never on television with a short skirt or decollete; I…

— Ruth Westheimer

I think that parents only get so offended by television because they rely on it as a babysitter and the sole educator…

— Trey Parker

The problem and the question on 'Breaking Bad' is always 'Where is Walt's head at?'

— Peter Gould

The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage of.

— J. J. Abrams

Pena Nieto is a product of the two television networks that groomed him for power and then propelled him to the presidency.

— Denise Dresser

In some ways, TV is more regimented, but there is a level of professionalism that's very high, among the people that work…

— Zak Penn

I keep re-watching Friends. It's so dumb. There's so much good TV and I'm really into all of it.

— Lissie

I love 'Arrested Development' and 'Veep' and I love Louis C.K. - I love the 'Louie' show, it's great.

— Kelly Rohrbach

I have to say, I loved working on 'Men of a Certain Age.' It was a real shame when that show got…

— Sarah Clarke

I like radio and live performing stuff. I don't like the television stuff as much.

— Adam Carolla

I really like binge-watching 'Survivor.' Watching week to week is exciting, but it's difficult because I just want to see what happens.

— John Morrison

I definitely watch reality shows where I'm not learning something better in the end.

— Jeannie Mai

What I like about films is that a story wraps up in three hours while on TV that is not the case.

— Kiku Sharda

The trouble was, all people saw on television were a few of my outspoken supporters out front; and they came away thinking…

— George McGovern

It's a hilarious part of my past, all the sitcoms I did in the '80s. And then all the animation - animation…

— Pamela Adlon

It's just hard not to listen to TV: it's spent so much more time raising us than parents have.

— Matt Groening

The character of a nurse is just as important as the knowledge he/she possesses.

— Carolyn Jarvis

Theater is my favorite platform. Television is my favorite paycheck. The more television I can do, the more theater I can do.

— Malcolm-Jamal Warner

I wasn't a huge fan of reality shows, because I'm like 'they're taking away from the actors,' but sometimes mindless is just…

— Jenna Ushkowitz

I'm worried this season of Jersey Shore will be less embarrassing to America than our government.

— Anonymous

A lot of people in Baltimore aren't big fans of 'The Wire,' but I think it's great TV and great journalism.

— Wes Moore

If films don't work, you have to be realistic and keep taking up television projects.

— Gautam Rode