Television Quotes · Page 223

I never overcame my conviction that writing for commercial television was a kind of prostitution.

— Helene Hanff

I'll never forget how I started off and I'll never talk down about 'Hollyoaks'. Leaving was a business move for me, rather…

— Mandip Gill

I think there is a wonderful trend of strong female characters on television right now.

— Amanda Schull

'The Tube' was the first time the plebs had gone on the television. The lunatics taking over the asylum.

— Jools Holland

If your working television sits on top of your non-working television, you might be a redneck.

— Jeff Foxworthy

'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' was the best television, the best cast, the best-written television show ever.

— Bob Newhart

The same big TV antenna dwarfed each roof, as though life here could only be bearable if lived elsewhere in the imagination.

— Gloria Steinem

I've been watching American baseball on television for a long time, but it was only in recent years that, realistically, I've been…

— Hideki Matsui

I haven't had television since 1991, and it definitely influences me. As a child of the 1970s, I couldn't hold a narrative…

— Chuck Palahniuk

It's the big question of every TV show, right, where you have these two people who it's clear the world wants to…

— Patrick J. Adams

The first step toward maintaining autonomy in any programmed environment is to be aware that there's programming going on. It's as simple…

— Douglas Rushkoff

Richard Lloyd of Television is one of my favorite guitarists. His mentor was Jimi Hendrix when he was just 14. Jimi was…

— Tina Weymouth

I really was interested in doing something for a premium channel like Showtime or HBO, just because you get to really let…

— Ben Schwartz

One of the things I'm real proud of is I just made a deal with 20th Century Fox, and I've got my…

— Dolly Parton

You don't really know when stand-up material is TV ready; it's just at what point you're willing to let it go and…

— John Oliver

There's something to be said for going right into people's living rooms. I think actors have always loved that medium - you're…

— Sigourney Weaver

You see new shows coming out with the same format, slightly high end, a little bit more glossy. You think, "S -…

— Gordon Ramsay

The beautiful thing about serialized drama is that the further you go, the deeper you go.

— Michael Wright

A lot of my work, the subject is film and television itself, and history, and how that kind of coincides with larger…

— Martine Syms

I feel like Caroline Forbes is such a crucial element... on 'The Vampire Diaries.'

— Julie Plec

It's not stupid TV, it's not a reality program. It actually is complex. There's many layers to 'Heroes.'

— Adrian Pasdar

The censorship is such on television in the U.S. that films like mine don't stand a chance.

— John Pilger

Sometimes people can write really great scenes and even a great episode, but they can't see the bigger picture.

— M. Night Shyamalan

Television won't last because people will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.

— Darryl F. Zanuck

No not at all... it is rare for shows to make it as long as Once and Again... It was a pretty…

— Sela Ward

The secret of doing well on TV is to understand that it's not too important. A lot of people watching doesn't change…

— Jack Germond

Reality TV is sleazy, it is manipulative. It is as momentary as anything in popular culture.

— Morley Safer

At the end of the day, there's probably nothing that makes me feel better than junk food and reality TV.

— Jennifer Lawrence

I think that television and the web are fusing anyway, so I think that ultimately whatever I do, I'm going to blend…

— Issa Rae

I think the amazing thing about 'Twin Peaks' was that it completely changed television from that point forward.

— Madchen Amick

“A celebrity is an object that the media manufactures today, just so they have a subject tomorrow.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

With a play, you do it and it's gone. Films always date. Television drama always dates. Television comedy, for some reason, seems…

— Penelope Keith

I hate reality shows. But if I had to be on one, I'd have to say 'Realtree Road Trips' on the Outdoor…

— Blake Shelton

Over the course of television's history, I think fans have done more to save shows and support them than ruin them.

— Graham Yost

I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I'd say, you got your…

— Nas

“The amount of educational programming on television today is simply desensitizing. The only reason left to go to school is to see…

— Bauvard

I love working in television and in comedy, so whenever there's an opportunity to work on a TV sitcom, I'm like, 'Yes…

— Amber Stevens

There simply isn't a way to do the show without investing in a bunch more companies.

— Chris Sacca

Cinema and, most of all, films have changed my life much more than theatre or television. And that is the reason why…

— Julie Gayet

My kids don't watch any TV, but they watch videos and films. I'm sure they watch it at friends' houses.

— Cate Blanchett