Television Quotes · Page 49

Being on TV is like being alive, only more so.

— John Updike

It was understood that when I left to do the pilot that I wasn't coming back.

— Joan Van Ark

Unfortunately it does happen where some people just aren't willing to be on TV.

— Joe Gatto

I've raised my daughter with no television.

— Natalie Merchant

I love 'Game of Thrones' and 'Breaking Bad.'

— Bridget Regan

Television contracts the imagination and radio expands it.

— Terry Wogan

I do not miss ITV, God no! Have you seen ITV lately?

— Cilla Black

I'd never go on a reality show - it's too invasive.

— Paloma Faith

When I ask people to give, I can't be on television if they don't; I can't help people, if I don't -…

— Joyce Meyer

Unlike productions in the other arts, all television shows are born to destroy two other shows.

— Les Brown

I think when I got into broadcasting I told myself, 'I don't ever want to be pigeonholed as one thing.'

— Maria Taylor

I'm a huge E! fan. Every hotel room, I watch it all the time. 'E! News' is fantastic.

— Harry Styles

'Dexter' is a very well-oiled machine; it's just a great show and great to be part of.

— Roald Dahl

If a show is a critical success but a ratings flop, I assume that people are just championing the show because it…

— Emily V. Gordon

'Billy on the Street' is a very exhausting show to do, as you can imagine, but it's worth it.

— Billy Eichner

I don't want to be agitated so much on television. I don't need to watch any more agitation.

— Andie MacDowell

“There are also generational knowledges in play, accessed and skilled within a history of televisual experiments in educational entertainment. For US academics…

— Katie King

Daytime television, you can tell who’s watching by the three kinds of commercials. Either it’s clinics for drying out drunks. Or it’s…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Live television is just like competing on live TV. You're never going to be perfect. You just try to prepare the best…

— Shannon Bream

The only reason I'm associated with 'the Boosh' is because Richard Ayoade, who was meant to be doing Bainbridge, couldn't do it…

— Matt Berry

One of my first jobs was in a soap opera, five days a week. And what I found is, although there are…

— Idris Elba

here's a huge amount of work that goes into placating a network in regular television. It's literally 70% or 80% of your…

— Louis C. K

Your personal life is something that's gonna last forever, and your career in stage, film, television, whatever, is not necessarily going to…

— Lucy Griffiths

There are new gods growing in America, clinging to growing knots of belief: gods of credit card and freeway, of Internet and…

— Neil Gaiman

TV's great. I think the best stuff is happening on television.

— Rob Reiner

I'm not a giant rock star. I play one on TV, though.

— Shavo Odadjian

As an actor, I don't believe I am working my full potential in television.

— Mohnish Bahl

For some reason, television still bores me. Even the best shows.

— Oliver Stone

I was never one for just sitting in front of the telly.

— Giles Deacon

I try to watch the show every week and improve upon myself. I've become a fan.

— Elisabeth Rohm

I really think 'Straight Outta Chattanooga' is one of my best shows.

— Leslie Jordan

Television makes you very famous. It's very strange.

— Matthew Broderick

Frankly, I didn't want to do a television series because of the grind mainly.

— Ken Wahl

Did you ever think about life as a metaphor for television?

— Chuck Palahniuk

We believe only what we see. So, with television, we believe everything.

— Anonymous

I think reality TV is a little tougher for me than I thought it would be.

— Mischa Barton

I don't really watch that much TV, to be honest.

— Emily Blunt

Disney Channel should stop making new shows and replay all the old ones.

— Anonymous

I'm such a huge 'Arrested Development' fan.

— Adam DeVine

My mother was watching on television and she doesn't want me to hurt anyone.

— George Foreman