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title: "11 Make Tv Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [You can either watch TV or you can make TV.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joss-whedon/you-can-either-watch-tv-or-you-can-make-tv/)

[Joss Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joss-whedon/)

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> [I just want to make TV that I want to see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-kamau-bell/i-just-want-to-make-tv-that-i-want-to-see/)

[W. Kamau Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-kamau-bell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f47/w-kamau-bell-3541_just_i-just-want-to-make-tv-that-i-want-to-se_1814836.jpg)

> [I refused to wear make-up on TV. I wanted my music to be heard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzi-quatro/i-refused-to-wear-make-up-on-tv-i-wanted-my-music-to-be-heard/)

[Suzi Quatro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzi-quatro/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ca/suzi-quatro-7541_heard_i-refused-to-wear-make-up-on-tv-i-wanted_2587849.jpg)

> [I don't like to cook. I can make a TV dinner taste like radio.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-diller/i-don-t-like-to-cook-i-can-make-a-tv-dinner-taste-like-radio/)

[Phyllis Diller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-diller/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d51/phyllis-diller-1622_cooks_i-don-t-like-to-cook-i-can-make-a-tv-din_1007458.png)

> [There is something spurious about the very term 'a movie made for TV,' because what you make for TV is a TV…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pauline-kael/there-is-something-spurious-about-the-very-term-a-movie-made-for-tv/)

[Pauline Kael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pauline-kael/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/206/pauline-kael-6910_made_there-is-something-spurious-about-the-ve_2295691.jpg)

> [I wanted to make a TV show that I would want to watch and I naturally gravitated towards the genre of rom-com,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rose-matafeo/i-wanted-to-make-a-tv-show-that-i-would-want-to-watch-and-i-naturally/)

[Rose Matafeo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rose-matafeo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc8/rose-matafeo-19518_genre_i-wanted-to-make-a-tv-show-that-i-would_1920105.jpg)

> [It's what I always dreamed of: that you can make TV and everyone would get out of your way and you follow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judd-apatow/it-s-what-i-always-dreamed-of-that-you-can-make-tv-and-everyone-would/)

[Judd Apatow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judd-apatow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/347/judd-apatow-1471_dreamed_it-s-what-i-always-dreamed-of-that-you-c_3063523.jpg)

> [There is not much money in web series as compared to what I make on TV. And that is a fact. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nia-sharma/there-is-not-much-money-in-web-series-as-compared-to-what-i-make-on/)

[Nia Sharma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nia-sharma/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86c/nia-sharma-15994_i-am_there-is-not-much-money-in-web-series-as_698009.jpg)

> [There are very few things in real life on which I agree with Jeremy Clarkson, surprisingly few for people who have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-may/there-are-very-few-things-in-real-life-on-which-i-agree-with-jeremy/)

[James May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-may/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/james-may-4243_life_there-are-very-few-things-in-real-life-o_143278.jpg)

> [A lot of the stuff that I say doesn't even make TV because it gets cut out. So if you're at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-cena/a-lot-of-the-stuff-that-i-say-doesn-t-even-make-tv-because-it-gets/)

[John Cena](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-cena/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcf/john-cena-1228_cutting_a-lot-of-the-stuff-that-i-say-doesn-t-ev_1110452.jpg)

> [Hollywood can be an exclusive place. Who gets to be on TV, or who gets to make TV can be a small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-gordon-levitt/hollywood-can-be-an-exclusive-place-who-gets-to-be-on-tv-or-who-gets/)

[Joseph Gordon-Levitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-gordon-levitt/)

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