Television Quotes by James Spader

8 Television quotes by James Spader

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James Spader’s distinctive, dry humor surfaces in this compact set of eight TV reflections. The snippets balance his enigmatic style with incisive observation, offering a quick, intriguing glimpse.

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I've never been a big TV watcher.

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For me, when working on a film or play or television show, everything for me starts with the screenplay and I am…

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

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I know that one's visibility is very high on television, even with an unsuccessful show! With a successful role, it's even higher.

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I didn't watch much television growing up, and before I did 'Boston Legal,' I had no understanding of what it was like…

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I don't think movies or television have any basis in reality at all. It's all just pretend. That's what's fun about it.

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I pretty quickly move from an idea to possibilities for execution. If there's one advantage, I think, with working in television for…

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I've had tremendous opportunities in film and continue to have them, but it's such a different thing to do a television show,…

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When doing theater, you have to find great satisfaction in the small things. There's going to be a repetition and a redundancy night after…

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Growing up, I didn't have any comic books, at all. But my friend had a trunk full of them, so comic books were like…

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I've never been a big TV watcher.

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I'm not eager at all to present my life out there for public consumption. I like to do one or two films a year…

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The first perk of theater is the girls.

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For me, when working on a film or play or television show, everything for me starts with the screenplay and I am devoted to…

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I am not very responsible economically. I have a history working on films for years and years, and by the time I was starting…

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It's fun to explore behavior that you can't explore in your own life, so you fool around with it in acting.

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

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When I'm not working, I don't get my hair cut. I don't know what the next character looks like.

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I've made a lot of very small movies that may not have had a large initial audience. Then it shows up on cable.

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The first perk of theatre is the girls.

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I've had a lazy career, sometimes one film a year, sometimes none. I'm walking around in the street and doing this other thing, living,…

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If I don't need the money, I don't work. I'm going to spend time with my family and friends, and I'm going to travel…

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