Television Quotes · Page 104

I like 'EastEnders,' yes. If I didn't respect the show, I wouldn't have gone into it.

— David Essex

TV's hard work. I don't know how the hell Angela Lansbury survived doing 'Murder, She Wrote' all those years.

— Christopher Meloni

I've just watched the whole series of 'Flight of the Conchords'. I absolutely love it - the humour, the actors, everything about…

— Konnie Huq

National Geographic has awesome stuff. I like Court TV. Sometimes I'll watch Reality Mix because they have some interesting stuff on that.

— Erik Estrada

Television enjoys a de facto monopoly on what goes into the heads of a significant part of the population and what they…

— Pierre Bourdieu

If we're bringing up kids that are so stupid that they kill themselves because of a song, what good are the kids…

— Marilyn Manson

Our show is different, because it's not about law and order, it's about psychology, the intent of somebody.

— Vincent D'Onofrio

I would wish eventually to be able to make television that informs and educates as well as entertains.

— Drummond Money-Coutts

Babe and I are both great television fans, and we've been planning to do something on TV. But we certainly never intended…

— Stan Laurel

When you say '90210,' everyone knows what you're talking about. So why not make use of that? And they certainly have. I…

— Jason Priestley

I think we have got to start again and go right back to first principles. The argument I shall advance, surprising as…

— Richard Dawkins

“Television* means ‘to see from a distance’. The desire in man to do so has been there for ages. In the early…

— Anonymous

I'm married now, so I have a life. I had to get a life. That's one thing I really had to do,…

— Kate Jackson

TV is the place that writers want to be. When you don't have a very strong indie market going on, talented writers…

— Ayelet Zurer

Witnessing Panama's overnight transition from banana republic to middle-class retirement haven is like watching the Univision version of Extreme Makeover: it feels…

— Andrew Evans

What is being lost is the magic of the word. I am not an image person. Imagery belongs to another civilization: the…

— Elie Wiesel

I love the intimacy of TV. I love the fact that you don't necessarily have the pressure of an audience or anyone…

— Abi Morgan

Television exposes the world to the accident. The world is exposed to accidents through television.

— Paul Virilio

Our Times, a Brief History: As televisions became flatter, People became rounder.

— Demetri Martin

'Almost Live' allowed me to take chances and try things you can't do on national television. It allowed me to screw up.

— Joel McHale

You know what I like? I like classic stuff. I like 'The Andy Griffith Show' - the variety of characters was so…

— J. B. Smoove

There's nothing more creative I'll ever do in my career than trying to make an hour of TV everyday.

— James Corden

As for 'Supernatural,' I had seen many episodes and enjoyed the show before my audition.

— Julie McNiven

I have a special ability to spot TV shows that don't go past two seasons; that's my gift.

— Lizzy Caplan

It's lovely to get one successful show - the chances of finding a second one are not so hot.

— Graham Norton

Working on 'Mad Men' was an incredible experience. It was such an incredible show with beautiful writing and so much complexity.

— Alexis Bledel

There are literally tens of thousands of very good content providers in the world that don't distribute their content through TV channels.

— Silvio Scaglia

I want to focus on my training and leave no room for distraction. So, reality-tv shows are a no-no.

— Geeta Phogat

The only reality show I'd probably take part in would be 'The Amazing Race.' Reality shows are fun to watch. Very tiring…

— Dino Morea

The wonderful thing about television is the immediate impact of pictures of current events.

— Will McDonough

Everyone's heard the same joke a million times and knows the setups. They are tired of the mass-marketed entertainment served on the…

— Tim Heidecker

TV is shifting into the background of just being another appliance; it’s just a bigger screen.

— Hari Sreenivasan

I think television will do the same thing to radio that talkies did to silent movies.

— Van Heflin

I watch a variety of shows. I love 'Veep,' 'Parks and Recreation,' 'Girls,' 'Mad Men,' 'Game of Thrones' and fun shows like…

— Lindsey Morgan

I think the love-hate is fundamental. Everyone hates reality television, and everyone's watching it. Everyone hates Facebook, and everyone is on it.

— Bo Burnham

I was raised in a conservative Christian household. We weren't even allowed to watch 'secular' television, anything that was deemed not proper…

— Matt Bomer

A film shoot usually wraps up in a couple of months. But television shoots involve longer hours of work.

— Ashish Sharma

Television was not invented to make human beings vacuous, but is an emanation of their vacuity.

— Malcolm Muggeridge

I think if people want to go back and look at season two of 'True Blood,' I'm proud of my work in…

— Ashley Jones

I've always thought that 'Dear White People' should live on as a TV show, so I'll leave it at that.

— Justin Simien