Television Quotes · Page 169

I was in television drama, which is a first cousin to the movies, and I trust myself to make the right decisions.

— Lee Child

“shall I spend much of your time pointing out the degree to which televisual values influence the contemporary mood of jaded weltschmerz,…

— David Foster Wallace

I think that, if I had to guess... what people liked about me on television is that I was natural and myself.

— Chuck Woolery

When I was a kid there were a very select few channels - programmes had to have more of a large appeal…

— Bryan Cranston

Some of the most interesting questions needing to be asked today can best be asked on television, or on stage, and they…

— Julie Walters

It was considered that you were stepping down by doing television. I almost turned Cybill down because I so wanted to remain…

— Christine Baranski

I don't care about being on television.

— Steve Prefontaine

I just sat there looking at television, sort of dumb and thought how horrible it was. I had -- the grand aspects…

— Andy Rooney

We are attacked by radio and television and visual communication at such speed and with such force that painting seems very old…

— James Rosenquist

The only thing high-definition television will do is provide sharper images of the garbage.

— George Carlin

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

— James Spader

Well what a turn-up. From professional footballer to television presenter to green politician. Whatever next?

— David Icke

The first time I watched television I felt exactly as if something important had taken an elevator ride up to my head…

— Mary Wells Lawrence

I want to thank Chris Hayes and his team for creating a totally original and incredibly smart model for political television.

— Steve Kornacki

You never know what's going to happen with television these days.

— Patrick Warburton

I think you need to understand games to write them. There's a learning curve, just like there's a learning curve in anything.…

— Bruce Feirstein

When I was a little kid, all I wanted to do was to escape what I thought was the country and get…

— Tom Ford

Miles and I had been looking to do a martial arts show for some time. Our first two movies that we wrote…

— Alfred Gough

My movies are always being played on television, I'm very well known and all that stuff - I go all over the…

— Al Pacino

I was hugely formed by stories I was told as a child whether that was in a book, the cinema, theatre or…

— David Tennant

Television? It's a gateway to writer's block, isn't it?

— Alex Turner

Writing novels is so much more satisfying than writing television.

— Sarah Dunn

I saw this show under adverse circumstances-my seat was facing the stage.

— John David Klein

I have worked in animation on 'King of the Hill.' I've worked in late-night with 'The Daily Show.' I've worked on single-camera…

— Wyatt Cenac

A lot of TV is put together by teams, by writing staffs and several different directors. It's a great, very smart way…

— Louis C. K

I think I'm a kind of a person who works hard at whatever I do, literally from being a waitress to being…

— Teri Hatcher

Kill your television. Throw it out the darn window. Watch PBS in a bar.

— Chris Thile

Even though I was making documentaries, my films had fictional elements to them. I think I like blurring those distinctions because so…

— Ruth Ozeki

When reality television really hit, I just had a backlash towards reality. It seemed like a cheap way to make a product.…

— Carson Daly

I've always been conscious of the fact that there aren't enough Irish voices on British television compared to the amount of Irish…

— Chris O'Dowd

Religion is the yeast of death cakes. It is the most awful agent on a vulnerable mind. It's the refuge of alienated…

— Dylan Moran

My goal is to broaden and deepen the range of African-American characters on television, so I always try to show human beings.

— Andre Braugher

Every generation has their favorite Spider-Man television show.

— Jeph Loeb

I loved 'Homeland' - it's such an intriguing, intelligent piece of television, and I am fascinated by them making a hero and…

— Lindsay Duncan

When I was your age, television was called books.

— William Goldman

I'd love to be in a feature film, and I don't just mean in a starring role - it could be a…

— Barbara Mandrell

One doesn't go on television for the Manhattan crowd. You buy the sides of buses for that.

— Mitch Leigh

I think Les Moonves is the most highly overrated person in television.

— Donald Trump

That crossover of whether it's entertainment or news is the biggest crock of b.s. in television today, because it's all entertainment.

— Vince McMahon

Somewhere in the back of their minds, hosts and guests alike know that the dinner party is a source of untold irritation,…

— Craig Brown