Television Quotes · Page 171

I'm not the kind of person who is on television and in magazines every five minutes selling clothes or washing machines.

— Sylvie Guillem

After the killing of Osama Bin Laden, the Obama administration steadfastly refused to say which element of the U.S. military had participated…

— Ben Shapiro

But reading is different, reading is something you do. With TV, and cinema for that matter, everything's handed to you on a…

— Daniel Pennac

I've never had a TV in my whole life. Television passed by me.

— Esther Duflo

There are days when any electrical appliance in the house, including the vacuum cleaner, seems to offer more entertainment possibilities than the…

— Harriet Van Horne

I love a lot of television and live-tweet a lot of TV.

— Retta

I grew up in a house where there was lots of teasing and language play and laughter; it was very important. When…

— Dylan Moran

I like the mad and neurotic pace of television.

— Manini Mishra

That's the thing about film acting and television acting. You just release yourself and do what is true for the moment, and…

— David Suchet

Television is so influential that when an audience sees you day-in and day-out theres a certain acceptance that sets in; youre no…

— Doc Severinsen

I remember when John Cameron Swayze over the television told me personally that the Russians now had the atomic bomb; then I…

— George A. Romero

Because I work in television, I always knew that I loved working with writers. It's very collaborative. You're always in a room…

— Melissa Rosenberg

I would love to do a television show in New York City.

— Ellen Barkin

Reading, for me, is like this: consumptive, pleasing, calming, as much as edifying. It's how I feel after a good dinner. That's…

— Tara Bray Smith

It is great to add some glamour to the food industry, like television shows have done for the food world and inspiring…

— Curtis Stone

I promise to never treat you like NBC does its late-night hosts.

— Anonymous

I think people have a vague sense that the television system is changing.

— Michael K. Powell

Increasingly, there's much better material on television, but there's not always the time and money to make it, so you've got to…

— Cary Fukunaga

I think television defeats ventriloquism.

— Paul Winchell

I am the most proud of is the show called Cracker and I think it only lasted a season or two. It…

— Boti Bliss

Sometimes as a deaf actor navigating television and film, I fret that I am asking for too much or am slowing things…

— Lauren Ridloff

I've always just gone with the best role, and I don't care if it's in theater, film or television.

— Kristen Johnston

All comic-book artists secretly want a successful television or movie project because of the wider audience.

— Rob Liefeld

Again, one of the problems I have with television, as I mentioned before, is it's trivial in many ways, and I think…

— J. Michael Straczynski

Television is apparently the enemy of nuance. But nuance is essential for a thoughtful discussion.

— Barney Frank

In episodic television you'll have a good guy who's on every week and that's his show! He's the regular on it, and…

— Leslie Nielsen

You often forget, because you're so inside it, that television has power.

— Dan Levy

I love working on 'Glee,' and I hope that there are more and more parts for me and other actors with Down…

— Lauren Potter

Film and television are so piecemeal. You do one scene, and then you put it to bed, and then you do a…

— Finn Wittrock

I'm shocked by how many young people get their news from The Daily Show and proud to say I get mine from…

— Anonymous

Let's go back to super-fights. Let's put on fights that are great live or on television.

— Scott Coker

Americans have never quite digested television. The mystique which should fade grows stronger. We make celebrities not only of the men who…

— Joe McGinniss

I'm interested in visual vocabulary, like Warhol was interested in that vocabulary of advertisements and television and pop culture.

— Damian Loeb

I have now become so infatuated with television. I think television has become elegant.

— Akiva Goldsman

I remember once saying in a television interview that the only things I hadn't been in were the opera and the ballet.…

— Donald Sinden

I feel truly blessed to be one of the many black women who are leading ladies on television.

— Naturi Naughton

When Peter Beardsley appears on television, daleks hide behind the sofa.

— Nick Hancock

It's a world creation show [Shadowhunters], so we've gotta work hard in the physical production capacity with the visual effects, the sets…

— Joseph McGinty Nichol

Local television and local TV news isn't telling the voters about local candidates.

— Reed Hundt

I grew up watching British television because I lived so close to Canada.

— Keegan-Michael Key