Television Quotes · Page 172

Television captures the mind but does not liberate it. A good book at once stimulates and frees the mind.

— Bruno Bettelheim

My passion is in film and television, acting, and development, and that's really where I want my career to go.

— Matt Rife

'Celebrity Apprentice' has more integrity and is the most straightforward show I've ever seen.

— Penn Jillette

And as a woman on television, I actually feel like you're more representative of women if you're - if you've got curves…

— Jennifer Love Hewitt

I think what's so great about 'Arrow' is that they really ground everything in reality.

— Seth Gabel

It was horrible having to watch myself on TV. I think I would have had a much better time if I didn't…

— Alaska

Poorer people tend to watch more television because they can't afford other diversions.

— Ken Auletta

The occasional motivational speech gig tends to pay better than the books and television.

— Bettany Hughes

I think I have an obligation, to the people who have consented to be in the film, to make a film that…

— Frederick Wiseman

You used to have to own a radio tower or television tower or printing press. Now all you have to have is…

— Clay Shirky

I'm so... Honestly, it's been amazing to be a part of this journey on 'Veronica Mars.' Because I started out, really, with…

— Ryan Hansen

Film and television are just different. Film is cool because it's a complete package. You know the beginning, middle, and end. You…

— Austin Butler

I think that comes with a collaboration with the writers. I think that we get cast in edgier roles because we are…

— Judy Greer

I love going into a home and talking to a family that knows nothing about recruiting - about the whole process. I…

— Mack Brown

The major accomplishment of analyzing illiteracy so far has been the listing of symptoms: the decrease in functional literacy; a general degradation…

— Mihai Nadin

Actually, it is precisely in overworked countries like Japan, England and the US that people watch an absurd amount of television. Up…

— Rutger Bregman

Television is a formidable thinking tool. You are like an analyst to whom society's subconscious would be offered wide open…

— Serge Daney

“You have a most pressing offer from the cable company…It is a time sensitive offer, you know. I thought you would be…

— Vicki Keire

The public, obviously, they takes things in a very simplest fashion and so they should. That's why we have such wonderful television.

— David Bowie

Society would be a lot better if people watched Hulu's original programming and not just 'Mozart in the Jungle,' which everyone is…

— Billy Eichner

You're immediately in a world of noir when you're watching shows like 'The Bridge' or 'The Killing.'

— Lesley Sharp

The 3,000th episode is a great milestone for 'Hollyoaks,' so it was just really nice and a big honour to play a…

— Rachel Shenton

I don't think it's like eastern mysticism, which leaves the person whole. It's really another form of cancer, television.

— James Purdy

I've never wanted to be on television for the sake of it, I suppose because I'm not one of life's natural presenters;…

— James May

A lot of times reality TV feels too scripted, too staged - 'Do it again, but say this.' It's not real.

— Travis Pastrana

You look at shows like The Simpsons or Larry Sanders or Curb Your Enthusiasm or Seinfeld, they're really sophisticated shows that we…

— Simon Pegg

I'll watch any TV show where they buy, remodel, or cook a house, meal, or person.

— Anonymous

In television, there are so many things between you making a joke and the audience seeing it. It's like an assault course.

— Noel Fielding

It's not so much that I write well, I just don't write badly very often and that passes for good on television.

— Andy Rooney

When I think of black television and history, I always use 'The Cosby Show' as the bar.

— Wendy Raquel Robinson

My parents were really encouraging of me doing theater, but the one thing they did do was say, 'You're not allowed to…

— Beanie Feldstein

I don't like to channel surf. You guys like it, don't you. You guys like to change the channel. We like to…

— Wendy Liebman

For a little while there, I was thinking, 'I don't want to be in anything on British TV'. I didn't watch any…

— Neve McIntosh

Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I think viewers are hungry for shows in which people say something meaningful.

— Michael Landon

I have a Masters and a technology degree already. When I'm not in film or television, my wheels are spinning full time.

— Lamman Rucker

I think people love shows that are relationship-oriented. I think they love family shows.

— Linda Gray

We have the media, which is such a waste in the sense that you can actually feel your IQ get lower as…

— Michio Kaku

Fox News is hated because they're elitists, and the worst winners television's ever seen.

— Keith Olbermann

Cable is a niche business. If you can own a niche, that can be a very strong business.

— David Zaslav

I miss the cast and crew of Supernatural immensely. I know it's a cliche to say your cast and crew are like…

— Jim Beaver