Television Quotes · Page 174

It is time to do away with work place policies that belong in a Mad Men episode.

— Barack Obama

I have to say, without getting up on a soapbox, I find these reality shows absolutely disgusting.

— Terry Wogan

I'm not ashamed to say I love television. I put the TV on, and my brain switches off, and I just sit…

— Pauline Gedge

It is certainly very different to work when you have no idea what happens in the next episode, you don't know what…

— Leslie Grossman

HBO churn out some unbelievable stuff. They really got me with things like 'Band of Brothers.' But you can't beat 'The Sopranos.'

— Mark Lawrenson

I can't miss an episode of 'The Apprentice'. It is car-crash T.V. Sometimes I find myself hiding behind a cushion.

— April Pearson

I revisit old favorites like 'Buffy' and 'Battlestar Galactica' when I'm bored. I am obsessed with 'Scandal.' I love TV.

— Jessica Valenti

I really enjoy working in television and the evolution of a character over time.

— Rachel Boston

There are certain economics involved in making a network TV show that you want to amortize the costs of that, so the…

— Shawn Ryan

Television is a new, hard test of our wisdom. If we succeed in mastering the new medium it will enrich us. But…

— Rudolf Arnheim

Student TV and radio are great grounding for all presenting. Just to get used to coming up with an idea, making it…

— Alice Levine

I never thought I would do a TV show, I never thought I could do it, so I was not expecting a…

— Mandy Harvey

So apart from writing letters home to your fantasy girlfriends,"Ben says, walking backwards, "what do you guys do out here without television…

— Melina Marchetta

In television, the audience has to be comfortable with you, and I've managed to prove that I can be in American homes…

— Bruce Boxleitner

'Vegas' was something very close to me. I had such a blast doing that. I'm still a little upset that we never…

— Josh Duhamel

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

The show understands its tone and characters intimately. 'Cobra Kai' has smart people doing silly things - which I can't get enough…

— Paul Walter Hauser

I've done so many pilots I thought were good that didn't work, and so many that I thought were bad that did…

— Christina Pickles

I am of the opinion that there is more high-quality television being produced than at any time in the history of television.

— Michael Schur

You can't predict a show, that is the damndest thing, you can't predict if a show is going to work or not…

— Aaron Spelling

I remember when I was watching 'Lost,' which I loved. I didn't know what was going on, but I still loved it.

— Tony Hale

“Television isn’t a substitute for a babysitter, but the microwave is. Mmmm cooked babies!”

— Jarod Kintz

I have a complaint with regressive shows. The kind of stories I want to be a part of are not happening. I…

— Vikrant Massey

Everything in television is dumbing down even further and it won't stop until somebody dies.

— Robin Leach

“Halliday’s favorites, like WarGames, Ghostbusters, Real Genius, Better Off Dead, or Revenge of the Nerds”

— Ernest Cline

I like to watch the TV shows 'The World of the Married' and 'Hangout with Yoo' with the members.

— Momo Hirai

With a television series, there's a hard deadline, and so you have to write even when you're not writing well.

— Aaron Sorkin

I did a lot of ridiculous television. Between 1980 and '85 I had no confidence, so I did everything I was told…

— Dana Carvey

You lay the groundwork, stay on the grind, and then eventually you get those big huge national deals with TV stations that…

— Benson Henderson

I'd definitely be up for 'EastEnders.' Just the same as I would if 'Coronation Street' was offered. Either way, it would be…

— Jack Wild

There are younger people watching CBS, but their audience isn't 13 to 25. The CW specializes in that.

— Melissa Benoist

In a lot of ways, TV writing taught me how to be a good storyteller. I learned about dialogue, scenes, moving the…

— Maria Semple

Sometimes you can see a pilot, and then when the series starts, it's different people. That's always possible.

— Lamman Rucker

Maybe it's the sportsman in me, but if it is going to be television, I want to be the best I can…

— Andrew Flintoff

Television series always have a lot of characters because you want people to identify with someone on the show, who will be…

— Robert Rodriguez

I don't like watching shows where all of a sudden you're like, what happened? They shot the last season in Las Vegas?

— Fred Armisen

I think it is important to be aware that the Internet has replaced the television, and has become a place where the…

— Yasumasa Morimura

Humour ended up being a really useful skill when it came time to be an international television celebrity.

— Carson Kressley

Frasier' was a classy gig. I didn't for one minute think it was less prestigious or artistic than doing a play.

— John Mahoney

I certainly wouldn't buy a DVD series of a hit show and start at Season 7. I would want to go back…

— Jim Lee