Television Quotes · Page 178

I don't want to name any names, but I've worked on television shows where there's a guy writing for my generation who's,…

— Zachary Knighton

Soaps are a great springboard for any actor but if you want to be taken seriously, you have to be careful.

— Michelle Ryan

It's often the death of the show when you break the tension and the two lead characters get together.

— Yvonne Strahovski

The best thing I've ever taken from a set is the rug in Owen and Cristina's apartment on Grey's Anatomy before they…

— Sandra Oh

The writers are the backbone in television, like in film, but eventually, as an actress, I can bring something.

— Priyanka Chopra

I rewind the TV every two minutes. If someone does something interesting, I have to see it over and over again.

— Cuba Gooding, Jr

Is there a grandmother that isn't spunky on television? Is there such a creature?

— Rita Moreno

You can take 100 penalties in training, but when you go out on that pitch in front of all those people and…

— Alan Shearer

To me, the greatest thing in the world is downloading TV shows on iTunes because there are no commercials, and yet if…

— Stephen King

My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher, and there was nothing really modern that went on under their roof. We watched television, but…

— Jason Isbell

On Friday night, it was fun [to know] that if you bombed, or whatever was going on, that you'd be on TV…

— John Mulaney

You don't wanna know the sinner. You don't wanna know the killer. Because it's you. Television is stalling evolution. Medication is stalling…

— Tablo

I really put my heart and soul into everything and I don't want a project that doesn't feel real to me or…

— Paul Feig

You can't flood the market with every TV show, every reality show, and dump your library into the market all at one…

— Bill Mechanic

When you had just three and then four channels, I could always find something that was watchable because the standard of TV…

— David Jason

The reality is, 'Game of Thrones' has been a successful show for HBO, which has put us in a position to come…

— David Benioff

The writer is just so much more intimately involved in the television process than the feature film process.

— Travis Beacham

The working hours are easy in films, while there is always an anxiety on television. So the energies are very different.

— Barun Sobti

The jokes were perfect! Then George Carlin started talking about the seven dirty words you can't say on television, then it evolved…

— Jay Mohr

Production is a lot of work. Nobody sent me that memo when they came to me to do television.

— Priyanka Chopra

“I was not able to watch TV shows because I felt so bad for the characters if there was any drama or…

— Diana Macey

I kind of got into TV when I went to visit a show my brother was working on. Soon I got the…

— Godfrey Gao

Late night television is ready for someone like me... standards have gone to an all-time low.

— Howard Stern

The whole thing of doing a TV series, I find it very daunting not knowing where the story's going.

— Danny Huston

I get more emails and calls when it comes to money than probably any other single person on television when it comes…

— Suze Orman

It's not just about television or films, or acting as a whole. It is all about doing only those things which make…

— Vatsal Sheth

I hadn't really even been thinking about TV. To me, it seemed like such a commitment, almost like a marriage.

— Juno Temple

I think - no, I'm sure - 'Coast to Coast' wouldn't work with a daytime audience.

— Art Bell

If there's something decent going in television, the mediums now are kind of equal. Television has become much higher quality.

— Penelope Ann Miller

Television is a big roulette table on so many levels. That's all it is for actors.

— Gary Cole

The good thing about being on a show like 'Justified' is that you stick to the premise, but not necessarily every single…

— Mykelti Williamson

Charmed is fun and light, one of those shows that let you turn your brain off for an hour.

— Shannen Doherty

When I wrote 'We Can Be Heroes,' I was just so excited about the concept of playing loads of characters, and a…

— Chris Lilley

I find television very educational. Every time someone turns it on, I go in the other room and read a book.

— Groucho Marx

No one was more surprised than me by the success of the first series of 'Line of Duty.'

— Jed Mercurio

What you do in film and television is really different than what you do in video games.

— Bobby Kotick

When I was growing up, my mom didn't let me watch a lot of TV. She said I couldn't watch 'Friends' or…

— Ross Butler

I keep waiting for the day in which everyone who loves 'Downton Abbey' will realize they were actually watching a historical romance…

— Julia Quinn

A lot of the shows that really become hit shows are often demonstrated, like Mystery Science Theater.

— Joel Hodgson

With high definition TV, everything looks bigger and wider. Kind of like going to your 25th high school reunion.

— Jay Leno