Television Quotes · Page 187

But I'm kind of spoilt when it comes to comedy. I was on 'Friends', which was one of the funniest things on…

— Matt LeBlanc

For me as a young kid, my parents took me to random cities. I stayed at my relatives and the biggest trouble…

— Ritesh Agarwal

I think TV promulgates the idea that good art is just art which makes people like and depend on the vehicle that…

— David Foster Wallace

I did an episode of The Profiler. I actually worked on the last episode of Murphy Brown.

— Alice Barrett

After I was on reality TV, after that whole phase of my life was over, I really didn't want to do anything…

— Whitney Port

I call the '70s the "golden age of television"; in the early '70s there were sensationally good shows.

— Whit Stillman

Though both films and television sell emotions, let's not deny that it's way more challenging for small-screen actors to earn their respect.

— Jennifer Winget

I want to show people that I am comfortable enough to go on national television and just be myself.

— Alessia Cara

Christ is still in Christmas, and for one brief season the secular world broadcasts the message of Christ over every radio station…

— R. C. Sproul

I wanted to describe the world at the same time, through image, express what I felt. It was the time of the…

— Krzysztof Kieslowski

“When you are the only laowai in a village of 10,000 Chinese martial artists and you've sat through several dozen films where…

— Matthew Polly

Doing a truncated series is like doing a long movie, which allows for a certain artistic freedom. After just 12 episodes, you…

— Jimmy Smits

'Emeril' came on the air right when a new president of NBC was taking over, and there was just a big shift…

— Carrie Preston

When you're a doctor and you spend most of your life in a hospital, you honestly don't get to watch as much…

— Travis Lane Stork

I want each season to feel new and special. I don't want it to feel, "Oh, more of this." That's something that's…

— Raphael Bob-Waksberg

I grew up completely overwhelmed by TV, and part of the reason why I have gone into television is as a way…

— Matt Groening

I watch Pretty Little Liars with my best friend Telly. We go to each other's houses when it airs and we watch…

— Naya Rivera

Sometimes I want to be on 'The Real Housewives of New York.' I want to remind them to figure out how to…

— Candace Bushnell

People magazine had been around for a short period of time, but nobody had thought about putting entertainment news on a nightly…

— Mary Hart

I had an unhealthy obsession with 'Only Fools and Horses.' I still have to watch an episode with my brother every two…

— Jack Lowden

The most important decision you can make as a showrunner when you're doing a pilot is who's in it and who's directing…

— Greg Berlanti

You just see a good project and want to be involved in it, and that's what 'Dexter' was.

— David Zayas

I knew that in order to make a more lasting impact, to be on a show that people would watch on a…

— Andre Braugher

Everyone I know thinks television is the most important part of my life. I did it for the money! I was able…

— Jack Germond

I think I would rather want to create something new, but I really did enjoy doing that show. It was a really…

— Laura Bell Bundy

I loved 'Dexter.' I loved the writing of 'Dexter.' I thought that was a brilliant show, and Michael C. Hall was just…

— Margo Martindale

I don't often watch something I've done on TV. Usually, I'll change the channel and watch something else.

— Jonathan Levine

I was more aware initially of shows like Tales of the Unexpected. And the BBC used to put on a lot of…

— Charlie Brooker

For years, broadcasters didn't get a nickel out of retransmission consent. But broadcast content is what the cable industry was selling to…

— Gordon Smith

The show [ Too Much Tuna] changed a lot, actually, which is risky when you get positive critical feedback.

— Alex Timbers

I did 'The Commish' and an episode of 'Neon Rider,' and then I got the series called 'Street Justice,' which I ended…

— Eric McCormack

If I'm working on the Internet, you know, it's different than working on television.

— Cenk Uygur

I pretended I was living with a television family and there was no yelling at home and no one hit me.

— Arthur Bremer

We had brilliant writers on our shows, and I do think that 'The Two Ronnies' has stood the test of time. It…

— Ronnie Corbett

Television turned out to be exactly as bad as the most irritating and pedantic intellectuals of the '50s said it was going…

— Fran Lebowitz

You can do a show with lots of storylines. You can cram it with issues. People will keep up.

— Nicholas Hammond

Television allows the audience to argue with the creator in a way you don't in a movie.

— Malcolm Gladwell

I really, really like 'Eastbound & Down.' It's one of the few things that makes me laugh. It's almost too funny to…

— Denis Leary

When I sat down to write 'Udaariyan' I realised that I wanted to put down things that were not happening on television.

— Sargun Mehta

I grew up watching 'The Jeffersons' and 'Good Times' as much as I watched The Mary Tyler Moore Show' and 'All in…

— Eddie Griffin