Television Quotes · Page 199

Stage work, that's all I have in my background. Wasteland was my first TV experience. Dawson's was my first long-term, I mean…

— Sasha Alexander

It's so easy for shows to be gritty and handheld and shaky and really tight in people's faces.

— Cary Fukunaga

I am ashamed to admit I watch a lot of reality shows like The Osbournes and The Bachelor.

— Sara Gilbert

At the end of the day, broadcast television has many opportunities to inform the audience, to enlighten the audience, and to entertain…

— Channing Dungey

If your ratings are high and there's money being made, you're allowed to be a perfectionist in television.

— Dan Harmon

“Through TV people turn their family living rooms into meditative dens of death and violence worship.”

— Bryant McGill

Most of the shows I've worked on have aired three times and are in the dustbin of history.

— Mike White

Television has some lovely aspects to it - and some ghastly aspects - but the theater itself was a wonderful invention.

— Patrick Macnee

Well, I don't know anything about television. I'd never done it before. Initially, it was quite daunting to take on so much…

— Diane Kruger

I spend a lot of time with my family. I go to bed early, don't watch too much television, don't read everything…

— Heidi Klum

We're in the second golden age of television, and to me, one of the most profound things that's happening in TV is…

— Marti Noxon

The soap opera was so long ago - the thing about soap operas, and there's something to be said for doing it,…

— Frank Grillo

There is something to be said for one vision and following one vision through. I do think it's something TV will catch…

— Reed Morano

At the end of the day, the TV show is the best job in the world. I get to go anywhere I…

— Anthony Bourdain

Television is interesting, in that the pace is quicker and you can see your work more quickly than with movies. And then,…

— Matthew Davis

I have broken a lot of hearts, I have lied, I have cheated, I have deceived, like most of the guys do.…

— Sajid Khan

Film, as any immigrant will tell you, television and movies is the way we make sense of America when we first got…

— Jose Antonio Vargas

I really enjoyed learning High Valyrian. People will know it's a fully operational language. It's very gratifying to unpick.

— Emma D'Arcy

What exactly is 'viewer discretion'? If viewers had discretion, most television shows would not be on the air.

— George Carlin

I like to have fulsome discussions on every topic. What happens if you lose this show? What would you do? We have…

— Philippe Dauman

Soul Train' was developed as a radio show on television. It was the radio show that I always wanted and never had.

— Don Cornelius

Misery loves company. This is a Hollywood soap opera, and I'm not going to be a star in another Bryant soap opera.

— Karl Malone

For 'Breaking Bad,' it was like, that's one of the best pilots, probably the best pilot I have ever read.

— Betsy Brandt

When I was 27, I won an honorable mention in a scriptwriting contest and got a television job as an assistant director.

— Hirokazu Kore-eda

In movies and in television the robots are always evil. I guess I am not into the whole brooding cyberpunk dystopia thing.

— Daniel H. Wilson

I like American late-night shows, like Trevor Noah, John Oliver and Bill Maher - I've got them all on series link.

— Rachel Riley

I did a film very quickly, and then a lot of work for television, and then I did stage work.

— Isabelle Huppert

'Fringe' has been a point of pride. I share the passion for the show that the fans have.

— Kevin Reilly

'Shogun' was a mini-series, so even though it went on television, we filmed it like a movie.

— John Rhys-Davies

'Hemlock' is so intelligently written and brilliantly put together. Every detail in the show is there for a reason, and it fascinates…

— Madeline Brewer

I'm an avid watcher of the Nat Geo channel, where I watch shows about how the planets are formed, and shows about…

— Mekhi Phifer

I never worked in a coffee shop and I don't drink coffee, so I never thought I would become a coffee pusher…

— Scott Patterson

What I find frustrating about scripted television is that it's rare that you are surprised by how you feel about the character,…

— Mike White

I would love for TNT to run the whole season at one point. I don't think that'll ever happen, though.

— Elisabeth Rohm

If I do a lot of television, than I miss theater. If I do a lot of theater, than I miss film.…

— Richard Sammel

I want authenticity. And rarely do actors - more specifically, black actors - get a chance to be authentic on film and…

— Russell Hornsby

I don't know what's wrong with my television set. I was getting C-Span and the Home Shopping Network on the same station.…

— Bruce Baum

'Seinfeld' was an amazing show. It's iconic and defined a whole generation of comedy writers - but by their own admission, that…

— Nahnatchka Khan

I really love the BBC, and my wife works for them, and they've given me lots of work!

— Alex Horne

The Darwinian adaptive trait of our time is the ability to figure out when we are being lied to on television.

— Dick Morris