Television Quotes · Page 201

Disparagement of television is second only to watching television as an American pastime.

— George Will

I think it's very rare that you see girl friendships on television. It's always cattiness and all that drama.

— Lyndsy Fonseca

As far as the 'Mad Men' thing, I love 'Mad Men.' It's one of my favorite shows; I think it's an amazing…

— Michael Mosley

The imagination of our children is blunted on television, and their thinking is done for them.

— Stanley R. Jaffe

Historical truth and the marketing needs of the movie and television industry remain fundamentally incompatible.

— Antony Beevor

Personally, I think it would have been really nice, if 'Lost' had just one season.

— Naveen Andrews

I believe that actors should be open to breaking stereotypes and television has now a lot to offer. So, being typecast is…

— Vatsal Sheth

I'm really willing to do something on television, and if something interesting is offered then I would definitely do it.

— Sunil Grover

I've always wanted to be an actress, ever since I was a little girl. I always played the mom and I played…

— Dakota Fanning

I don't want to do something just to be on TV. If I did I might as well just go on and…

— Lisa Stansfield

The fact that television and tourism have made the whole world accessible has created the illusion that we enjoy intimate knowledge of…

— Martin Jacques

When your culture comes from watching TV every day, you're bombarded with images of things that seem cool, places that seem interesting,…

— Trent Reznor

I think there are shows that are long-running and successful, where some or all of the cast members hate each other, but…

— Jesse Metcalfe

Often times people complain about the lack of time in television, but I have to say, you don't have any more time…

— Andre Braugher

Potentially, I would be very interested in being a shock jock, though Ofcom might be tricky. Some of the American stuff is…

— Nigel Farage

When you're tied to one show, you are very much at the mercy of the writers so you can suddenly get a…

— Alan Dale

It gets so boring at home. After all, how many reruns of Abbott and Costello movies can a guy watch on television?

— Bud Abbott

The 'Red Hand Gang' was a special favourite of mine. It was an American show about a bunch of kids who solved…

— Paul Sinha

We had great comic mileage in the 'SG-1' episode 'The Swarm,' where Woolsey is running away faster than anybody else.

— Robert Picardo

We don't get too nervous for too may things, but on television a few million people are sitting there watching. Definitely a…

— Dave Haywood

All I know, is that I feel extremely blessed to be on TV. It's a hard job, but real life is harder.…

— Atticus Shaffer

I set out in television with one simple goal: to purchase a Russian bride. Didn't work out. Immigration stuff - it's complicated.

— Joss Whedon

The day of the 'Partridge Family' type of show and the 'Brady Bunch' is long gone. The old 'Ozzie and Harriet' days…

— Bob Crane

I'm very focused on "Dexter" right now. I want to make it as good of a show as we can.

— Michael C. Hall

When you are playing 'Survivor', getting a shelter up immediately is the most important thing.

— Jenna Morasca

Here is the truth. I am a reality star on a TV show. I realize love, love to hate, and even hate…

— Jill Zarin

I think the more wholesome things that come back to television, the better off we'll be.

— Danielle Fishel

Basically, we all just had to live in the Trump reality television show, and now we're kind of stuck there for at…

— Van Jones

Television is now the dominant factor in the lives of too many American children.

— Paul Weyrich

Google is the enemy. I would tell that to anyone who enjoys any TV show like 'Game of Thrones' to avoid it;…

— Richard Madden

The speed of the TV stuff vs. the self-imposed pace of novel writing has been a big adjustment, and going back and…

— Megan Abbott

“male peer reviewers regularly drag down aggregate review scores for TV shows aimed at women,”

— Jaclyn Friedman

Only a niche section of parents allow their children to take up courses on film and television.

— Amala Akkineni

I secretly understood: the primitive appeal of the hearth. Television is - its irresistible charm - a fire.

— John Updike

I have been watching male programming all my life. And I'm completely interested in it. Like, I love 'Breaking Bad' and I…

— Tanya Saracho

Violence and smut are of course everywhere on the airwaves. You cannot turn on your television without seeing them, although sometimes you…

— Dave Barry

I think you have a lot of examples on TV of what not to do, you don't have a lot of examples…

— Ginuwine

I've seen the invention of television and performed on television even before my family owned one.

— Carl Reiner

I watch 'Sons of Anarchy' and 'Game of Thrones' and 'The Walking Dead' and think, 'I want to create that kind of…

— Michael Easton

The reason I keep making so many musical metaphors with 'Luke Cage' is that I don't view it as much a television…

— Cheo Hodari Coker