Television Quotes · Page 210

The thing that got me to change was when my kids would come and tell me I was swearing on TV, so…

— Barry Trotz

I just sit ther and do what I vowed I would never do - talk back to the television.

— George H. W. Bush

I am against all machines. It's no wonder that so many Americans go on dope when they have no other cultural stimulus…

— James Purdy

Leaving 'NCIS' was not planned, so there is no plan. If I were panicking now, it would defeat the purpose.

— Cote de Pablo

It's hard enough to do a good show, but it seems like not enough to want to do that.

— Loren Bouchard

I'm no stranger to joining a show in the third season. I joined 'Lost Girl' at the same stage, and that was…

— Rachel Skarsten

Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino gave me such a gift with 'Bunheads,' and to give me this gift of going on 'Gilmore…

— Sutton Foster

I don't covet images or belongings. My television set and video are rented, any paintings aren't worth a fortune, and money is…

— Benny Hill

Everyone starts out desperately trying to make a hit, but some people are just more mistake-prone than others. I happened to be…

— Stephen J. Cannell

The fact that we are playing Latinos does not mean that you have to be shouting 'fiesta,' 'taco,' or talking in the…

— Jaime Camil

The television set's on while the family's sitting around having dinner or talking. Nobody's watching TV; it's there; they're aware of it,…

— Rush Limbaugh

Really and truly, everyone just wants to be paid for what they've done, so they can continue to do it, and see…

— Joivan Wade

The era of television in which I grew up was much simpler than now. Its conventions were quite transparent and fun to…

— Joe Bradley

I never said it. Honest. Oh, I said there are maybe 100 billion galaxies and 10 billion trillion stars. It's hard to…

— Carl Sagan

Even failures can turn into something positive if you just keep going. I wrote a television pilot called 'Head of the Family.'…

— Carl Reiner

It's interesting, now we have these huge TVs with wonderful sound and so on at home, we're awash with wonderful dramas from…

— Adrian Lester

You have 22 episodes to start from zero to hero; you can really take a nice, big, long arc. In a film,…

— Craig Horner

TV can be fairly rigid. I've done enough Network TV to know that it's fun but if I have to go somewhere…

— Jenny Slate

There are so many political talk shows out there that are doing such a good job that it would be foolish of…

— Moshe Kasher

Obviously I love working in film and television, but I started in theater and I'd love to be on Broadway.

— Adrianne Palicki

When 'Rendezvous' went on air, it got terrible reviews. Later, it became a benchmark for the other shows. Lots of people tried…

— Simi Garewal

When will I learn? The answers to life's problems aren't at the bottom of a bottle. THEY'RE ON TV!

— Anonymous

I started in television in the U.K., and I've always wanted to get back into TV.

— Paul W. S. Anderson

Football really felt like a private thing when I was in my teens because it wasn't on television, for a start, apart…

— Nick Hornby

The Brits make the best murder mysteries - I mean, did you see 'Broadchurch'? Wasn't it amazing? I love the mysteries and…

— Rachel House

When you're first starting a show, any show, you learn what works and what doesn't work, and it's a kind of trial…

— Philip Rosenthal

I've always been an actor who works in every medium - I've worked in theater and film and television - I've never…

— Cillian Murphy

It's never black and white on 'Game of Thrones.' If you think it's black and white, you're watching it wrong.

— Maisie Williams

'Profit' in my mind is as good as television gets, and if that didn't make it, all bets are off on really…

— Adrian Pasdar

I'm really grateful for 'Game of Thrones'. It's something wonderful to happen to an actress of my age, and Dubrovnik is astonishingly…

— Diana Rigg

We finished series four of 'Hetty Wainthropp', we were told there was going to be series five.

— Patricia Routledge

Occasionally, there are programmes - like 'The Office' or 'Gavin and Stacey,' perhaps - where you get the feeling everybody's seen it.

— Tim Pigott-Smith

'Buffy' is about growing up. 'Angel' is really about already having grown up, dealing with what you've done, and redemption.

— Joss Whedon

I decided I'd never do a series again, but I was offered a pilot for a series through Eddy Murphy Productions, and…

— Corin Nemec

I love the puzzled look on people's faces when I mention I grew up telling time according to television.

— Joe Zee

I haven't had a lot of 'Games Of Thrones' groupies. The fans seem to be really nice. They don't seem that invasive.

— Alfie Allen

I wanted to be a stage actor but I got stuck on television. It took a couple of years to get used…

— Kevin Whately

So, I understand when they make a mistake and everyone at home is throwing their shoe at the television set.

— Vanna White

On Masters of Sex, especially in the pilot, everybody was showing up word-perfect, and youre expected to show up word-perfect.

— Lizzy Caplan

In an automobile civilization, which was one of constant motion and activity, there was almost no time to think; in a television…

— Louis Kronenberger