Television Quotes · Page 213

Networks don't want a show with a continuing story. There's no backend potential.

— William Devane

Nowadays, kids know how a programme like Merlin is made and how it works. But the show just seems to grow in…

— Colin Morgan

I doubt if the public thought of me as Christ when they next saw me as Temple Houston on television.

— Jeffrey Hunter

The movie, if I recall, didn't have to do with the television show because there were concerns from everyone that they didn't…

— David Selby

The closer you get to what's happening in TV now and the ways it's evolving, the more danger you get into.

— Alan Sepinwall

I love 'The Vampire Diaries!' I can't help it - it's such a teeny-bopper show, but I think I just like it…

— Ashley Wagner

The idea of being on television is to wear your T-shirt so people see it and maybe buy it.

— CM Punk

'House of Cards' opened some doors. I've been able to tackle some diverse stories and characters.

— Mahershala Ali

The work that I've gotten in the hiatuses seems to indicate that I will have a little more work after 'Mad Men'…

— Rich Sommer

Television is very much like the motion picture; you need high-end product that will first go on broadcast or cable and eventually…

— Michael Eisner

There is evidence that people do want to watch shows back to back - that's why DVR use is so high. When…

— Brian Grazer

I think there are great roles for women in television because there is time to allow those characters to evolve. Even if…

— Linda Cardellini

Had "Malcolm in the Middle" been picked up I would not have been available for the pilot of "Breaking Bad." And right…

— Bryan Cranston

Television is the original social network. Consumers love great television, but they also love talking about television. Sharing with friends the thrill…

— Michael K. Powell

Some of my biggest complaints about acting in television were that I was always wearing a tight dress or pencil skirt, and…

— Trieste Kelly Dunn

Having a kid who begged for 'just a few more minutes' of television was the antithesis of what I had hoped parenthood…

— Kim Brooks

Every time fans turned on the television or watched the Dallas Cowboys, I wanted to give them the performance of a lifetime.

— Emmitt Smith

If you've got a big star like O'Reilly, it does overshadow what the hard-news guys do during the day. That's the nature…

— Roger Ailes

Teach people to play new chess, right away. Why do you offer them a black and white television set, when there is…

— Bobby Fischer

I have the dream to continue being in an art context, but also be able to continue doing stuff in television on…

— Kalup Linzy

Between the marriages, I shagged my way round television studios like a mechanical digger.

— Steven Moffat

That crossover of whether it's entertainment or news is the biggest crock of b.s. in television today, because it's all entertainment.

— Vince McMahon

I've chosen television because of the quality of material that I'm offered, not being a writer, so I've turned a lot of…

— David Nutter

Anything that happens on any show is a plot contrivance because that's just storytelling.

— Bryan Fuller

I've been turned down for a lot of TV because they didn't think there was a place for Divine on television.

— Divine

We're not a media company. We don't own media. We don't own music. We don't own films or television. We're not a…

— Steve Jobs

I was certainly typecast for a while on television because I was always being cast as the 'compassionate mother' or whatever.

— Michael Learned

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.

— Groucho Marx

I'm the star of stage, screen, and television now, but I'm also available for children's parties and bar mitzvahs.

— Chris Isaak

There is a 90% failure rate for most shows. It's difficult for any show to write for the next season.

— Matt Passmore

I am just convinced that people want to see people on TV who are more like themselves.

— Don Cornelius

Television, although It's in steep decline, still occasionally gives voices to people who don't have voices.

— Christopher Eccleston

We live in a big and marvelously varied world. Television ought to reflect that.

— Edwin Newman

"30 Rock" is over, so I definitely aspire to write another movie again; eventually, will try to pitch something for television again.

— Tina Fey

People seem generally happy to see their favorite world come to life, even if it it slightly changed to fit storytelling for…

— Jade Hassoune

History, when they do it, is ancient history, and they sensationalize even that. Contemporary history is virtually ignored on television.

— Tariq Ali

There has been an obvious effort to play it safe, to make 'Bonanza' a good family show that would offend no one…

— Pernell Roberts

I do have a television over there - it was a gift - but I never turn it on. I'd rather read…

— Sam Crawford

I got to have a TV show that really was the talk of the nation for a while there. So I'm a…

— Marc Cherry

When television came in, everybody thought that was the end of the movie business, which was not and is not.

— Henry Blodget