Television Quotes · Page 218

I'm a sports fanatic. It's hard for me to commit to the weekly, episodic nature of television, so for me, anytime that…

— James Roday

I think the great thing about 'Ashes To Ashes' is that it is very much its own show.

— Daniel Mays

Although I loved 'Black Sails,' 'Lost in Space' was like holiday camp after that.

— Toby Stephens

You're not supposed to do a television series that takes place in nine cities all over the globe. Everyone will tell you…

— Brian J. Smith

Any woman can be a siren one minute and in pigtails the next. I am a very complex person with more than…

— Toni Tennille

Ratings for the XFL are so low that pretty soon they'll be able to address the viewers by name.

— Jay Leno

TV people are great folks, but if I said, 'Come and film a beetroot-jar-opening competition,' they would.

— Guy Martin

The reason I fell in love with Buffy was because of the ambiguity, because she was a superhero and a hot mess.…

— Marti Noxon

If we wait for the entertainment industry to change its fundamental values, we may be waiting a long time. But we don't…

— Michael Medved

You know, both my parents aren't really from this country, and the emphasis was really on education and studying, and TV seemed…

— Lisa Joy

'Lost' is driving toward an ending, and that ending is: Are these people getting off this island? What is the nature of…

— Carlton Cuse

I've always been pretty reserved, but after taking drama classes in middle school to get more comfortable performing in front of people,…

— Stephan James

I remember in high school trying to get home from water-polo practice in time so I could see Happy Days on television…

— Ted McGinley

I have very simple ambitions. If I can just not be boring, I'm ahead of the game. It's hard in television. I…

— David Nevins

“The casting of the brash United States Army Air Force officer Colonel Robert E. Hogan and the pompous German Luftwaffe officer Colonel…

— Carol M. Ford

Among the roles Ive played on stage, television and in films were politicos as diverse as Abe Lincoln, Juan Peron, Herman Goering,…

— Bob Gunton

I discovered, to my surprise, that writing for live television made me a faster writer.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

Ten episodes goes by really quickly, especially when you've got a really tough shooting schedule of seven-day episodes.

— Tricia Helfer

I'm a visual person - when I write, my input is always visual. I worked in television for several years.

— Karen Traviss

I never really thought of myself as a TV critic. I was presenting TV before I was writing about it.

— Charlie Brooker

I had no expectation of the level of adulation that would come my way. I just wanted to make a living with…

— Harrison Ford

I'd seen 'The Sopranos,' but I wasn't a faithful viewer because I can't handle it.

— Tavi Gevinson

The lack of predictability with television is something that's constantly changing what your perception of who you think your character is.

— Lucy Liu

I don't think I'd be a very good talk show host. I mean, I'm very talkative but I don't know if I…

— Emma Roberts

Television. An advanced technical method of stopping people from making their own entertainment.

— Leonard Rossiter

Maybe now it's time to take some chances on TV and push the boundaries with what I can do on television.

— John Stamos

It was easy for viewers to identify with our show. The characters were believable.

— Desi Arnaz

Those Duffer Brothers really know how to tell a story, and I think it makes you want to watch. 'Stranger Things' is…

— David Harbour

It was a natural progression for me to find that if acting was what made me most comfortable, the best thing for…

— Chris Wood

You know, I've never been a comic book person, just because that's not my gig and I don't have a television.

— Allison Mack

I was doing two things at once for quite a long time. I was working in television and writing novels.

— Steven Knight

Live television is always stressful and the more you do it, the more you realise what can go wrong.

— Alan Hansen

It would be as useless to perceive how things 'actually look' as it would be to watch the random dots on untuned…

— Marvin Minsky

I'd rather spend my time with grape growers than actors. In the film industry, all the money is focused on television and…

— Gerard Depardieu

My last name is like 'Voldemort.' It's the name that cannot be said on television. It adds a sort of mystery to…

— Alaska

I think life without Coronation Street would be unthinkable. It's part of all our lives.

— Michael Parkinson

I'm one of the highest-paid television people in the world. I feel like I've made a difference in my viewers' lives, that…

— Cristina Saralegui

I get ratings. If I didn't get ratings, they [media] wouldn't do it. They don't care about poll numbers, they only care…

— Donald Trump

I'm not going to watch two TV shows with vaginas in them unless somebody tells me why they're different!

— Ilana Glazer

It's very awkward to watch yourself on TV because I hate the sound of my voice. It's those moments where you're like,…

— Bianca Del Rio