Television Quotes · Page 223

You hope to see an arc of growth in your ability to become a character on television.

— Marc Maron

“It looked very similar to the screwdriver used by the time-traveling hero of the dragons’ favorite television program.”

— Chris d'Lacey

I don't watch a whole lot of TV, but since the time I was 10 or 11, I've watched MTV's 'The Challenge.'

— Kyle Larson

What the hell is pilot season? It's an artificial boundary that makes no sense, and it makes you do things under duress.

— Kevin Reilly

I especially love 'Web Therapy' and I did 'Eastbound and Down' too. I had a lot of fun doing that.

— Lily Tomlin

A lot of people in television who've had successful shows claim the 'Roseanne' show as their starting place, and I'm really proud…

— Roseanne Barr

You come to America, and, if you do a big TV show, then you can be overexposed, or old, before you're new.

— Chris Hemsworth

I think I did four 'Law & Order' episodes. I did two 'Criminal Intent,' one mothership, and one 'SVU.'

— Betty Gilpin

With everything on 'PLL,' it's not just a show that's trendy that's going to tell you what to wear next week. They…

— Vanessa Ray

I was... 15? And Garry Marshall, who had many, many seasons in the sun and a very long career, was in the…

— Rob Lowe

Television became defensible - and, frankly, worshipped - because the shows started to be so carefully structured, so attentive to language, and…

— Michelle Dean

With TV, your structure is determined by the series not the episode. You can have incident without consequence to the character, but…

— Steven Knight

Other than my sexuality, I am vulnerable regarding my physical appearance, as I am not what people considered ideal by most standards.…

— Alex Newell

When you come to the end of a TV project, it's good to be able - and I'm kind of lucky -…

— Matt Berry

That's the great thing about a series: you're driving to work, and you have an idea for a story for your characters,…

— James L. Brooks

This idea that you can watch a show like 'True Detective,' and it was awesome, but is it really ruined for you…

— Carlton Cuse

People don't really see television shows and movies as different anymore. They expect the same quality.

— Greg Berlanti

And so they pitched the show to me. It sounded like a good idea. We pitched the show back, and got it…

— Judge Mills Lane

There are, in terms of numbers, more leading roles for women in television than there are features. That's absolutely certain.

— Holly Hunter

With TV, you don't get much time to prepare. It's all done that day itself, on the set. Shoot, and leave.

— Hiten Tejwani

Don't be deluded into believing that the titular heads of the networks control what appears on their networks. They all have better…

— Edward R. Murrow

All those glorious years for Danish television and I spent them going, 'Hello! I'm over here!'

— Claes Bang

If you're with Dish Network tell them not to screw with Walter White. They are threatening to drop AMC before the premiere…

— Bryan Cranston

I did a TV show that didn't last on ABC called 'The Zero Hour,' and my character was working at a magazine.

— Scott Michael Foster

Baseball hasn't been the national pastime for many years now - no sport is. The national pastime, like it or not, is…

— Bob Greene

Television is a different medium and I am happy I could reach out to different kinds of audiences.

— Tisca Chopra

Television is completely another medium. For me, Lady Gaga and HBO are bringing us to mass culture.

— Marina Abramovic

The master plan does not have a master plan. Television ultimately finds itself, and after it finds itself, it finds itself changing.

— Joss Whedon

What has reality shows got to do with reality? It is beyond unreality; there is nothing real about it.

— Morley Safer

I've always been into 'NCIS' because my mom is a pretty big fan. I don't watch a lot of TV though.

— Chase Elliott

Every comic is taught that you're supposed to have a great seven-minute set and then get a sitcom. And I don't want…

— Ali Wong

When I can't sleep, I'll start thinking about how many shows I've done, count up the number of television shows and movies.

— Robert Wagner

Marc Frydman and I are overwhelmed by the confidence Touchstone Television has shown in us, and we're thrilled to continue trying to…

— Rod Lurie

I watch way too much television and like a lot of shows, so I'm always excited to meet those people and hope…

— Kevin Rahm

I have a very primitive sense that if I just turn on a radio or the television, that somebody's playing that stuff…

— Marc Maron

Broadway was always sort of my trajectory before I found film and television - that would be really tremendous.

— Dove Cameron

FACE THE NATION is the second oldest program on television. It began in 1954, fifty-eight years ago. I've been here at the…

— Rodney Erickson

If the Olympics were more like the Hunger Games I think I'd probably watch more of it.

— Anonymous

I really feel like I haven't had a job. Playing [baseball] and then doing television. I watched my mom clean houses and…

— Harold Reynolds

The challenge is that we live in a time where there's a lot of crap on television.

— Jeff Corwin