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> [When you're doing 22 shows on network television, the writers are going on vapors towards the end and, as an actor, you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-smits/when-you-re-doing-22-shows-on-network-television-the-writers-are/)

[Jimmy Smits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-smits/)

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> [Movies, particularly the big hit movies, are all just special effects. But on television, the writers are in control of the shows,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-cohen/movies-particularly-the-big-hit-movies-are-all-just-special-effects/)

[Larry Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-cohen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab3/larry-cohen-60875_big_movies-particularly-the-big-hit-movies-a_1877794.jpg)

> [There's this message to comedians in particular, that you shouldn't write it, and a television writer should write it. And that's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-gaffigan/there-s-this-message-to-comedians-in-particular-that-you-shouldn-t/)

[Jim Gaffigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-gaffigan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85f/jim-gaffigan-580_able_there-s-this-message-to-comedians-in-par_2696712.jpg)

> [I have a great job writing for 'The Office,' but, really, all television writers do is dream of one day writing movies.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mindy-kaling/i-have-a-great-job-writing-for-the-office-but-really-all-television/)

[Mindy Kaling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mindy-kaling/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45b/mindy-kaling-672_dream_i-have-a-great-job-writing-for-the-offic_3052152.png)

> [I have a theory that there has never been a bad movie written about television because the writers have all been victims…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-lipman/i-have-a-theory-that-there-has-never-been-a-bad-movie-written-about/)

[Maureen Lipman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-lipman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a18/maureen-lipman-4256_bad_i-have-a-theory-that-there-has-never-bee_3105501.png)

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