Television Quotes · Page 135

I don't watch like Sci-fi or things like that, I'm always more like real life is so endlessly fascinating to me.

— Jonah Hill

I remember when I used to have actual time to write and now you don't have time and you just do it.…

— Callie Khouri

The average family spends 30 hours in front of a television, and they say they don't have the time to have a…

— Stephen Covey

The marvels - of film, radio, and television - are marvels of one-way communication, which is not communication at all.

— Milton Mayer

I wasn't hip to 'Samurai Jack' until I saw it, but then I was all, 'This show is awesome!'

— John DiMaggio

Watching TV on your own is not very inspiring. But meeting people is where you get new ideas and get things done.

— Richard Rogers

We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight.

— Milton Berle

There definitely is exposure in reality shows, but the exposure will basically get you more reality shows.

— Gilbert Gottfried

Television in the 1960s & 70s had just as much dross and the programmes were a lot more tediously patronising than they…

— A. A. Gill

Those who have a knowledge of One America would know that there were several models and actresses working there just as anchors.…

— Tomi Lahren

Television viewership has been declining for a number of years. The internet has been blamed. Everything has been blamed. Except for what…

— Edward Allen Bernero

The debate on healthcare was not done like most of our conferences are done - meaning it was not all on television.…

— Anonymous

Who doesn't love Game of Thrones? Sons of Anarchy is funny and thug-ish. I love Shameless. I just sit with my hat…

— Gavin Rossdale

Sitcoms are bad in so many ways it's hard to say why. They can hype things as much as they want, but…

— Karen Kilgariff

I was an apprentice television engineer when I decided to pack it up and go full-time, much to my father's disgust. But…

— Peter Ham

When our executive producer, Julie Plec, told me I was going to become a hybrid I got really excited. Because theres a…

— Michael Trevino

Every one of us wants to play in the Champions League. They all want to stand on the field and not watch…

— Joel Matip

Television is teaching all the time. Does more educating than the schools and all the institutions of higher learning.

— Marshall McLuhan

No mighty king, no ambitious emperor, no pope, or prophet ever dreamt of such an awesome pulpit, so potent a magic wand.

— Fred W. Friendly

I'm quite happy sat in front of the telly watching everything on Sky, Netflix, Amazon Prime. And the one called Roku. I've…

— Shaun Ryder

Part of walking the line as showrunner is trying to please people and still be true to what you believe creatively.

— Billy Lawrence

some soap opera, you know, real people pretending to be fake people with made-up problems being watched by real people to forget…

— Chuck Palahniuk

[Television] is a great medium for writers, because there's just no time for a studio to interfere very long. You write it,…

— Tina Fey

I do a lot of TV stuff, but I also turn a lot down - it's got to be an adventure.

— Vanilla Ice

In my mind, everything is too sanitised on television - what is wrong with things going wrong?

— Bruce Forsyth

I got really into 'North of 60,' and I'll still watch reruns of 'Da Vinci's Inquest.'

— James Tupper

The thing about improv that I really love in scripted television is that it really makes a moment authentic.

— Natasha Rothwell

The joy of doing the TV or something like 'Sacrifice' isn't really the process of doing it; the joy is going through…

— Derren Brown

Any job ends up with stress, and certainly there's always a deadline looming when you work in TV. It's sort of constant.

— Dan Povenmire

Television and radio do a wonderful job in focusing attention on the problems of our society.

— Richard J. Daley

It's obvious that any new show comes with its share of blunders, misfires, and bad choices.

— Robert Lepage

It's cool when you have someone like Tony Khan, who has a national television company and is letting you take the ball…

— Darby Allin

Conspiracies are a perennial favorite for television producers because there is always a receptive audience.

— Michael Shermer

I love Steven Wright. I was in high school in the '80s, and there was a lot of stand up on television.

— Demetri Martin

It's become impossible to enjoy most quality television shows because the hurt or endangered women device is so frequently used.

— Jessica Valenti

I grew up watching tons and tons of television. It was all I would do, especially during summer vacations.

— Martine Syms

I don't much care to watch myself. There are still probably 50 or 60 episodes of 'Frasier' that I have never seen.

— John Mahoney

The 'Housewives' has helped me find my voice. I was always a people-pleaser, and coming into a show like this, you end…

— Kyle Richards

I have never feared of being typecast as I tried to do different roles on television.

— Kiku Sharda

For about four years, all I did was watch television. I suppose my parents should have stopped me.

— Stephen Hough