Television Quotes · Page 142

'Downton Abbey' is just one cliche after another, and it is a really, really poor piece of drama. But that's only me…

— Michael Hirst

TV spots are short. If you can't hold folks' attention for 20 seconds before revealing the brand, find another line of work.

— Lee Clow

I've been on the telly for a long while. I've never saved any money or anything. I'm not one of those people.

— Joe Gilgun

I challenge you to find a whiter problem than Mad Men and Game of Thrones being on at the same time.

— Anonymous

I have cancelled shows before for knowing full well that my heart was not in it at that moment. Why? Because its…

— Cedric Bixler-Zavala

Like you, I have been disgraced about what I've seen on TV that took place in prison.

— George W. Bush

TV is bigger than any story it reports. It's the greatest teaching tool since the printing press.

— Fred W. Friendly

Every experience I've had with 'Power' has been so great, so to become a series regular was fantastic.

— Brandon Victor Dixon

In television, the cuts are so quick: bang-bang-bang-bang-bang! I want to shoot two people and sit there for eight minutes and watch…

— Alex O'Loughlin

My husband and I are in New York, for hiatus, and we left most of our stuff in our apartment in Chicago.…

— Sarah Wayne Callies

I hear radio plays that I did 20 years ago and I can't bear it; I see things on telly that I…

— Caroline Quentin

I hope to be making television shows and films, and creating content that captivates Latinos. I try not to think about it…

— Jon Huertas

“There’s another way that we can get drawn into ownership. Often, companies will have “trial” promotions. If we have a basic cable…

— Anonymous

The smells are very strong on 'Game of Thrones': the incense, the fire, the heat of all the burns. The smell of…

— Eugene Simon

I love when a TV show, or entertainment in general, makes me feel something; be it positive, be it negative, be it…

— Nathan Fillion

It is possible to have a pretty good life and career being a leech and a parasite in the media world, gadding…

— Boris Johnson

Watching the dailies and then watching the... episodes, it really hits you: 'Damn, I did that?' I must have been crazy to…

— Joseph D. Pistone

I make no apology for preoccupying myself with architecture, television, conceptual art, restaurants and Jane Asher's cakes.

— Will Self

I have had my television aerials removed. It is the moral equivalent of a prostate operation.

— Malcolm Muggeridge

I don't watch TV but occasionally I'll read the Washington Post. I will say that sports are the only "real thing" on…

— Ian MacKaye

Doing a film and doing a TV show are poles apart. They are two different things, cannot be compared, but I enjoy…

— Erica Fernandes

TV can play a role in delivering that emotion as well as the obvious ability to reach a lot of people quickly…

— Jill McDonald

As if we don't have enough volence on television. After her husband accidentally hit two spectators with golf balls during a celebrity…

— Barbara Bush

And for those of you who watched the last programme, I hope all your doughnuts turn out like Fanny's.

— David Coleman

Every other reality show is so freakin' dramatic, I feel like they bring me down. 'Miz & Mrs' makes people laugh.

— Maryse Mizanin

Working in TV films has a lot of advantages over the daily grind of doing an hour series.

— Joe Penny

I always feel like I'm not very impressive in interviews when I talk about what I watch on television.

— James Roday

I don't want to be an old man some day and look it up and see some episode of one of the…

— Dan Schneider

“Why watch reality TV when I can just open my blinds and look out my window to all the reality I can…

— Jarod Kintz

You read the papers and you watch television, so you know the kind of spider-brained, commercially poisoned piece-of-crap reporting you get in…

— Greg Palast

Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrasment...They do everything but watch television.

— Lewis Thomas

One thing about television in Britain is that they're so scared about complaints. It curbs a lot of drama.

— Alice Lowe

I think that, if I had to guess... what people liked about me on television is that I was natural and myself.

— Chuck Woolery

We miss 'House of Fools' a lot. It felt a bit like a different and fresh show for British TV.

— Bob Mortimer

There was a scene early on during the first season of Roswell and I broke down crying. Since then, I've always just…

— Shiri Appleby

I often hear that those are people's favorite episodes, the ones with people that they don't know. That's the magic of 'Hot…

— Sean Evans

I think people enjoyed LA Law so much, because it was the first show that delved into current events through the prism…

— Harry Hamlin

The images we eat are as important as the food we eat. Think of that in terms of television, and a lot…

— Marion Woodman

There's something about prime time television and the way the song is going to come off on the air. I'm very concerned,…

— Jon Secada

I really love the TV thing because it's a little of the best of all worlds. You have a sense of a…

— Dan Amboyer