Television Quotes · Page 179

I'm not of the ilk that there's something immoral about doing an unfunny sitcom - it just gets boring and unchallenging.

— Sam Seder

I love it on '5 Live' when we do a phone-in about the licence fee, we put on a load of calls…

— Richard Bacon

“Televisio is a vehicle that permits people who haven't anything to do to watch people who can't do anything.”

— Fred Allen

If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives.

— Marlon Brando

There's really no hope of anyone turning off the Olympics to watch something on Fox.

— Seth Macfarlane

Although television and newspapers have played the biggest role in hyping up the World Cup, they are at the lowest end of…

— Sucheta Dalal

Besides, killing all the humans will totally trash the cable schedule, and there are some shows I'm really excited to have back…

— Mira Grant

They do very classy, sexy television in the U.S. - and they pay a lot more, so there's always that draw!

— Jamie Dornan

I've never watched 'Game Of Thrones', but I obviously know how huge it is and how the fans responded to it, and…

— Anya Chalotra

Set in the advertising world of the 1960s, 'Mad Men' is stunning to look at - a Camelot-era parade of smartly dressed…

— Adam Cohen

As far as the future for the Showtime episodes that have already aired, we are sold into syndication so we'll be appearing…

— Richard Dean Anderson

I think the least stereotypical gay character on television is probably Matt LeBlanc on 'Episodes.' He just plays it so straight-faced. They…

— Adam Pally

What would be the point of being personally whole in a dismembered society, or personally healthy in a land scalped, eroded and…

— Wendell Berry

Television is all about sound. You'll never get a moment of silence unless there's something really extraordinary going on, on screen, visually.…

— Charlie Hunnam

I've appeared three times on 'The Good Wife.' I'm proud of being associated with the show. 'Time' magazine called it 'the best…

— Donna Brazile

When I write a novel, I want it to be completely different from a screenplay. I'm very conscious of the difference, and…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

I want to be a shotgun-toting, gangster-robbing black homosexual like Omar on The Wire.

— Anonymous

Whether or not you're aware of it or not, you're taking the information you get from watching TV and putting it in…

— Stephanie Beatriz

“Some stories have to be written because no one would believe the absurdity of it all.”

— Shannon L. Alder

I like that 'Scrubs' is very funny and silly and broad, but also emotional and real - sometimes within the same scene.

— Brett Goldstein

Greg Berlanti is in charge of a lot of superhero shows on television. He is a literal superhero. He is absolutely brilliant.

— Becky Albertalli

When you're in something like 'Game of Thrones' and get the chance to play a part like Bronn, with that cast and…

— Jerome Flynn

I would definitely not rule out doing television, because I think it's a great medium for telling stories.

— Chris Pratt

Most people can differentiate between the guy you see on TV and the real-life guy.

— Wade Barrett

I think TV is all about not turning off the public, it's about not being too sexy, not being too much of…

— Kelly Brook

With a play, you do it and it's gone. Films always date. Television drama always dates. Television comedy, for some reason, seems…

— Penelope Keith

“A celebrity is an object that the media manufactures today, just so they have a subject tomorrow.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I think the amazing thing about 'Twin Peaks' was that it completely changed television from that point forward.

— Madchen Amick

I think that television and the web are fusing anyway, so I think that ultimately whatever I do, I'm going to blend…

— Issa Rae

At the end of the day, there's probably nothing that makes me feel better than junk food and reality TV.

— Jennifer Lawrence

Reality TV is sleazy, it is manipulative. It is as momentary as anything in popular culture.

— Morley Safer

The secret of doing well on TV is to understand that it's not too important. A lot of people watching doesn't change…

— Jack Germond

No not at all... it is rare for shows to make it as long as Once and Again... It was a pretty…

— Sela Ward

Television won't last because people will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.

— Darryl F. Zanuck

Sometimes people can write really great scenes and even a great episode, but they can't see the bigger picture.

— M. Night Shyamalan

The censorship is such on television in the U.S. that films like mine don't stand a chance.

— John Pilger

Cinema and, most of all, films have changed my life much more than theatre or television. And that is the reason why…

— Julie Gayet

There simply isn't a way to do the show without investing in a bunch more companies.

— Chris Sacca

I love working in television and in comedy, so whenever there's an opportunity to work on a TV sitcom, I'm like, 'Yes…

— Amber Stevens

“The amount of educational programming on television today is simply desensitizing. The only reason left to go to school is to see…

— Bauvard