Television Quotes · Page 203

HBO is really famous for hiring good people and staying out of their way until they ask for help, or need it.…

— Richard Russo

I love the consistency of working on television. You don't get that in working on film.

— Nico Tortorella

You're not supposed to do a television series that takes place in nine cities all over the globe. Everyone will tell you…

— Brian J. Smith

Although I loved 'Black Sails,' 'Lost in Space' was like holiday camp after that.

— Toby Stephens

TV people are great folks, but if I said, 'Come and film a beetroot-jar-opening competition,' they would.

— Guy Martin

The reason I fell in love with Buffy was because of the ambiguity, because she was a superhero and a hot mess.…

— Marti Noxon

Any woman can be a siren one minute and in pigtails the next. I am a very complex person with more than…

— Toni Tennille

Ratings for the XFL are so low that pretty soon they'll be able to address the viewers by name.

— Jay Leno

For most people, there are only two places in the world. Where they live and their TV set. If a thing happens…

— Don DeLillo

Long ago, when Harry had been left alone while the Dursley's went out to enjoy themselves, the hours of solitude had been…

— J. K. Rowling

Grey's Anatomy' has given me a lot of security, especially as my kids have grown older. Plus, for the last eight years,…

— Justin Chambers

His administration apparently means to define itself as a television program instead of a government...I don't know if it can please both…

— Lewis H. Lapham

I love Larry David's take on things in 'Seinfeld', which is that you shouldn't try to help people because it'll always put…

— Graham Linehan

When I saw that show Lost I learned something. Other than one sort of big dude if you're in an airplane crash…

— Billy Bob Thornton

Supreme Court says pornography is anything without artistic merit that causes sexual thoughts; that's their definition, essentially. No artistic merit, causes sexual…

— Bill Hicks

I guarantee you that the people who watch 'Conan O'Brien' or who watch 'Entertainment Tonight' and probably a lot of these other…

— John Tesh

I'm a sports fanatic. It's hard for me to commit to the weekly, episodic nature of television, so for me, anytime that…

— James Roday

I think the great thing about 'Ashes To Ashes' is that it is very much its own show.

— Daniel Mays

I'd seen 'The Sopranos,' but I wasn't a faithful viewer because I can't handle it.

— Tavi Gevinson

I had no expectation of the level of adulation that would come my way. I just wanted to make a living with…

— Harrison Ford

The lack of predictability with television is something that's constantly changing what your perception of who you think your character is.

— Lucy Liu

I'm a visual person - when I write, my input is always visual. I worked in television for several years.

— Karen Traviss

I discovered, to my surprise, that writing for live television made me a faster writer.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

Ten episodes goes by really quickly, especially when you've got a really tough shooting schedule of seven-day episodes.

— Tricia Helfer

I never really thought of myself as a TV critic. I was presenting TV before I was writing about it.

— Charlie Brooker

Those Duffer Brothers really know how to tell a story, and I think it makes you want to watch. 'Stranger Things' is…

— David Harbour

It was easy for viewers to identify with our show. The characters were believable.

— Desi Arnaz

I don't think I'd be a very good talk show host. I mean, I'm very talkative but I don't know if I…

— Emma Roberts

Maybe now it's time to take some chances on TV and push the boundaries with what I can do on television.

— John Stamos

Television. An advanced technical method of stopping people from making their own entertainment.

— Leonard Rossiter

I was doing two things at once for quite a long time. I was working in television and writing novels.

— Steven Knight

I'd rather spend my time with grape growers than actors. In the film industry, all the money is focused on television and…

— Gerard Depardieu

I think life without Coronation Street would be unthinkable. It's part of all our lives.

— Michael Parkinson

My last name is like 'Voldemort.' It's the name that cannot be said on television. It adds a sort of mystery to…

— Alaska

It would be as useless to perceive how things 'actually look' as it would be to watch the random dots on untuned…

— Marvin Minsky

Live television is always stressful and the more you do it, the more you realise what can go wrong.

— Alan Hansen

It was a natural progression for me to find that if acting was what made me most comfortable, the best thing for…

— Chris Wood

You know, I've never been a comic book person, just because that's not my gig and I don't have a television.

— Allison Mack

I find that the stuff on television is more exciting than the films, which are for teens almost.

— Lee Grant

How long can you gloss everything over and give people the idea that life is a sitcom?

— Patti D'Arbanville