Television Quotes · Page 213

Television was a great place for me to kind of fall on my face and make mistakes and be okay with it…

— Max Martini

I guess the main reason for the lack of series about clergymen is the limitations their shows might face on TV.

— Mike Connors

Downton Abbey has taught me there was a time when British healthcare was just as horrifying as ours.

— Anonymous

There are an enormous amount of techniques I wanted to beta test in television. You can't take those risks on a $100…

— Dean Devlin

I don't know if people say ratings don't matter... they sure as Hell matter. Like, you want to win.

— Tommaso Ciampa

I admire your use of the Food Network as a distraction from your eating disorder.

— Anonymous

I think very few shows have come into our industry and changed the tempo and the narrative of stories, and 'Once Upon…

— Dania Ramirez

I am lucky to be part of a 'Kyunki.' Not every actor gets a chance to be part of a successful television…

— Smriti Irani

I think most artists would agree, it's one thing to be playing in front of a crowd that's loving it, it's another…

— Brett Dennen

Television, they say, will permit a person to be entertained at home, without the effort of going to a picture house, without…

— Ivor Novello

When you read a book, you generate beta waves irrespective of the book's content. But if you look up from it, and…

— Leonard Shlain

Right now the producers of 'Modern Family' have no idea how many people watch our show each week on all platforms, and…

— Steven Levitan

Twenty-nine million people watched the first episode when we put it back on the air, which is absolutely staggering. With the ridiculous…

— Jon Cryer

It seems like the real television networks, the amount of people that watch each network is going down and down, and the…

— Matt Besser

I am a firm believer in The Paleo Solution. I maintain a hectic schedule that starts early and finishes late. Filming a…

— Eva LaRue

I enjoy working on a series and having a long stretch of time to get to know and connect with my cast…

— Sasha Roiz

Prime-time network television has become an island without religion in an ever-more-religious America.

— Ben Stein

I'll tell anyone who will listen what it takes to look good for TV. 'Cause it ain't easy.

— Gabby Windey

Slower television actually credits the audience with a higher level of intelligence.

— Tim Pigott-Smith

If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners.

— Johnny Carson

I can't imagine anybody who has spoken to more, or presented more non-famous people on television in the history of the world.

— Jerry Springer

I never stopped DJing through the entire 'Game of Thrones' process. I never saw the need to stop because I do love…

— Kristian Nairn

I, myself, I am not interested in reality television; just me, myself, speaking.

— T.I

Television is a producers' medium. There is a formula with a certain number of closeups for each show.

— Bill Duke

I am a perfect example of somebody who'd have benefited from much more training before I got to be on TV.

— Ivory

I've been watching a lot of cable shows like 'The Wire' and 'Breaking Bad' and 'Downton Abbey.' I love how real the…

— Jay Chandrasekhar

Even in the off season, people are streaming the show or buying the DVD sets, and new audience comes to 'Leverage' every…

— Timothy Hutton

If you have one good series, you know, it's a blessing. Two good series is unusual. Three is a phenomenon.

— Betty White

I had an amazing time on 'Stargate: Atlantis', and a really great run on that show, which was shot in my hometown.…

— Jewel Staite

Television is actually closer to reality than anything in books. The madness of TV is the madness of human life.

— Camille Paglia

It's not just about the money, it's about the entertainment. All access TV 24/7.

— Floyd Mayweather

Sometimes when I'm reading a script, I can't quite believe that this is going on television alongside cereal commercials.

— Marti Noxon

The caustic style of 'Archer' was really on my mind when I was first doing 'BoJack' - perhaps too much!

— Raphael Bob-Waksberg

When it comes to blogging about a 'Housewives' reunion, unfortunately it's just not going to be filled with pleasantries.

— Jill Zarin

The schedule on TV is crazy. You could not work for two days but then work from 4 A.M. to 1 A.M.…

— Donna Lynne Champlin

With TV, there's a continuum with the crew and the cast so you feel like you have a sense of community in…

— Mary-Louise Parker

I never say never, but I haven't been given the quality of script to compel me to go on television.

— Nicolas Cage

I know it's TV, but at the same time you don't foresee that so many people all over the world are going…

— Rachel Parris

When I first read 'Lovecraft Country' I knew it had the potential to be unlike anything else on television.

— Misha Green

I honestly believe that TV generally is obsessed with the ratings battle to the point of cutting its own throat.

— Jonathan Dimbleby