Television Quotes · Page 227

I have to say that after some initial resistance, I'm now a complete 'Game of Thrones' addict.

— Salman Rushdie

I wanted this to be a movie on TV so I could press the off button and make it all go away.

— Michelle Rowen

So I bought a forty-four magnum, it was solid steel cast, and in the blessed name of Elvis, well I just let…

— Bruce Springsteen

That's the hard part of television: When you walk into the network tests, you're signing away seven years of your life.

— Eric McCormack

Television is obviously changing; the way we consume media is changing, so I think it's natural that we are going to try…

— O. T. Fagbenle

If we could have seen through the televisions, we would probably have seen many a child grow up.

— Barbara Hale

When I watch myself on TV, it's impossible not to say, 'Is that really what my neck looks like?'

— Chaley Rose

“You cannot blame porn. When I was young, I used to masturbate to Gilligan's Island.”

— Ron Jeremy

Television is of great educational value. It teaches you while still young how to (a) kill, (b) rob, (c) embezzle, (d) shoot,…

— George Mikes

Addiction is the number one disease of civilization, and it's directly and indirectly related to all other diseases. Besides physical addictions to…

— Deepak Chopra

I think my biggest problem as a creative person trying to work within a business for profit was that it was very…

— Marti Noxon

When I sit down, I find that it's much easier for me to want to consume a movie than to dip back…

— Frank Spotnitz

Consumers can choose from hundreds of channels today, including dozens for kids. At a time of dwindling resources, we don't need to…

— Mark McKinnon

A show that no one thought had a chance has just finished its fifth year: Charmed. I think it's tougher for the…

— Aaron Spelling

This is our problem, our dilemma, yes? We cannot celebrate and declare ourselves to belong to the victorious nations because our brothers…

— Manfred Rommel

Just playing for the Broncos, you're always on the biggest stage. Always prime time television, so that's something I really love about…

— Chris Harris, Jr

I always thought of 'Lost' as a psychotic opera. Because there were so many characters, it was important for me to track…

— Michael Giacchino

'The Wire' is similar to 'The Walking Dead' in so far as everybody pulling for everybody else to get to the turning…

— Seth Gilliam

The response to Season 1 of 'Firing Line' has been a thrill for everyone involved with the show.

— Margaret Hoover

As you can see, the rest of the cast of "Seinfeld" couldn't be here tonight. Apparently, they broke their backs carrying Jerry…

— Jeff Ross

My weight has fluctuated my whole life, and because I've been on television since I was 11 years old, everyone has seen it.

— Sara Rue

It is hard to read a newspaper or watch a television newscast without encountering someone who has come up with a new…

— Thomas Sowell

I was involved with some great things in television that I could never have done in film.

— David Morse

Television made a lot of difference in country music. It's progress. I believe in progress.

— Roy Acuff

I'm just kind of taking a break now and enjoying the freedom of making my own choices. When you're on a television…

— Andrew Shue

Radio killed variety and TV killed radio, and the internet will kill television and it will go on and on.

— Victoria Wood

When I was a kid there weren't a lot of disabled people on television, so I grew up thinking there was no…

— Alex Brooker

Seeing a show with the intent to be in it, you watch it with a more critical eye.

— Myha'la

I think a lot of people just assumed I came to L.A. to do more television and get into show business.

— Ricky Jay

If something is going on, I hear about it. I like to talk to people, I socialise. Television is a waste of…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

So I know that if anything's on television people will be drawn to it to some extent.

— Pendleton Ward

One of the great things about doing series television is the guest actors that you can have come on and play around…

— David Duchovny

At the moment I'm enjoying a new challenge at the Royal Opera House, but I'm also keen to pursue my interest in…

— Deborah Bull

When we launched Hulu, everybody was saying, 'Oh, this is going to be a substitute for pay TV in the living room.'

— Jason Kilar

By all standards, except for 'Star Trek' standards, 98 episodes of any television show is a wildly successful run.

— Scott Bakula

There are two types of people in this world - those who would appear on reality television and the rest of us.

— Ian O'Doherty

When I was a kid, I used to watch a lot of television. And I was a big, big fan of 'Rocky…

— Rob Minkoff

I watch television and when that stuff comes on about me, I find it a little bit embarrassing, the documentaries and all…

— Alex Cora

We're in a time now where technology is such that we can create anything, and that's what's new about television and film…

— Jennifer Morrison

You see reality TV and it's not reality TV. It's contrived and everything is plotted and scripted nearly. Documentaries are the same…

— Ricky Gervais