Television Quotes · Page 40

Cathode-ray tubes are the most important items in a television receiver.

— John Logie Baird

I felt like Life was a great show. It was really well-written.

— Donal Logue

The life we see in tv is just the fake reflection of the real one…

— Sunil Devraj

Many reality shows have failed because everyone's acting.

— Nigel Barker

NBC programs great shows; it just doesn't have the eyeballs CBS does.

— Sean Hayes

Television is basically teaching whether you want it to or not.

— Jim Henson

My feeling is that if you can cook, I can teach you how to do television.

— Bobby Flay

When you play a game of thrones you win or you die.

— Anonymous

I haven't killed anyone on television in years and years. Must have been twenty something years.

— Gavin MacLeod

The financial people, who lead such dreary lives, believe what they read and see on television.

— Jimmy Breslin

I want to shift my career back to shows like The Knick. I prefer the classic drama structure.

— Andre Holland

Intimacy is a normal part of any relationship, whether it's on television or not.

— Andi Dorfman

If there's one thing that television doesn't really do, and has never really done, is to tell a surreal story.

— Noah Hawley

Directing a television episode is no joke, and it's incredibly difficult and especially when you're acting in it as well.

— Brian J. Smith

Late-night television is like the cereal aisle in the supermarket: too many choices. Also, too many 'different' brands that really aren't different…

— Tom Shales

It's not saving the world or anything but I still get such a rush from live television.

— Zoe Ball

I grew up in Greeley, Colorado, in a house without a television set. I was a very nerdy kid: I used to…

— Harper Reed

I feel like reality TV has thrown a difficult wrench in the system - on the programming and making side, and on…

— Debra Granik

I don't think we know yet what broadcast television did to us, although it obviously did lots. I don't think we're far…

— William Gibson

The novel is final form; it's the ultimate individual final form. Television and motion pictures never get there. You'd be fabulous to…

— James Ellroy

To show you, just to illustrate the inroads the homosexual marriage crowd has made, it is now common to hear on television…

— Rush Limbaugh

You can take wonderfully talented actors, wonderfully talented writers and producers, and, uh, do a wonderful show!... but if it doesn't hit…

— Charlotte Rae

I have the absolute utmost respect for soap opera actors now. They work harder than any actor I know in any other…

— Joan Collins

Television does devour you because you have all sorts of responsibilities, and I really needed to renew myself. I think I owed…

— Charlotte Rae

I think I'm sort of locked into the sitcom genre.

— Jason Marsden

I was into 'Skins,' 'Shameless' - I was really into 'Shameless' for a bit.

— Ncuti Gatwa

I was initially a leading man, but only on television.

— Gary Cole

Television has done a lot for me, and I can never stay away from it.

— Ram Kapoor

TV always wants more people to be watching.

— Aisha Tyler

Funnily enough, 'Chuck' prepared me for '24.'

— Yvonne Strahovski

Ronald Reagan is clearly to television what Franklin Roosevelt was to radio.

— David Gergen

It feels nice to get back to television after a long gap.

— Y. G. Mahendran

I really don't have a need to be on TV all that much, to be honest with you.

— Larry Wilmore

I do feel like the end of 'Mad Men' is a sort of a coming of age.

— Jessica Pare

“That’s quality programming. It’s on the Arts and Entertainment Network.”

— Robert Bevan

I think Shonda Rhimes came to change television for women forever.

— Karla Souza

People love coming on television, even if they have to show their miseries.

— Victoria Abril

First season of 'Survivor' - Richard Hatch was fascinating.

— Brian J. Smith

Twinkies are more natural than most TV-interview shows.

— Douglas Coupland

I think the semantics of mini-series for a network is that it has an end.

— Cary Fukunaga