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title: "12 Tv Years Quotes by 12 authors"
description: "Browse 12 Tv Years quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Tv Years sayings and thoughts."
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> [I threw my TV out years ago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beppe-grillo/i-threw-my-tv-out-years-ago/)

[Beppe Grillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beppe-grillo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/571/beppe-grillo-13966_out_i-threw-my-tv-out-years-ago-1394713_1394713.jpg)

> [I've been in TV for years and years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-cheban/i-ve-been-in-tv-for-years-and-years/)

[Jonathan Cheban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-cheban/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2a/jonathan-cheban-8942_been_i-ve-been-in-tv-for-years-and-years-8984_898468.png)

> [I didn't want to do it... I'd been trying to get out of TV for years!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-kellerman/i-didn-t-want-to-do-it-i-d-been-trying-to-get-out-of-tv-for-years/)

[Sally Kellerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-kellerman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/117/sally-kellerman-26895_been_i-didn-t-want-to-do-it-i-d-been-trying-t_3132697.jpg)

> [My mum didn't really let me watch TV until I was about 5 years old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dacre-montgomery/my-mum-didn-t-really-let-me-watch-tv-until-i-was-about-5-years-old/)

[Dacre Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dacre-montgomery/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e39/dacre-montgomery-15893_about_my-mum-didn-t-really-let-me-watch-tv-unt_2352049.jpg)

> [If a filmmaker and I don't get along, it's four weeks of your life, so, whatever. With TV, it's six years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-blucas/if-a-filmmaker-and-i-don-t-get-along-it-s-four-weeks-of-your-life-so/)

[Marc Blucas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-blucas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/marc-blucas-38137_along_if-a-filmmaker-and-i-don-t-get-along-it_2590891.jpg)

> [If you are going to be on TV for however many years, you want to make sure that you have writers that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-shannon/if-you-are-going-to-be-on-tv-for-however-many-years-you-want-to-make/)

[Michael Shannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-shannon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bb/michael-shannon-9158_giving_if-you-are-going-to-be-on-tv-for-however_249263.jpg)

> [For me, the attraction of TV is that you continue to get to tell those stories and refine those characters. The other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-nolan/for-me-the-attraction-of-tv-is-that-you-continue-to-get-to-tell-those/)

[Jonathan Nolan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-nolan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a9/jonathan-nolan-6754_attraction_for-me-the-attraction-of-tv-is-that-you_3093899.jpg)

> [I had been on the TV show 'Eight is Enough' for four years. Working on a show like that is like working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-buckley/i-had-been-on-the-tv-show-eight-is-enough-for-four-years-working-on-a/)

[Betty Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-buckley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/betty-buckley-12839_enough_i-had-been-on-the-tv-show-eight-is-enoug_2268783.png)

> [You can say that I did TV for all these years so that I can launch my own music label, make my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aditya-narayan/you-can-say-that-i-did-tv-for-all-these-years-so-that-i-can-launch-my/)

[Aditya Narayan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aditya-narayan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/171/aditya-narayan-11818_launch_you-can-say-that-i-did-tv-for-all-these_1196144.jpg)

> [People know a lot about my life - I've been on TV since I was three years old. And there's not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peyton-list/people-know-a-lot-about-my-life-i-ve-been-on-tv-since-i-was-three/)

[Peyton List](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peyton-list/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7e/peyton-list-5539_complain_people-know-a-lot-about-my-life-i-ve-bee_1507232.jpg)

> [As an actor, you can show up on a set and be on a TV show for three or four years, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ian-black/as-an-actor-you-can-show-up-on-a-set-and-be-on-a-tv-show-for-three-or/)

[Michael Ian Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ian-black/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ba/michael-ian-black-3765_actor_as-an-actor-you-can-show-up-on-a-set-and_634786.png)

> [I took a break from TV for about three-four years. During that time, I had to let go of some of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karishma-tanna/i-took-a-break-from-tv-for-about-three-four-years-during-that-time-i/)

[Karishma Tanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karishma-tanna/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16c/karishma-tanna-10000_best_i-took-a-break-from-tv-for-about-three-f_713764.jpg)

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