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title: "10 Went Television Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [I had done as much as I could on radio and I was too young to die. So I went on television.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-crane/i-had-done-as-much-as-i-could-on-radio-and-i-was-too-young-to-die-so/)

[Bob Crane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-crane/)

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> [And then I went into television; and then television moved from the East Coast to Hollywood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/skitch-henderson/and-then-i-went-into-television-and-then-television-moved-from-the/)

[Skitch Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/skitch-henderson/)

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> [To be able to make a living, I went into television. Not necessarily planned from the beginning, since I was more familiar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfons-adetuyi/to-be-able-to-make-a-living-i-went-into-television-not-necessarily/)

[Alfons Adetuyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfons-adetuyi/)

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> [I went into television because I hated it so, and I thought there's some way of using this fabulous instrument to nurture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/i-went-into-television-because-i-hated-it-so-and-i-thought-there-s/)

[Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55b/fred-rogers-1272_fabulous_i-went-into-television-because-i-hated-i_516955.png)

> [I did I Love My Wife on Broadway in 1978, and then went into television land. Now things are starting to come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wopat/i-did-i-love-my-wife-on-broadway-in-1978-and-then-went-into/)

[Tom Wopat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wopat/)

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> [In 'Bigg Boss Telugu,' I had to be myself, not Jai. So, every weekend, when I went to the television show, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-rama-rao-jr/in-bigg-boss-telugu-i-had-to-be-myself-not-jai-so-every-weekend-when/)

[N. T. Rama Rao, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-rama-rao-jr/)

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> [I went on television and I wouldn't say a word; I feel so stupid when I watch them again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-gainsbourg/i-went-on-television-and-i-wouldn-t-say-a-word-i-feel-so-stupid-when/)

[Charlotte Gainsbourg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-gainsbourg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52c/charlotte-gainsbourg-9321_feels_i-went-on-television-and-i-wouldn-t-say_672080.jpg)

> [People say, "Well, you went on television, it enlarged your readership." It did not at all, not at all. I might as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerzy-kosi-ski/people-say-well-you-went-on-television-it-enlarged-your-readership-it/)

[Jerzy Kosinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerzy-kosi-ski/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f08/jerzy-kosi-ski-6296_audience_people-say-well-you-went-on-television-i_759263.png)

> [If you look at my life before I went into television, the struggle I went through coming out would be surprising to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-cohen/if-you-look-at-my-life-before-i-went-into-television-the-struggle-i/)

[Andy Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-cohen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/141/andy-cohen-7220_comfortable_if-you-look-at-my-life-before-i-went-int_1192619.jpg)

> [There was a time in the 1930s when magazine writers could actually make a good living. 'The Saturday Evening Post' and 'Collier's'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wolfe/there-was-a-time-in-the-1930s-when-magazine-writers-could-actually/)

[Tom Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wolfe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df2/tom-wolfe-2191_1930s_there-was-a-time-in-the-1930s-when-magaz_1849355.jpg)

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