Telly Quotes

52 quotes by 44 authors

I think there's a far more general audience now because I've done more populist stuff on telly. — Jo Brand
I love doing stand-up. It's so self-contained - you go there, you do it, you go home - but with telly, there are too many… — Jo Brand
I guess they have to label someone the sexiest person in the world, and it is always someone who is on telly even if itâ€™s… — Mads Mikkelsen
I wouldn't want to leave it so long before doing a play again, I get very stolid and sluggish if I do too much telly. — Matthew Macfadyen
But I quite like that the public has a very short attention span. If I haven't been on telly for a little bit, I can… — Sophie Ellis Bextor
I never did that badly with women when I wasn't on telly, but it's a bit out of control now. Women try it on with… — Noel Fielding
And the druids, they were into sex and death in an interesting night-time telly sort of way. — Eddie Izzard
Whenever I get a good script, I don't care whether it's telly or theatre or big screen - I'm not bothered. — Pete Postlethwaite
I care more about telly because it made me an actor and there's a much more immediate response to TV. You can address the political… — Christopher Eccleston
I've got a very peculiar sort of fame, based on being on the telly. It doesn't mean you have the lifestyle people expect. — Ian Hislop
Where I get bored is when I show up for a shoot and they want me to wear a feather boa. Too obvious a thing… — Graham Norton
All my interesting stories are from before I was on television. Nothing interesting has happened to me since then. Maybe it's because the most interesting… — Graham Norton
I'm really visually stimulated more than anything. I don't really listen to music. I'm more into watching telly or watching movies and visual art. — Sia Furler
I always think I should try to get to bed early, but then I can't stop myself from watching telly and fiddling around on the… — Jenson Button
I don't normally watch myself on the telly. — Frank Bruno
Some British actors are snobby about telly, and I don't understand that. — Matthew Macfadyen
I did four or five years in telly, and by the end of it was drained. I was a bit sick of myself. I didn't… — Matthew Macfadyen
I never thought I'd be one of those old hams who favours theatre over everything, but I'm getting that way. Telly and film seemed more… — Paul McGann
The power of telly is surprising. If you're in a six-part series, you're famous while it's on - people point in the street. Two weeks… — Paul McGann
I'd hate to be really beautiful on telly and then have everyone go, 'It's all make-up and lighting. — Sophie McShera

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