Able Quote by Ellen Wong

Let me speak for myself: I think I wanted to see people who looked like me on TV. I wanted to see people who…

— Wilson Cruz

I wish that I had seen myself more reflected on TV when I was growing up, and I think a lot of people feel…

— Ncuti Gatwa

Growing up, I always wanted to be on TV.

— Megan McKenna

I grew up watching television as a kid. It was always something I wanted to pursue.

— Nahnatchka Khan

We didn't grow up with TV as a viable means of supporting yourself.

— Yvonne Orji

My parents weren't keen on me watching television when I was growing up, in the 70s and 80s, which is ironic given that I've…

— Lucy Worsley

I did not, like my children and people today, grow up with television as part of my life.

— Robert Redford

For a long time I did not want to do television because I did not want to get stuck playing the same person. I…

— Kathy Bates

Once I was old enough to realize that the people I thought were inside the TV were actual people, it was like, 'I want…

— Kiersey Clemons

I grew up without a television. It meant that I read lots of books and entertained myself.

— Emily Watson

There was a time when I really wanted to do films, but they didn't come my way. I would come close and the next…

— Siddharth Shukla

I was raised by television. It was my first cultural window. It was a constant companion.

— Nic Pizzolatto