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Quotes About Cancellation

There's nothing I hate more than having to cancel shows. In 36 years of performing, I think I've only canceled six times.
~ Anne Murray
My show 'The Big House' was picked up; they flew me to New York. I'm about to step on stage to announce Kevin Hart's 'The Big House.' And a hand grabs my shoulder, 'Kevin no, they just decided to cancel it.' It's a serious smack-in-the-face business, and either you can take it, or you can't.
~ Kevin Hart
I tried to take advantage of what I could in Philly. But when it was time to move on, I moved on to New York. There, I booked a series regular role on 'One Life To Live.' I played a character named Deanna Forbes. She was my first big job. It was on daytime TV. And it was a great opportunity until that show got canceled.
~ Nafessa Williams
There are shows that have been prematurely canceled, but I don't know if 'Smash' was one of them.
~ Emory Cohen
The very act of accepting responsibility short-circuits and cancels out any negative emotions you may be experiencing.
~ Brian Tracy
I've been on so many primetime shows that were cancelled - after one episode, after 10 episodes, after just one season. I got used to that. But I found myself choking up a bit at 'OLTL.' It was really hard to say goodbye to those people. It was not the way we wanted to go out.
~ Michael Easton
'Kung Fu' was never cancelled; I just left. I decided I had enough of it, and I thought I should do a movie right away, because I think when you leave a television series, it's important that you establish the fact that you're a movie actor really quickly, or you might never get that chance.
~ David Carradine
One team member, who had formerly worked at AT&T's Bell Labs, recalled only writing specifications for prototype products during his entire time with the company. Invariably after finishing the specs, the project was cancelled. Coming away empty handed so often made him feel sad. After
~ G. Pascal Zachary
Just as tasks should have a cancellation policy, threads should have an interruption policy.
~ Brian Goetz
I did a show called 'Freaks and Geeks' when I was very young. And I had the naivete and arrogance of youth. You know, I really assumed that when the show got cancelled, like, oh, it doesn't matter, you just keep rolling, you know. I'm about to be the biggest star of the world. And then I was met with five years of unemployment.
~ Jason Segel
Death cancels everything but truth… ? William Hazlitt, The Spirit of the Age
~ Carlton Stowers
Nobody will hold it against him if he cancels the fight with Dereck Chisora - the public aren't interested in that fight; nobody knows who he is. It is pretty sad but shows the mindset of Wladimir Klitschko and why he will go down in history as a heavyweight who just fought the worst possible people out there.
~ David Haye
Everything we do not differentiate falls into the Pleroma and is cancelled out along with its opposite. Therefore if we do not discern God, then the effective fullness is cancelled out for us.
~ C.G. Jung
Any cunt withoot the virus could git run ower the morn. That's the wey ye huv tae look at it. Cannae jist cancel the gig. The show must go oan.
~ Irvine Welsh
Of course ABC and its parent company Disney were right to cancel the sitcom 'Roseanne' after its eponymous star, Roseanne Barr, wrote a racist tweet.
~ Bret Stephens
What I can say that's different in American television... in Britain, they wouldn't cancel something after a couple of episodes. In the States they would. They would just decide it's not working, take it off and put something else in on the fall schedule.
~ John Barrowman
As soon as you become complacent your show gets canceled.
~ Dick Wolf
The politics of identity, cancellation, and mob rule are not acceptable to me.
~ Daniel Cameron
I remember being unbelievable bummed when 'Freaks and Geeks' was canceled.
~ Bill Hader
When 'Foyle's War' ended in 2010 after seven series, I was sad but not despondent. After all, ITV had already axed the show once in 2007, then brought it back due to public demand.
~ Honeysuckle Weeks
Coverage cannot be canceled for any reason other than for failure to pay premiums.
~ Taylor Larimore
There are so many shows that go on endlessly until they lose their original spark, or mysteries that are cancelled before they ever get a chance to payoff.
~ Alex Hirsch
There was a time when I had to cancel around five shows because I lost my voice due to acid reflux. Being with Journey, I get introduced to very good doctors and specialists. I'm managing the condition with proper medication.
~ Arnel Pineda
It's just hard to love someone who cancels the cable right before the Walking Dead marathon.
~ Kwame Alexander