Quotes About Television

I watch practically no TV - ah, what the hell do I watch? Oh, I was for a long time addicted to CNN.

I grew up practically getting into this business because of David Letterman. I wanted to do comedy-based interviews.

It's one thing to practise in front of a mirror at home, but another to do it in front of 800 people or on live TV.

Growing up, I remember watching 'Little House on the Prairie' and 'L.A. Law' and being so obsessed with it.

Having a chance to work with Dusty Rhodes, he has helped me so much that I can't even praise how much. The first time I saw him on WWE television in polka dots I never would have thought that guy would be such an influence on my career.

Well 'Impractical Jokers' isn't really a prank show, because the joke is on us. We make ourselves look like idiots in front of the public. So the public is mostly confused about what is happening.

We're barely a prank show, in my opinion. We don't consider it that, we don't call our stuff pranks. The challenges that we do are more social experiments that put each other in awkward situations.

That's the thing about 'The Daily Show' - we're doing four shows a week, so we can't be too precious about what's going on.

Some nights you just can't predict what's going to happen live for an hour.

There was no way to predict that 'This is Us' was going to be what it is, that it would really resonate with people.

You can't predict the fate of a show.

I like shows that have some level of intelligence to them. When it's not as predictable, when you don't know what's coming at you.

There's something about a sign-off that seems predictable. I just say whatever comes to my mind, to the pleasure and horror of the control room, I'm sure.

I prefer theater and film. I did a little television, and obviously I'm not knocking it. It can be great, and it does pay the bills. But it's a little bit more disjointed.

I prefer the paycheck of television and the experience of theater.

I did enjoy theater. I actually do prefer making films and television, but it was a learning experience for me, because I got into television at 5 and film at 11, and theater was something I completely bypassed.

I loved 'Beakman's World' growing up. As much as I loved 'Bill Nye,' I always preferred 'Beakman's World' because I thought it was funnier.

You know, women have a history of just being - we've been told all our lives not to say - in the fifties you couldn't say birth or even be pregnant hardly on television - and then gradually things have changed.

I don't watch too much football at home. I only watch the Premier League.

I love the Premier League and La Liga, I follow them on TV when I can.

'Dating Game' wasn't social commentary, political analysis, Shakespearean-level drama or even blunt-force comedy. It was just the televised equivalent of meeting someone at a bar. But it appealed to our most basic Darwinian instinct: selecting a good mate. You can't go wrong when a show's premise is hard-wired into human DNA.

The entertainment industry at large has pretty much given away high definition to consumers. They haven't really charged a premium for it on television. That makes consumers more likely to buy Blu-ray but less likely to pay a premium for it.

Not all television scripts are created equal. And the process is ridiculous. They send you a script and want you in the next morning. That's not how acting works. You can do anything to me as an actor; I'm a very resilient guy. Just don't rush me. If you ask me to do it immediately with no time to prepare, I know you have contempt for actors.

There should be more on television that uplifts people and shows them how to better prepare themselves for earning a living.