Quotes About Television

I really wanted to change the idea of what is possible and to show that 'deaf can' and what better place to do that than on national television?

I ended up with my life slanted toward television, and I just accept that. I think you play the hand the way it's dealt, that's all.

Alan Alda is a dear friend, nothing like the cynical, bitter Hawkeye.

I went to New York for a while before I moved to L.A., and I was very clear that I didn't want to do TV. For a decade, basically, I didn't even entertain the idea.

If you look at 'Mad Men,' it's set in the wrong decade. The style of Mad Men is really the 1950s, not the 1960s.

It was amazing for me growing up in the musical decade of the '60s. I saw The Beatles on television and went out and bought an electric guitar.

I love 'Shameless' as a fan. But I love lots of television. And as an ensemble, I have never seen a group of people put on screen what 'Shameless' - the 'Shameless' cast as an ensemble and as individuals - in decades.

I have a little bit of experience going in and playing a character - I played a character on 'Smallville' that had been established for decades and decades before I took it.

I've been on national TV since 1994, and I can communicate in a compelling and decisive way.

I was a big fan of 'The Smurfs' growing up, even though by default - my mom used to force me to watch because she was a 'Smurfs' fan.

I remember there was one summer - I think I was 13 years old - that was literally defined by watching 'Beavis and Butt-head' with my friends.

I went to college and got my degree in acting, but because it was all theater, I really consider my first couple years on 'Mad Men' as amazing training for working in television and for acting on-camera.

Things that go on at Happy Times are very funny this year, and if you were watching last year, some of the people you saw then as basically extras emerge as real characters in their own right this season, at least to some degree.

I was delighted to have lines when they came - learning lines for film isn't a problem, but television is a little different, because we shot those shows the whole way through.

In case you don't watch much TV or spend time with anyone under 40, 'Really?' is pop culture's pithiest way to deliver a withering put-down.

Cable television and the Internet have created an unending demand for information, and there simply isn't enough truth to go around.

I like TV on demand and Cheetos.

There is more of a demand, especially on the Internet and on Tumblr and Twitter, from women who are like, 'We want to see more of us on TV!'.

Audiences need to keep demanding shows with strong female leads.

Doctor Who' is the best show to write for, because of the actors and the scale of imagination that it demands.

TV's demands are different from those of films.

On 'Baskets,' I'm not sure what the demographic is.

Dragons' Den' is about as close to real business as you can get on television.

When we started making 'Borgen,' no one had any idea it would have any appeal outside Denmark. No one expected it to follow the success of 'The Killing' because it's basically all about Danish politics.