Quotes About Television

After I did television, I just felt I didn't have any more to give to the medium. And so I went back to the theatre and started directing and producing, and found I enjoyed it as much, if not more, than acting.

Producing, in television, we're in the business of voyeurism.

Does 'Jersey Shore' make me sad for humanity that this is what's passing for entertainment? Well, this is a business, and if that's what millions of people want to watch, I can't fault someone for producing it.

I have a show called 'First Gen' that David Oyelowo is executive producing.

The funny thing about commercials to me is that many of them now don't even mention the product until the very end. You don't really know what the commercial is all about. They're kind of like little movies, like shorts, and that's why I think they're so entertaining.

On some level any appearance on Television can be seen as a product endorsement.

Yes, I'm happy with Alan Ball's production of my novels.

I used to watch a lot of American and British television as a child, which helped teach me the language and accents; it was partly that which landed me the part of Roxy in a London production of 'Chicago' when I was 25.

It was nice working with a jolly team in 'Gangaa.' I was well-acquainted with the production team, which was same on 'Balika Vadhu.'

I think that what 'Oz' did is it spawned a great generation of television production. But people know its place in television and just in great dramas. It's the foundation of my career. Most producers, show runners, directors, and casting directors put me in movies based on my performance in that show.

From my years of work with so many game show production companies and their producers I'm probably no longer eligible to be a contestant on any American game show.

There are only a few TV networks that really invest in production in the way that I think they should. HBO, obviously, is one of them.

France has not only built a bureaucratic barrier against American culture, it has constructed a notorious intellectual case against it as well. The French spend hundreds of millions of dollars subsidizing film production, extend interest-free loans to designated filmmakers, and have placed quotas not only on imports but on television time.

I've been approached in the past to option my stories for television, but prior to Evergreen, there were no assurances the production would be filmed in Alaska.

My son works as a production assistant in television.

The beauty with U.K. productions is that, most of the time, you get all of the scripts when you audition for them.

I decided I'd never do a series again, but I was offered a pilot for a series through Eddy Murphy Productions, and that was the gig that got me Parker Lewis.

Louisiana has a storied history in filmmaking, with one of the world's most diverse settings for cinematic and television productions.

Showing women being scientists on television can have a great impact on who actually goes into science as a profession.

I like to play different roles in TV serials and do not want to create a particular image.

I'm an entrepreneur and a businesswoman and I do a lot of different things besides my work on television and people probably don't know that about me.

I work on television and I work in film, and the acting is two different things.

TV is really fun because there are so many different things you can play with; you can tell a story in a really, really rich way.

Actually, I think that 'Seinfeld' tackles the same kinds of issues as 'Six Feet Under,' just in a different way.