Quotes About Television

Did you ever notice that nobody you see on television looks like anyone you know?

The number one show on television should be the most informative, educational and exciting show. 'Bonanza' is not that show.

It's funny, my kids and I live together, and I have a lot of actor friends. So my kids think everyone is on television every now and again, since everyone they know pops up here, but there's a whole rap of things they won't watch until they're 16 or 17.

I think sometimes actors are drawn to good television because you have more time to sell it, you have more time to shape a character, and to tell a story, and that's really appealing.

During the run up to the Iraq War, Mike Farrell and I did get on television kind of frequently, but then they saw that that didn't work. They really couldn't bait us into being stupid, so they stopped. You know the mainstream media, corporate media, avoids ever giving anyone who has anything to say a platform, if they can possibly help it.

Television is the medium that's allowing women's stories to flourish.

I will think of doing television only when I'll be looking forward to doing reality shows.

I remember once saying in a television interview that the only things I hadn't been in were the opera and the ballet. Two days later, I got a call from Lord Harewood, of the English National Opera, saying "Would you like to be in 'Ariadne auf Naxos?'"

I'm unapologetic about multi-tasking. From being a television producer to a musician, an actor, and a film producer, I would like to believe there has been growth in my career.

I'm very selective about television because you sign away so much of your life to it.

You can't be a chef and appear on television all the time. It's impossible. At least when I earned my stars, I was always behind my stove.

I'm here in Hollywood to do film and television and make enough money to get my kids through college.

With me serving as the president, we filed a $3-million lawsuit against the league and its member clubs in an attempt to win increased pension benefits and a larger share Of television revenue.

Television audiences are ruthless - look what happened to 'The Killing.'

I have never done television, essentially, so the Internet has made me and opened avenues for me.

After studying in Sheffield, I went down to London to do my post-graduate degree at the National Film and Television School, embarking on the movie that would eventually become 'A Grand Day Out.'

A society that's provided for by television is a society that says it doesn't need too many parks or natural situations for children to play in because television will look after them.

There is no way you can get people to believe you on screen if they know who you really are through television.

Television is a producers' medium. There is a formula with a certain number of closeups for each show.

I think the least stereotypical gay character on television is probably Matt LeBlanc on 'Episodes.' He just plays it so straight-faced. They never talk about the fact that he's such a huge gay person.

I've grown and changed, and I'm still making television and movies that I feel really proud of.

When I present 'Million Pound Drop', I'm screaming the right answer in my head just like you're screaming at the television screen.

I can't think of a performer who is better on television than in person.

Being in the public eye is part of what I do, and taking on a multitude of different projects - television, radio, fashion, writing or deep-sea diving - is a blessing. It is also how I pay my bills and fund my own skating, as I don't have a sponsor or financial help from my federation.