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Quotes About Television

I think if you look back at all those great comedies on television in the past, it's all lovable losers that gathered together - 'Taxi' and 'Cheers,' 'Seinfeld' and 'Friends.'
~ Matthew Perry
Directing the television serial, 'Thoda Sa Aasman,' was a good learning experience and I can empathize better with producers.
~ Deepti Naval
Of course I am aware that there is a level of sexism in any large institution, but I find, in television and film, most of the producers are women.
~ Abi Morgan
Television has filled the space for actors that really want to make good work and not just make a lot of money and be famous for making a lot of money and being famous.
~ Gaby Hoffmann
Television lets audiences deeply connect with characters.
~ Claire Danes
My fantasy for children's television is that it's not really children's television, it's everybody's television.
~ Steve Burns
When I was little, I would always try and look into the television screen along the sides. I kept thinking if you looked in there, you could see what was happening off camera.
~ Andrea Riseborough
Pizza was made for television in so many ways: it is easy to heat up, easy to divide and easy to eat in a group. It is easy to enjoy, easy to digest and easy-going. It is so Italian!
~ Yotam Ottolenghi
Because of how much movies cost, it's dangerous to be experimental on one film after the other. But we can experiment with television. We can do things that are fringe and bring ideas to the table that are offbeat and original.
~ Steven Spielberg
It was so nice to see a lot of my close friends get recruited and join the women's division in TNA and be able to be on national television.
~ Daffney
Writing a memoir is such a private, personal experience that it's intimidating to think of adapting it for television.
~ Caitlin Doughty
I think some people think that being on television makes you a sitting duck, but you have the right to remain private.
~ Amanda Burton
People's attitude seems to be that if you don't have a television, you're not connected to reality - somehow you're not in reality. It's quite interesting, because I suspect that possibly it's the reverse.
~ Jodhi May
The Emmys is great, but the Golden Globes, you have the stars of television and the stars of movies in one place.
~ Allison Williams
Television and radio do a wonderful job in focusing attention on the problems of our society.
~ Richard J. Daley
I love British television. I love the irony, I love the authenticity and I love the roles I get put up for.
~ Ayda Field
People get ideas of how to live or not to live from what you do on television.
~ Norman Lloyd
My guiltiest pleasure is... chocolates with strawberry cream and trashy television - 'Geordie Shore,' 'Katie,' etc.
~ Ellie Goulding
Because I've done a lot of television, I'm sort of a generalist. I'm not a pastry cook, but I've had to learn a certain amount about it. I'm not a baker, though I've had to learn how to do it. I'm sort of a general cook.
~ Julia Child
I grew up in the world of bad television, on my dad's sets and then as a young schmuck on dating shows and so on.
~ George Clooney
If I have my way, I want to go start making really interactive television. Stuff where you can sit and watch real actors do a real series and they can get into some kind of gun battle and all of a sudden your television prompts you to pick up your controller and all of a sudden, you're playing a first-person shooter.
~ Zachary Levi
I grew up without a television, so when I went to L.A., it was sort of, you know, a lot to take in, but it actually suited me more than where I was from, so I sort of had that 'home away from home' feeling, and L.A. is definitely home now.
~ Dove Cameron
'Doctor Who' is not as literary as 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Hobbit' is - books have come out, but they are from the television episodes. So there is that difference... it's more scholastic.
~ Sylvester McCoy
If I'm going to do television, I wanted that 'North and South' experience. I wanted something that's going to challenge me on a constant basis.
~ Patrick Swayze