Quotes About Television

Extras changed the public's perception of me hugely - they saw there was more to me than just this bloke off the telly.

In my group of friends it's not really a big deal that I'm on telly. They're all much more famous than me.

I was never one for just sitting in front of the telly.

But I quite like that the public has a very short attention span. If I haven't been on telly for a little bit, I can sense it. People don't take as much notice of you, it's really quite palpable.

I am a chef who happens to appear on the telly, that's it.

When I got a telly we had no aerial, but I discovered that if I or one of the children stood by it you could get a picture. So I had to make a statue that could stand by the telly.

Show business is not conducive to mental stability. It's a constant rollercoaster of adrenaline spikes and devastating let-downs. There's something about seeing a face from the telly in real life that makes people deranged.

There were no prototypes for me - the telly was full of little blonde juveniles.

I care more about telly because it made me an actor and there's a much more immediate response to TV. You can address the political or cultural fabric of your country.

I wouldn't want to leave it so long before doing a play again, I get very stolid and sluggish if I do too much telly.

I've got a very peculiar sort of fame, based on being on the telly. It doesn't mean you have the lifestyle people expect.

You know when you get into that thing where people want to discuss the relationship? I'd rather discuss what was on telly, avoid the issue, discuss anything other than the relationship.

All my interesting stories are from before I was on television. Nothing interesting has happened to me since then. Maybe it's because the most interesting thing in my life is the show and that's on telly.

The best job was when I was at drama school and I cleaned flats in the Barbican. I loved it. They were spotless anyway, so you'd just watch the telly and flick a duster around.

I get recognised a fair bit. It goes up when 'Peep Show' or the sketch show is on the telly or when we're doing loads of interviews.

It gets slightly daunting if you're watching the telly and everybody's gorgeous. It's just so rubbish. And I'm grateful that it's not so much anymore - it's great to see.

In the old days, a star was someone up there - you know, Greta Garbo - but a telly star was somebody you could approach.

I don't really read a lot. I got a few Booker Prize books and some others and thought I'd try this but quite quickly I just stick them down. I do like some Stephen King books but with some of them I just put them down as well. But I'm like that with telly stuff as well and films or music.

I failed my 11-plus and ended up working in a factory after I left school. But then I passed my audition on 'New Faces' and I was on the telly. Suddenly, I was living in London, and sending my parents money that they could never have imagined. It was a massive thing for me; I was a 17-year-old kid who was able to support his family!

I think there's a far more general audience now because I've done more populist stuff on telly.

I haven't really got much get up and go. I can't believe I'm on the telly. I'm so lazy.

I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.

Some British actors are snobby about telly, and I don't understand that.

I'd hate to be really beautiful on telly and then have everyone go, 'It's all make-up and lighting.'