Quotes About Television

I just love Stephen Colbert. He's a genius.

I became a genius on 'Ed,' though I'm not sure it was very convincing.

I think the makeup and the effects that I saw on 'The Walking Dead,' I'd never seen anything like that in my life. Those guys are just geniuses.

When I was a kid, I was always watching genre movies on TV.

The first half of my TV career, I didn't do any genre at all.

If we lose the BBC it would be a disaster for the entire country. I genuinely believe that.

I don't want to watch 'Newsnight.' I just don't understand those politicians who genuinely want to watch it for pleasure.

George Liquor is really the richest character I have. I'm amazed there aren't 365 episodes about him on TV already.

I started to do theater when I was a little boy at school, and then, I think because my father was a documentary filmmaker and worked for German television, I was of course fascinated by what he did. Then when I was around 15, I did my first movie.

I started to do theater when I was a little boy at school, and then, I think because my father was a documentary filmmaker and worked for German television, I was of course fascinated by what he did.

When you are young, you admire the people you see on TV and you want to have the same gestures and the same attitudes and behave in the same way. It is a responsibility.

I'm married now, so I have a life. I had to get a life. That's one thing I really had to do, you know. You do that kind of work on television series after television series and you don't have a life. So, that's part of what I did while I was gone, I got a life.

I am not getting married on a show.

I loved 'Space Ghost' when I was in college.

I'm not a giant rock star. I play one on TV, though.

When 'Family Guy' came along, it was like a gift, and it expanded my fan base.

You know, I've never been a comic book person, just because that's not my gig and I don't have a television.

I never thought that I would be so attracted to television, but I don't think gigs like 'Dexter' come along too often.

Television is not a gimmick.

I don't know what to say about Jill Marie. The girls on 'Girlfriends' were all my babies.

There are so many roles on TV that I don't covet. I see them, and I'm glad I don't have to play them.

As a kid, we got a lot of American shows - usually a New York or L.A.-based show full of glitz and glamour - and I assumed that that was what life was like in the U.S. So, when I was 17, I decided to go to America.

People often look at the past through the rose-tinted glass, but if you go back to 'Top Gear' 2000/2002 the chemistry wasn't there, it took time to grow.

I used to watch 'The Honeymooners' and laughed so much I'd fog up the inside of the lenses of my glasses.