Quotes About Television

I was lucky enough to have great mentors both in the culinary world and in the world of chefs who became celebrities. Bobby Flay is one of my dearest friends and a tremendous mentor for me. Mario Batali is the same way. They began doing TV a little before me and they showed me the way.

When I was a little girl and said I wanted to be inside the TV, my mum really did believe that I could.

Not to say there's not good TV out there, but I think TV is better when it accurately reflects the world as it is.

When I was 9, I asked my mom if I could be on TV. She was like, 'Well, okay. You can try.'

It's a great pleasure having survived six generations of TV critics.

TV is a medium where I've been an outsider for the most part.

I have always said that the best training to be a TV newsman or anybody on television is to do a children's show because you are oblivious to the fact that there is a camera there.

I made a good living being a tough guy on TV, but I'd rather laugh and joke all day long than try to be a tough guy.

Usually in TV... A TV director could be anything from a main grip to just a glorified cameraman, and sometimes a director can be the person who is hired last. It's very much a producer's medium.

I like riding for five or six hours, then sitting on the sofa staring at the TV. It's my normal.

TV has taken reflection out of the human condition. People didn't use to have a ready answer for everything, whether they knew something about it or not. People think they have to have an answer for everything because the guys on TV have an answer for everything.

Being a TV actor is quite different from being a movie star, and I always try and highlight my character. It is the reason why I am more inclined to taking frequent sabbaticals: so that when I return, people can identify with the character I play.

I'm thrilled to be part of Channel 4's Black to Front - which quite rightly gives a platform to deserving Black British TV talent across our industry, both on and off-screen.

The landscape of daytime has changed. I'm not so sure people go to daytime TV for kumbaya moments anymore.

In TV, sometimes you get lost in the fog of the scene, and when you're working with such good actors, they can bring you into the scene.

I'm not a standup, but I play one on TV.

As a child, I used to tell my mother that one day I will come on TV for one of the Ekta Kapoor shows, like 'Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.'

The quality of TV, I think, is at an all-time high. The problem with it is the way that we end up consuming it - generally a cable box. A satellite receiver is, to me, nothing more than a glorified VCR.

There are a lot of things about the TV industry that make you try to change who you are to fit into a certain mold.

Sometimes when working on TV, especially when doing procedural cop work, you can refer to your notes. Your notes, of course, do contain, naturally, all the information you need.

The Lord put me on television to do these things I want to do in the community. And He knew I had a lot to learn. That's why I've been on TV 16 years - not because I'm the greatest actress, but because I need the money.

My first exposure to TV, film, theater, the idea of what acting was, is I was a little kid, and my mom's best friend was a local casting director in Cambridge, Mass. Her name was Patty Collinge.

I actually prefer film to TV, but I don't know why. I think there's just a different energy.

Taking in a baseball game on TV is also a big treat.