Quotes About Television

You know I grew up watching the TV series The Rifleman.

I got asked to do loads of TV series, all sorts of things that weren't me.

A long-running TV series is a beast in that it demands you stick to one character over a long haul.

I wasn't so sure about signing up for 'Law & Order.' I liked the show, but another TV series? I'll tell you, though, it's been great, and I had no idea how popular the show was.

I know what it takes to go from the point where someone's looking at a newspaper article, and thinking, 'Oh, this would make a great TV series,' to the point where you're actually on a set and there's a camera aimed at someone.

I lived in Holland for one year when I was younger and, although they speak Dutch there, I learned a little bit of English while I was there, but really I learned from movies and TV series like '24' and 'Prison Break.'

The whole thing of doing a TV series, I find it very daunting not knowing where the story's going.

I just don't want to work as hard as you have to for a TV series.

A TV series is a long commitment.

I do think it's getting better, but I have noticed that Asians are not well represented in awards shows, and not a ton of Asian faces on the big screen either. Perhaps some of the young Asian actors who are on TV series now will be seen in upcoming movies in the near future - Jamie Chung, Constance Wu, Suzy Nakamura, to name a few. Fingers crossed.

I've actually always been interested in following a character more long term, but the only place to really do that as an actor is on a TV series.

I loved cowboy films and TV series, and I learned bits of English from them. My favorite was 'Laramie', with Robert Fuller and John Smith. I used to watch 'The Lone Ranger', which had been famous in Japan as well. I idolized these cowboys.

Movie stars are doing TV series, and former TV stars are doing guest shots. Everybody gets bumped down the line. That's affected everyone in the industry. I've been lucky; I've stayed busy. I'll cross my fingers until it's my turn to be sitting around, not working. I'm sure that'll happen, too.

In order to have a TV series, you have to have a good idea for the story.

If one day a TV series comes into my head, and that is what I want to write, I'll write it. It just depends what story is in my brain at the time.

I'd been offered TV series over the years and never had any interest in doing television. I'm not a TV guy.

There are not a lot of places for an actor to explore what it's like to be a woman in her 60s. There aren't any films about it and there very few TV series about it.

'Monty Python' is now more recognised by the films than by the TV series.

I started off first doing a TV series called 'Boston Common.' That was my first big job, and then I went on to do another half hour comedy show, and that was with Tom Arnold, called 'The Tom Show.'

I am offered work all the time but not for TV series.

I don't watch TV series, but I watched 'Friday Night Lights' because I'm a sports head.

I love TV series work almost to the exclusion of anything else.

I don't want to end up being some joke on a bad TV series.

I started out on the stage, then I had a great career in television for quite a few years. The good news about a TV series is that they give you a certain amount of fame and money. The bad news is that you're in people's living rooms every week and get associated with a particular character.