Quotes About Television

I was on 'In Search of the Partridge Family,' MTV'S 'Miss Seventeen,' and the comedy 'Love Monkey.'

I have had women in their 70s coming up to me saying, 'I can't get enough of '12 Monkeys' - I love it. I can't wait for the next episode.' That's not the demographic that you expect to be watching sci-fi shows.

I prefer radio to television. Radio is a dialogue; television is a monologue. In radio, you have to interact - they put the words in your head; you build the pictures in your mind. To that extent, it is more engaging than television.

I learned the biggest lesson just watching Ed McMahon, watching him watch Mr. Carson's monologue.

When I was growing up, we didn't have 'Will & Grace.' The one gay character was Monroe from 'Too Close For Comfort' - and he wasn't even gay! At least they didn't say he was. Same with Mr. Furley from 'Three's Company.' You know, these were the characters that people would always make fun of.

I was really freaked out when I heard that Cookie Monster was going to be changed to Veggie Monster, but that turned out to be a lie.

I have caught eels from Loch Ness, as we did a River Monsters episode which started off there. They weren't very big - just 18 inches. I'm sure there may be bigger eels, but you're only talking about 10lbs.

With 'River Monsters,' it sometimes didn't matter if the story was made up or exaggerated.

My first inspiration for acting came from the first episode of 'Hannah Montana.' That's when I knew I wanted to be a singer and an actress.

I go to the movies, and I watch MTV and the Disney Channel. I admit I like 'Hannah Montana.'

I've been on 'iCarly' and 'Hannah Montana.' And a few other things.

When it's finished, I'll get the box set, and I'll have a 'Game of Thrones' month, and that'll be fantastic. That'll be really exciting.

If I'm in a rotten mood, I stay in and watch television.

That's how I hope to die: on my deathbed, watching 'Real Housewives of the Moon.'

I've done more crap than I care to remember. I really have. 'Airwolf.' 'Murder, She Wrote.' 'Amazon Women on the Moon.' But you learn from all these bad shows. What you don't want to do and what you don't want to be involved with.

There were so many weird shows when we were younger. 'Clangers.' 'Button Moon.' 'The Moomins.' All very weird, but very cool too.

I'm over the moon to be joining the cast of 'Holby' and am enjoying bringing the character of Sahira Shah to life.

Yes, The Persuaders, that was great fun because one of my favourite actors is Roger Moore.

Not proud. But I watched 'The Bachelor' only once, and I really felt, after that experience, that I could never do it again. I felt it was so morally compromising, as a woman.

I think that as television is evolving, the line between TV and film is becoming more and more blurred. This is both a good and bad thing.

The idea for 'Lifestyles' began to take shape in my mind as I became more and more frustrated with the type of celebrity interviews I was doing for television.

I really am enjoying the fact that I feel like women are having more and more say in Hollywood, in television particular.

'Homeland' really is one of those shows where they start to write more or less depending on what's kind of going on in a relationship between characters.

Television is a golden goose that lays scrambled eggs; and it is futile and probably fatal to beat it for not laying caviar. Anyway, more people like scrambled eggs than caviar.