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Quotes About TV

I don't actually watch that much TV, but I was obsessed with 'Dawson's Creek' growing up. And 'Freaks and Geeks.' And '8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter.'
~ Anya Taylor-Joy
My sisters were teenagers when I was born, so the last thing they wanted was a little nappy-headed boy running around. I would imitate them or copy things off TV.
~ Brian Tyree Henry
I wanted to send a message to the television industry that excitement is not made of car chases.
~ Gene Roddenberry
If you watch a television show made by accomplished professionals of children's TV, it's all very expressive.
~ Taron Egerton
'Cold Case' was fun. It was a fun experience. That was right when I was cutting my teeth as a TV actor. It was a great learning experience to work on really fast-paced television shows that are very high quality. It was a place where I learned that I had to keep up and I could keep up.
~ Zach McGowan
It's the hardest job in telly as a newbie. You're writing standup every night on your own and presenting live TV. It's like a really tough apprenticeship in front of two million people.
~ Rob Beckett
I would like to have a go at TV. I think, especially when you have kids, that you spend a lot of time watching telly, and you think, 'How come I'm not doing that?'
~ Nick Hornby
I'd worked in TV for a number of years before Strictly,' doing kids' telly and a couple of Saturday-night shows, but nothing on that scale.
~ Tess Daly
You have more freedom on radio. When people used to tell me they preferred radio to TV, I always thought they were making the best of things because they couldn't get any telly work, but now I understand, sort of.
~ Frank Skinner
medicated myself with too much TV, too much food, and too much worry—all designed to avoid having to feel the pain that one feels at the recognition of one's lost potential.
~ Robin S. Sharma
The woman led us into a living room. A decent-sized space. Expensive furniture and rugs. A big TV. No stereo, no books. It all looked a bit halfhearted. Like somebody had spent twenty minutes with a catalog and ten thousand dollars.
~ Lee Child
You cant get a contemporary story about what is going on inside government, and how society sees itself, on American TV.
~ David Hare
The violence and sexuality on TV today is exhilarating. You can explore every aspect of society. People's sexual orientations, the violence that goes within that... there are no holds barred.
~ Pierce Brosnan
A rabid sports fan is one that boos a TV set
~ Jimmy Cannon
My TV stays on ESPN all day long, I'm one of those. I don't even listen to music in the car, all I listen to is sports talk.
~ Action Bronson
I loved sports, so acting died and it was all sport. But I always used to get in trouble, because after lights out I would sneak out to watch things on TV.
~ Chukwudi Iwuji
Mi faccia il piacere di andare e cercare questo cavolo di mobile bar. In genere è sotto la tv. La soluzione più logica sarebbe di fianco al letto Sbaglia. Il rumore non la farebbe dormire. Ma l'alcool si.
~ Alessandro Baricco
The contemporary sluggard won't go to places he should go (such as church), saying, "It's too dangerous out there on the highways!" Or he might say, "If I discipline my time for the purpose of godliness, I might miss important things on TV or the Internet, or become so busy I won't get enough rest!" And he plops down on the couch or rolls back over in bed.
~ Donald S. Whitney
fewer than 5 percent of violent programs featured an anti-violence message. In other words, almost all TV violence is glamorized or celebrated in the storyline.
~ Douglas A. Gentile
In my book, though, they should have changed Unidentified Flying Objects to Mysterious Otherworldly Flying Objects—or MOFOs. This name was more accurate after all. And I'd give my last dollar to hear TV reporters using the new acronym.
~ Douglas E. Richards
I look at each episode in two ways - from a design standpoint and from an entertainment standpoint - this is TV, after all. We usually succeed on at least one of the levels.
~ Douglas Wilson
TV is easier: it's all planned out for you and the audience is there to see a show and they are all pumped up but when you are in a comedy club, you have to be really funny to win them over.
~ Drew Carey
"Homicide: Life on the Street" is the best material I've had the chance to do.
~ Daniel Baldwin
Doctor Doctor what is wrong with me This supermarket life is getting long What is the heart life of a colour TV What is the shelf life of a teenage queen
~ Roger Waters