Quotes About TV

TV's not the problem, and I'm tired of it being posed as this antithesis to creativity and productivity. If TV's getting in your way of writing a book, then you don't want to write a book bad enough.

The one guiding principle over my 23-year career in TV has been as long as I'm having fun, I really don't care what the job title is.

I think diversity and multiculturalism on TV and on the screen is such a powerful thing. And to be honest, it's a very American thing.

To be honest, I don't watch a lot of TV. It's kind of ironic because I'm on TV.

I don't really watch a lot of TV, to be honest. I'm more of a movie girl, or I Netflix stuff.

To be honest I don't watch the show, I don't watch any TV, so I have no idea what the show is about. I go to Hawaii, shot my scenes and script and 'Ciao.' I'm not a 'Lost' fanatic and it's a disappointment for thousands people and friends that are dying to know what will happen. They know more than me.

I can't say that I have ever been fanatical about a show. To be honest, I'm not a big TV watcher. When I do watch TV, I watch the news.

I've done a lot of work in Hollywood and theatre, but to be honest, the biggest pleasure I've ever got is from the TV single plays I've written. It's a format where you don't mind saying, 'I want to tackle some important themes head on.'

Because comedy is cheap to put on: if you've got a play or an opera, there's a whole load of people and a set, but comedy is just one man or woman. And because TV has learned to love comics - there's so many more around now than when I started out.

It was fantastic when I came into snooker, when tobacco was throwing lots of money at it, and even when they fell away we thought others would come in because of all the TV exposure. But it didn't happen.

A great thing is happening on cable TV. You see characters change in stories over years, like in Tolstoy. That's a whole, thrilling new form that I really enjoy. They are Tolstoy-an in their endless character development and narrative changes... a show like 'Breaking Bad' is astonishing.

violence is so american violence is pretty girls guns 'n danger rape, murder, 'n mayhem tv above all eats us up 'n spits us out tells us lies we willingly believe

Dogs watch more TV now than they did before because of flat screen televisions which flicker at a rate that a dog's eyes are actually able to process.

A populace that is chloroformed day and night by TV stations like Fox News could do with inoculation by poetry. Obviously, poetry can't be administered like an injection, but it does constitute a boost to the capacity for discrimination and resistance.

Any time you get to dig deeper into your character, you welcome it, especially on a TV show.

I enjoyed school - although I ran away on the first day. I'd reminded the teacher that it was nearly time for 'Watch With Mother' on TV.

The difference between film and TV is the pace. You don't have the leisure of time in television.

I wouldn't know all that I do about history, if I spent my time watching cartoons and other TV shows.

Theater will always be my first love. The time and dedication that goes into the rehearsal process with the cast and crew is something that TV/Movie acting does not offer.

I've never seen a movie in Hebrew about Jesus. I have three kids, I don't have enough time to watch TV.

Since the beginning of time, women have had to fight for what they deserve. I'm proud to be a part of a wave of strong women on TV!

I also watched a lot of football and sports. I haven't had much time to watch too much TV lately.

I saw The Twilight Zone for the first time when I was 12 or 13. I used to stay up late to watch.

I make myself lie down every afternoon; otherwise I'll be too exhausted by the night-time. If I can't nap, I'll watch a little bit of TV and just relax for two or three hours.