Steven Moffat (Steven William Moffat) Quotes
My priorities are where they should be, which is making really great, really exciting television.
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I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I happen to want to read books. But I know I can't read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime.
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HBO and I have a deal to at least try to make a television series from the Leonid McGill stories. We're going to start with the first novel, 'The Long Fall.'
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I want to make something that's respectful and respected. And I think you can make something for women that is respected on television.
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You have to understand that you are not making the film for yourself; you're making it for the audience. If I am asking my audiences to buy tickets, I owe them the worth of their money, and I owe them entertainment.
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I'd say working on television is much, much tougher than films. But television has a great connect with a live audience, which is a refreshing change for us actors.
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I never aimed to be on television or in the press. We all have a personal life, and being a public figure disrupts that.
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But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate hip-hop stars. And the NBA is taking advantage of the situation.
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There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation of show business, and especially situation comedy.
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Television is a populous, derivative, democratic medium.
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I had two different degrees: One in International Relations/Political Science and another degree in Radio and Television Production.
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Television is fun, but it's hard, and if it gets too crazy I may just do it as a part-time thing.
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We are drawn to our television sets each April the way we are drawn to the scene of an accident.
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I got my first television at Stanford when I was 20, and I used to watch 'The Dick Van Dyke Show'. He played my father on 'Becker,' and he's still one of my heroes. Along with John Cleese, he's my favourite physical comedian.
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I've never left music behind, but I've had success in television.
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I really wish people - maybe it's naive - wish people had priorities and were willing to be artistic patrons.
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I like how steady the work in television is. Films, they're hard to come by. They're elusive. I've done a couple, independently financed. You do them, and maybe a few people will see them.
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Israel ranks her priorities in the following way: security, land, and water.
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Reciting lines is hard; making stuff up is much, much easier.
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Something's your vocation if it keeps making more of you.
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I love to cook. I love having friends over and family. I am definitely a feeder - I feed everybody. I am jumping around the kitchen like a crazy woman.
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Planned Parenthood is a pretty popular organization. Way more popular than Congress! It claims that one in five women have received care from one of its clinics. And this care, despite what abortion opponents say, is excellent and not easily replaceable by 'community health centers.' Texas tried it, and thousands of women went without care.
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Of course, with showbiz there's a lot of negative things, along with the positive, and it's just what you choose to focus on. And I choose to focus on the positive.
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My priorities are where they should be, which is making really great, really exciting television.
