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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Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?
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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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I have this phobia: I don't like mirrors. And I don't watch myself on television. If anything comes on, I make them shut it off, or I leave the room.
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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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My interests are not really with television, per se.
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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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Why would even I say we can't stop drilling in the Gulf? Because we have no alternatives. Whether or not we drill in the Gulf, or in Alaska, we will continue to wring the last out of anyplace else.
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Peace will be realized only by forging bonds of trust between people at the deepest level, in the depths of their very lives.
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Conflict is easy because we've all had conflict, but to really bond with someone and to have a genuine connection, it needs to come from a place by knowing them.
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It's true that in Canada, we pride ourselves on the game, and we like to think we're the dominant hockey nation in the world.
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My priorities are where they should be, which is making really great, really exciting television.
