Milton Berle Quotes
We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight.
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I don't watch a lot of television. Sports and news, that's it.
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It's really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to create this whole backstory.
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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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What I didn't want to do is get into a ratings race with television because really, for them, it matters. For me, it doesn't.
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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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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 think the amazing thing about 'Twin Peaks' was that it completely changed television from that point forward.
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When you use the word 'fair' in television, you're already in a fantasy world. Nothing is really fair in television.
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Television doesn't like politics very well, if you can infer that from the way they cover it.
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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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I'm very shocked when I look at television and I see such an aggressive youth and image obsession in the representation of women on our screens.
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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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I was sued by a woman who claimed that she became pregnant because she watched me on television and I bent her contraceptive coil.
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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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You could write your fingers off for 25 years... and never get the kind of hearing you could get from shooting off your mouth on television for a half hour every week.
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I've never left music behind, but I've had success in television.
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I do not think he [Reagan] put names and faces together but for a small group of people. There were a few, perhaps half a dozen reporters, that Reagan recognized, including my colleague Lou Cannon, and some from television and the wire services. The rest of us were faces.
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I am the most proud of is the show called Cracker and I think it only lasted a season or two. It was with a gentleman named Robert Pastorelli who has since passed away, but it was based on an English television show that was really popular.
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Tell me what company thou keepest and I'll tell thee what thou art.
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What I've never understood is why some women use plastic surgery to make themselves more attractive to men. The most beautiful woman is someone who's happy and is always smiling.
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We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight.
