George Will Quotes
Disparagement of television is second only to watching television as an American pastime.
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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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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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Well, I loved variety in television, I loved sketch comedy. At 'Saturday Night Live,' I stayed almost seven years.
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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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For U.S. television series, I really like 'Dexter.'
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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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It wasn't until I was 14 and watched the 1976 Olympic games on television that I really started to dream about the big time. I remember seeing Evelyn Ashford in the 100 meters, and she was going to UCLA.
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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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Everybody asks me what it was like to be in my underwear for my network television debut.
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I find that on serialized television it's wiser to hit the ground and look forward, and take the cues from the writers and the events happening, otherwise you just tie yourself in knots.
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In my day we didn't have sex education, we just picked up what we could off the television.
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I ran two campaigns for governor in a state that's 2-1 Democrat where I did not mention my opponent in print, radio, or television. I don't know if any other politician at a gubernatorial, congressional, or a senatorial level can make the claim.
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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 learned mainly through television, but I learned how to do mosaic, where you can buy stones or things of that nature. But also where you bust the tile to decorate pots for flowers or table tops. Lots of different things. Wherever you want it, you can mosaic just about anything. It took me about two weeks to do a big birdbath.
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Television has raised writing to a new low.
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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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I was kind of going that route with my country music. Indie country. Which would work, if I was playing on Americana stages. Unless I had a television outlet like 'Glee'.
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Today the Washington Post did an article; they compared the 2008 presidential election to the 1932 presidential election. They did a comparison, mainly because 1932 was the first time John McCain ran for president.
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That the stars are adamant everyone understands— but I won’t give up seeking joy on each blue wave or peace below every gray stone.
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I read a lot of books. So, usually when I go home I try to re-charge my batteries and absorb new stories to become inspired again.
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Disparagement of television is second only to watching television as an American pastime.
