Television Quotes
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I always wanted to work on films, and when I was starting in television in this country, in Great Britain, there really wasn't any film to be made.
Mike Newell
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Al Bernstein has seen cable television sports grow up. In 30 Years/30 Undeniable Truths he looks at his time in the industry through a prism that is unique to him. This book gives the reader an insight into the sometimes absurd world of television sports. There is a 31st undeniable truth: Al Bernstein is a truly funny man.
Barry Tompkins
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The leisure time of children must be constructively directed to wholesome, positive pursuits. Too much time viewing television can be destructive...It is estimated that growing children today watch television over twenty-five hours per week.
Ezra Taft Benson
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With television you are producing hours and hours of music and for film it is a shorter experience for both the audience and for you as a composer.
Bear McCreary
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Definitely, I want to continue doing films and television, but my heart is in music. I've written for most of my life.
Michael J. Willett
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All the collaborators of storytelling, in film and television, have to be partly self-centered because they need to do their work the best they can, and that's what makes them really good at what they do, but then they also have to be a part of the socialist society, for the greater good.
Ray McKinnon
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I am very careful not to wantonly encourage people to join my industry, or to aspire to work in TV. I am certain that, generally speaking, the wage pressure in the television news industry is downward.
Ali Velshi
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No one wanted to hire me. No newspaper, television station, television network that I worked for ever wanted to hire me.
Scott Pelley
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Whenever you're doing film for television and you look at the budget that you have, which is much more constricted than a movie budget, you think, "God, are they going to be able to do what they say they are?"
Rhys Ifans
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I like television medium because it feels like we're doing a play, and I learned how to act in theater school, so that comes very naturally to me, this format. I like that people can laugh out loud when we're working. I like that we can make mistakes, unlike being onstage, where you can't.
Judy Greer
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It's actually just as cool to be on television as to be in a movie, and nobody's ashamed of this back and forth.
Brett Gelman
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Situation comedy on television has thrived for years on 'canned' laughter, grafted by gaglines by technicians using records of guffawing audiences that have been dead for years.
Russell Baker
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I think musicians should stay off television generally. I get asked all the time. Those shows are just promoting insipid comedies. Who watches those shows? And whoever does I don't think my music would speak to those people. I don't even want those people to hear what I'm doing.
Sufjan Stevens
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As a mentalist, perhaps only Orson Wells was in Jason's league. After a career in television, Randal has my endorsement. He's simply the best I've ever seen!
Merv Griffin
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Television has dried up for my generation, so its plays and films.
Michael Gambon
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There are so many people in film and television that get between a performer and the audience, and that's frustrating.
Tom Conti
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Television is a good training ground for aspiring stars. You can experiment and get away, imbibing the positive and viable aspects. Whereas, in cinema, the stakes are high. If something goes wrong, the film falls flat.
R. Madhavan
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You can sit and write in your room all you want, but until other people see it, until you see it produced for television or film or something, you're not 100 percent sure if what you wrote is actually going to work.
Ed Brubaker
