Television Quotes
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My brother was older, and since the law of the west was fairly entrenched in our household, whoever was bigger got control of the television. I sat mesmerized, and horrified, through hundreds of gunfights and became emotionally involved with everyone in Bonanza and Gunsmoke.
Elizabeth Crook
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Politics is not a picture on a wall or a television sitcom that you can decide you don't much care for.
Molly Ivins
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But television, when I was doing it, was all about scoring. You had to make these jokes bang, do whatever you could to make the material really pop. And if it didn't, there was something wrong with the material, or with you.
Tom Hanks
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Because of how much movies cost, it's dangerous to be experimental on one film after the other. But we can experiment with television. We can do things that are fringe and bring ideas to the table that are offbeat and original.
Steven Spielberg
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I love television. Television is a great medium; I'm fortunate enough to direct amazing television.
Michelle MacLaren
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We’d been going home with television every night for years, but suddenly we had reason to respect it in the morning.
Alan Sepinwall
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When people tell you Web content is better than television content, they probably don't mean that, they probably enjoy the format of the Web better than the format of TV.
Ricky Van Veen
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Not many people in this world are as lucky as I've been. ... All this time I've been paid to say what is on my mind on television. You don't get any luckier in life than that.
Andy Rooney
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One doesn't go on television for the Manhattan crowd. You buy the sides of buses for that.
Mitch Leigh
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I think right now television is the best that it’s ever been, and I think that it’s the worst that film has ever been.
Dustin Hoffman
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If you want to touch the hearts of people you can't do that with newspapers or with radio, you have to do it with TV.
Gerhard Zeiler
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I don't really watch TV. I've got the box set of 'Downton Abbey,' which I'm enjoying.
Sidse Babett Knudsen
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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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What I want to do is create great content on television and movies. It is not my role to program only for Latinos, and you can't really assume that Hispanics only want Hispanic content. But I do think that we are severely underrepresented in television and film. And instead of complaining about not seeing ourselves, we should become film producers, directors, and writers, and tell our story.
Eva Longoria
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I'd like to start trying different fields of work. I don't want to be stuck in just comedy, and I'd be interested to try to break into the movie business because it's so much different than television.
Nick Robinson
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When television is good, nothing is better. When it's bad, nothing is worse.
Newton N. Minow
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With theater, you have to really be able to listen and to respond to other people on stage. You're all constantly on your toes. And then with film and television, you can get a second take and things like that.
Haylie Duff
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I don't even own a television. I'm proud of that.
Moira Kelly
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I enjoy working on a series and having a long stretch of time to get to know and connect with my cast and crew. It also gives me the ability to play a character over the span of countless hours of television.
Sasha Roiz
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I drive my family nuts because when I watch something on TV, I'm likely to watch it with a bass guitar. But I don't plug it in!
Steve Capus
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It's funny that and the same statement Barack Obama made when he's talking about Republicans and the Iranians, he's talking to Republicans through the television. He said, if any of you are watching this, you need to think about who you're hurting.
Eric Bolling
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I'm a writer. Now I've started to be on television. I have a big mouth. And I have good TV teeth, they say.
Steven Cojocaru
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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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I'm happy doing stand-up, but I'll probably do a television show eventually. If not, I'll delve into this Internet world and decide best how to harness it. What I like best about it is the independent movie style and the ability to just be completely reckless within that world. I like that a lot. I just have to acquaint myself with technology.
Norm MacDonald