“I've been told if you're an actress you can't sing, if you're a dancer you can't act, you can't do theatre and be respected if you've done a TV soap, you can't have a No. 1 record. All these different things they've told me I can't do, but I wanted to do them, so I've done them.” IfsI CanDifferentDoneWantedRecordsTvsActressesTheatreDancerDifferent ThingsSoap Author:Martine McCutcheon
“TV is a different animal these days. You can bring together really smart writing and directing, in-depth character development and really meaty political and emotional stories.” WritingDifferentCharacterStoriesTogetherPoliticalAnimalEmotionalTvsDevelopmentSmartDepthThese DaysCharacter DevelopmentReally SmartDifferent Animals Author:Connie Nielsen
“The thought processes that go through my head when I'm playing a game compared to the thought processes in real life are very, very different. And they're more interesting to me than what you think about when you're doing the dishes, cleaning the yard, watching TV, driving or watching a movie.” ThinkingDifferentRealGamesProcessInterestingTvsDrivingReal LifeDishesYardsCleaningThought ProcessWatching Tv Author:John Romero
“There's a lot of different parts to me, so it makes total sense to me that I would do a big TV show or studio movie and then do a free comedy show the next day. They both feel equally important to me.” FeelsImportantDifferentShowsBigsNextComedyTvsStudiosTv ShowsNext DayComedy Shows Author:Jenny Slate
“TV writing is different than other mediums, involving the writer.” WritingDifferentTvsMediumsInvolving Author:Tom Skerritt
“One of the great things about a TV series is that it's different to a movie - in a movie you obviously know the beginning, the middle and the end of what you're going to do. With a TV series it's unfolding, and you're discovering with every episode.” KnowsDifferentEndsMiddleTvsSeriesGreat ThingsDiscoveringEpisodesUnfoldingTv Series Author:Dylan Walsh
“Character is character and voice is voice, which translates nicely from writing novels to writing TV. But the process is different. You have a writer's room, people pitch you jokes and you collaborate.” PeopleWritingDifferentCharacterProcessVoiceRoomsNovelTvsJokesTranslate Author:Jennifer Weiner
“Theatre is the principal job of an actor. An actor's job is to tell a story to someone in a room. TV and film can be great and I really love doing it, but it is a different way of telling a story.” WayDifferentStoriesJobsFilmActorsRoomsTvsTheatreDifferent WaysPrincipal Author:Sylvester McCoy
“It is a different breed of person who wants to be on a reality-TV show.” WantPersonsDifferentShowsRealityTvsTv ShowsReality Tv Author:Bruce Nash
“The muscles that writers need for film are very different from TV muscles. Now, when I hire the writers and put the writers' room together, I know where their muscles need to be.” KnowsNeedsDifferentTogetherFilmRoomsTvsMuscles Author:M. Night Shyamalan
“I think that you will see different types of content emerging, just the same as new media generates new content in the physical world. TV created new content, but it didn't mean that radio disappeared.” ThinkingWorldMeanDifferentMediaTvsTypeRadioContentmentEmergingContentionNew Media Author:Donna Dubinsky
“When the next generation of content is developed, we have to think in a totally different way. Think about it more symbolically. The main story that you see on the TV screen is maybe like the living room of a house. But there are various other rooms in this house that you will otherwise never see. But if you use the Internet, you find out what's in the attic. And if you use the cell phone, you find out what's on the first floor. And on another medium, you find out what's in the cellar.” IfsThinkingWayFirstsDifferentStoriesUseNextHouseRoomsGenerationsTvsInternetPhonesVariousScreensMediumsCellsDifferent WaysNext GenerationCell PhoneLiving RoomCellarsAttics Author:Cyriac Roeding
“I keep my TV writing and my book writing almost wholly separate. The audiences feel so different.” FeelsWritingBookDifferentAudienceTvsBook Writing Author:Josh Lieb
“I've always longed for the theatre and acting to be popular. No actor wants to play to an empty house. We only do it for an audience. The more the merrier. I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as the material is good and the intention is honourable, it's all the same to me.” WantLongDifferentPlayFilmActorsHouseActingAudienceMaterialsTvsEmptySeriesIntentionTheatreDistinctionTv SeriesBlockbusterEmpty HousesMore The Merrier Author:Ian Mckellen
“Even if it's such a lowly art as TV, you've got to get stuff off your chest, because that's what makes something different and original, your particular take on stuff.” IfsArtDifferentStuffParticularTvsOriginalsChests Author:Ricky Gervais
“I was raised in the theater and, as it turned out, a TV show was like performing a new one-act play. So, it was really no different.” DifferentPlayShowsTvsTheaterRaisedPerformingTv Shows Author:Bea Arthur