“I've always been conscious of the fact that there aren't enough Irish voices on British television compared to the amount of Irish people who live there.” PeopleEnoughFactsVoiceTelevisionAmountConsciousBritishBritish Television Author:Chris O'Dowd
“Television has never known what to do with grief, which resists narrative: the dramas of grief are largely internal - for the bereaved, it is a chaotic, intense, episodic period, but the chaos is by and large subterranean, and easily appears static to the friendly onlooker who has absorbed the fact of loss and moved on.” FactsLossGriefKnownTelevisionPeriodsDramaMovedChaosIntenseNarrativeInternalsFriendlyChaoticStaticMoved On Author:Meghan O'Rourke
“There is no medical proof that television causes brain damage - at least from over five feet away. In fact, TV is probably the least physically harmful of all the narcotics known to man.” MenFactsCausesBrainKnownFiveFeetTelevisionTvsProofMedicalDamageNarcotics Author:Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
“The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than twelve percent of their customers believe they're doing a good job, while the average profit margin in television is in the neighborhood of eighty percent.” PeopleBelieveFactsShowsJobsMediaTelevisionPercentAverageProfitCustomersNeighborhoodFewerTwelveGood JobEightyMarginsSurveysProfit Margin Author:L. Neil Smith
“My first pilot gig; in fact my first job in television; was 'Freaks and Geeks,' and the experience of directing that pilot was probably the single most formative of my directing life.” FirstsFactsJobsTelevisionFreakPilotsGeekGigs Author:Jake Kasdan
“The BBC's television, radio and online services remain an important part of British culture and the fact the BBC continues to thrive amongst audiences at home and abroad is testament to a professional and dedicated management team who are committed to providing a quality public service.” ImportantFactsHomeCultureQualityAudienceTeamTelevisionManagementRadioCommittedBritishThriveOnlineDedicatedProvidingTestamentPublic ServiceBritish Culture Author:Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones
“Fact is stranger than fiction. You see people walking down the street that would never be allowed on television. You have to tone it down.” PeopleFactsFictionStreetsTelevisionWalkingStrangerToneStranger Than Fiction Author:Ricky Gervais
“In fact, a very similar phrase was invented to account for the sudden transition of wood, metal, plastic and concrete into an explosive condition, which was "nonlinear, catastrophic structural exasperation," or to put it another way--as a junior cabinet minister did on television the following night in a phrase which was to haunt the rest of his career--the check-in desk had just got "fundamentally fed up with being where it was.” WayFactsNightCareersConditionsTelevisionAccountsFollowingWoodsChecksMinistersPhrasesFedsTransitionMetalsConcretePlasticDesksAnother WayJuniorsCabinetsExplosivesFed UpExasperationNonlinear Author:Douglas Adams
“Television is a constant stream of fact, opinions, lies, moral dilemmas, plots: an infinitely complex and sophisticated torrent of information. How could it not make you cleverer? The only people who ever thought television rotted the brain and made kids dumb were those with a vested interest in other ways of learning, or those who were intellectually insecure, usually about books.” PeopleWayMadeBookFactsKidsLyingInterestBrainMoralOpinionInformationTelevisionConstantComplexesDumbStreamsPlotSophisticatedInsecureDilemmaVested InterestsMoral DilemmaInterest In Others Author:A. A. Gill
“Advocates of dumbing down should note the wonderfully perverse fact that 'University Challenge' and 'Mastermind' were watched by millions who could hardly even understand the questions, let alone ejaculate the answers. Maybe they just liked to watch smart people sweating.” PeopleShouldFactsChallengesAnswersWatchesMillionsTelevisionSmartNotesUniversitySmart PeopleSweatingMastermindDumbing Down Author:Declan Lynch
“I'm an actor and I am looking for roles where I can continue to evolve, and things that are challenging. I gravitate to the roles, not necessarily television or film. It's just the fact that, for me, the most interesting roles have been in television.” Has BeensI CanFactsFilmActorsChallengesInterestingRolesTelevisionEvolveMost Interesting Author:Octavia Spencer
“I like the fact that a modern television and modern drama on cable has characters that are really intricate and deep and have multiple layers.” CharacterFactsModernTelevisionDramaLayersMultipleCablesIntricate Author:Matthew Lillard