“Supermodels are over, and the new picture girl has become the television actress.” GirlTelevisionActressesSupermodel Author:Portia de Rossi
“I'm a huge fan of good, procedural-type shows on television... there are a lot of roles for women. But there aren't a lot of great network television roles for girls that will let you start a character in one place and finish up with her in a totally different one.” DifferentCharacterShowsGirlRolesFansTelevisionHugeType Author:Rachael Taylor
“My real life’s not like the fantasy Tom Ford world – with naked girls pouring perfume everywhere. It’s more staying in and watching Friends on television.” WorldRealGirlFantasyTelevisionReal LifeNakedStayingTomsPerfumePouring Author:Tom Ford
“Jerry Lewis played on the very first season of Mad About You, and he played basically himself, but he was called some other name. He said he's never done it; he'd never done a half-hour of [sitcom] television. This was 1992 or '93. And I said, "Well how is that?" And he goes, "Nobody ever asked me." It's like the pretty girl at the dance; everybody's too afraid to ask.” FirstsWellsSaidDoneGirlAsksNamesHoursHalfTelevisionSeasonsMadSitcomJerryHalf HoursPretty Girl Author:Paul Reiser
“I hope through The L Word to become an honorary member of the gay tribe. I cherish the thought that some young girl or woman somewhere may one night turn on the television and for the first time ever see her life represented - not as an isolated incident but as a multiplicity. Her overwhelming fear may have been that she might never find her tribe, she might never find love and now she knows that they are both out there waiting for her.” KnowsFirstsMayHas BeensMightYoungNightTurnsGirlWaitingTelevisionGayMembersFirst TimeCherishOverwhelmingIsolatedTribesIncidentsOne NightTurn-onFinding LoveMultiplicityHonorary Author:Jennifer Beals
“Today's biggest headlines are stories about people who thought they were doing something that was secret: Jesse Jackson's secret girlfriend and child, Monica Lewinski's private meetings with the president and confidential girl talk with Linda Tripp. Just think of the news stories we've watched on television.” PeopleThinkingChildrenStoriesTodayGirlPresidentSecretTelevisionNewsMeetingsGirlfriendHeadlinesMonicaConfidentialNews StoriesGirl Talk Book:Letters From Home Source: Letters From Home
“I'm the first girl to say the word 'period' on television.” FirstsGirlTelevisionPeriods Author:Courteney Cox
“Girls get the message from very early on that what's most important is how they look, that their value, their worth depends on that. And boys get the message that this is what's important about girls. We get it from advertising. We get it from films. We get it from television shows, video games, everywhere we look. So no matter what else a woman does, no matter what else her achievements, their value still depends on how they look.” LooksDoeStillsImportantMatterShowsFilmValuesGirlGamesBoysTelevisionDependsAchievementMessagesNo Matter WhatVideoAdvertisingWhat's ImportantTelevision Shows Author:Jean Kilbourne
“I had never worked in television before Freaks and Geeks, and New Girl is the first time since that Ive worked on a series that is actually a series and not just a pilot.” FirstsGirlTelevisionFirst TimeSeriesFreakPilotsGeekNew Girl Author:Jake Kasdan