“I wanted to tell a dream-come-true story about going from a closeted gay kid who loved pop culture to an out adult man making pop culture. I went from being told when I was 21 that I should never go on TV because of my crossed eyes to winding up being a 'Housewives' whisperer and talk-show host.” MenShouldStoriesShowsDreamEyeKidsWantedCultureTvsGoes OnGayAdultsPopsHostDreams Come TruePop CultureHousewifeTrue StoryTalk ShowsWinding Up Author:Andy Cohen
“Everybody gets better looking on TV as shows go on.Even the nerds on "Big Bang Theory" are getting better looking. Their clothes are getting nicer. They're better groomed. It works for them.” ShowsBigsTvsTheoryGoes OnClothesGet BetterNerdBangs Author:Nick Kroll
“I'm not a big fan of TV. It's an unavoidable situation being Ozzy Osbourne, people want you to go on chat shows, and I'm not good at it. I don't feel comfortable doing it.” PeopleWantFeelsShowsBigsSituationFansTvsGoes OnComfortable Author:Ozzy Osbourne
“I had to go on TV with the president of the Catholic League, which is not an official organization at all, just a lot of Catholics, or maybe it's just this guy. He demanded to de-fund art completely and argued that taxpayers should not pay for it. I said people who represent the Catholic Church shouldn't talk about taxes.” PeopleShouldArtSaidGuyPresidentChurchPayTvsGoes OnTaxesOrganizationCatholicLeagueOfficialsFundThis GuyTaxpayersCatholic Church Author:Fran Lebowitz
“If I tell a joke on stage and the crowd laughs for a minute, I stand there for a minute and enjoy them laughing before I go on to the next joke. On TV, if I stand there for a minute while they laugh, I look like an idiot who can't remember the next joke.” IfsLooksRememberNextEnjoyLaughingMinutesStageTvsGoes OnJokesCrowdsIdiot Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“Celebrity has lost its value - all you have to do is go on a reality TV show for six weeks and everybody knows your name.” KnowsShowsRealityValuesNamesLostWeekTvsGoes OnSixTv ShowsReality Tv Author:Jonathan Rhys Meyers
“The stock market's handling of new technology is kind of a joke. We have seen CNBC, CNNfn, Bloomberg, and the like turn into home-shopping networks for stocks. Fund managers and analysts go on TV and sell what's shiny and easy to sell.” KindHomeTurnsEasyTechnologyTvsGoes OnJokesSellsManagersFundShoppingNew TechnologyAnalysts Author:Mark Cuban
“I'm not against TV; I don't go on the morning talk shows because I'm not invited. If I was, I might go.” IfsShowsMightMorningTvsGoes OnInvitedTalk Shows Author:John Updike
“I think that most of the action in religion is around the home, is in families, and is in individual lives, and they can go on their own searches, watch their own TV shows, read their own books, form their own groups and discuss it, but that's where the action is - on the home front.” ThinkingBookShowsHomeActionFormIndividualWatchesGroupsFrontsTvsGoes OnTv ShowsIndividual Life Author:Bruce Feiler
“I'm not the sort of bloke who spends a long time in the bathroom. I've never used a face cream in my life and I don't like it when I go on TV and they offer me make-up. I tell 'em, 'No thanks.'” LongFacesUsedTvsGoes OnOffersLong TimeThanksEmsCreamBathroomBlokes Author:Ray Winstone
“I have a feeling that demonstrations don't accomplish anything. That they become fads. I also feel that demonstrations wouldn't go on unless there is a TV camera. That part of it all is performance for the media. I didn't know whether they are completely honest.” KnowsFeelsFeelingsHonestMediaTvsGoes OnPerformancesCamerasAccomplishDemonstrationFads Author:Frank Capra
“I want to create a rapid response team, right around the world, perhaps starting originally with our partners, similar to the one we have in the United Nations whereby, where there's a problem in our society which demands a compassionate response, an educated, informed, not just a splurgy emotional thing, but an informed compassionate response that puts yourself in the position of the other and sees all sides of the problem, not just your own, there'll be somebody poised in each society who can write to the media, write an op-ed piece, to go on TV or radio.” WorldWantWritingProblemNationsSidesUnitedPiecesTeamMediaPositionEmotionalTvsGoes OnDemandResponseStartingRadioPartnersEducatedAround The WorldOur SocietyCompassionateUnited NationsRapidsEmotional Things Author:Karen Armstrong
“Nixon's the kind of guy that if you were drowning fifty feet off shore, he'd throw you a thirty foot rope. Then Kissinger would go on TV the next night and say that the President had met you more than half-way.” IfsWayKindNightGuyNextPresidentHalfFeetTvsGoes OnMetsThirtyFiftyShoreRopeDrowningHalf WayKissinger Author:Mort Sahl
“TV has no choice, but to rely on character, and everybody knows that. I love working in it. It's such a big canvas where, if you're successful, you go on for years.” IfsKnowsYearsCharacterBigsChoicesSuccessfulTvsGoes OnRelyCanvas Author:Doug Liman
“I really prefer acting in the theater the most. In some ways TV is closer to that because there's more of a regularity to the schedule. You have to finish an episode by a certain day. Movies can just go on interminably.” WayCertainActingTvsGoes OnTheaterEpisodesSchedulesRegularity Author:Mary-Louise Parker
“I'll never forget the moment when I saw a red light go on, on the camera, and that image translated to the monitor, and then a different light went on and the shot changed, and I went, "Wow, that's how it's done! That's how that gets to my TV! This is what I want to do with my life!" I literally had that moment of epiphany, at eight years old.” WantYearsDifferentDoneMomentsLightForgetSawsChangedTvsGoes OnShotsRedCamerasEightThat MomentNever ForgetWowEpiphanyRed Lights Author:Susanna White
“I have a problem, if the light goes on on TV and it blinks midnight, I don't know how to fix it.” IfsKnowsProblemLightKnow HowTvsGoes OnMidnightBlink Author:Don Rickles
“It's much, much harder working on a show than it is working on a movie. It really is. Even if you're in production, that production lasts for a set period of time. A TV show goes on for months and months and months.” IfsShowsLastsTvsMonthsGoes OnPeriodsHarderProductionsTv Shows Author:Zak Penn
“Jewish people, we don't need the money. We're doctors and lawyers. It's the Christians who can't hold a steady job and have to go on TV and ask for money.” PeopleNeedsChristianJobsAsksTvsGoes OnDoctorsLawyerSteady Author:Andy Kindler
“Go out and make your own speeches. People need you. Go on TV. It can be done. After you speak up a few times, people say, "Hey, we got a crazy man in the community," and they'll begin talking to you.” PeopleMenNeedsDoneSpeakCommunityTalkingCrazyTvsGoes OnSpeechHeyNeed YouCrazy Man Author:Ray Bradbury
“The job is exactly the same, it just goes on for longer on TV. Most feature films are 35-40 shooting days. This has 10 parts, with different directors for each block. We shoot with two, sometimes three cameras.” TwoDifferentSometimesJobsFilmThreeTvsGoes OnDirectorsCamerasBlockShootingFeatures Author:Charles Dance
“Music appeared later. At first I was making people laugh with my funny stories. Live and on TV too. It was great, but I started to think that people will soon get bored from it. I have said to myself: "If you are going to go on being a superstar, you have to sing!"” PeopleIfsThinkingFirstsSaidStoriesLaughingTvsGoes OnBoredMaking People LaughSuperstarFunny Story Author:Verka Serduchka
“I've turned down millions of dollars to go on reality TV. It's an absolute no-go.” RealityMillionsTvsGoes OnAbsolutesDollarsReality TvTurned Down Author:Grace Jones
“One hundred thousand dollars was the bridge that enabled me to go on TV, not miss a beat or miss an opportunity, and raise then my own money to carry me forth. And that's how I got to be the first Democratic woman in the United States Senate's history.” FirstsStatesOpportunityMy OwnUnitedUnited StatesMissingTvsGoes OnThousandBeatsHundredRaisesDollarsDemocraticBridgesSenate Author:Barbara Mikulski
“Half the stuff I've written was written when I was half asleep watching the David Letterman show when some boring actress was on talking about herself. I would just mute the TV, look over to the computer and start plugging in notes. Then the next morning you go "Wow, I like this". I'd almost forget what I did, and then it would inspire me to go on and do the next thing. That's what I do. Just kind of follow my own little thing.” LooksKindLittlesShowsNextStuffMy OwnForgetHalfTalkingMorningWrittenInspireTvsGoes OnComputerNotesBoringActressesLittle ThingsWowMuteLettermanPlugging In Author:Terry Bozzio
“I only made x amount of albums in 20 years and to still be living comfortably. A lot of people and friends look at me and be like yo Ra how do you do it? You don't go on tour every year and you don't make an album every year, you chill with your family and watch TV. Everyone else is out on tour getting that money. But I managed to do my thing right with the help of my accountant and I'm still comfortable.” PeopleYearsLooksMadeStillsHelpingWatchesTvsGoes OnAmountComfortableAlbumsOur FamilyLook At MeChillAccountantsLiving Comfortably Author:Rakim
“Kids want to be professional footballers and I think they need to know what it takes to get there - you know, the dedication. People see footballers playing on a Saturday afternoon in front of the TV cameras, but from a Monday to Friday people don't really see what goes on.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantNeedsKidsFrontsTvsGoes OnCamerasAfternoonDedicationSaturdayMondayFridayFootballerSaturday Afternoon Author:John Terry
“Every time Kellyanne Conway goes on TV, there's another fight with whoever's interviewing her that particular day.” FightingParticularTvsGoes On Author:David Brooks
“With this show [Stand-Up Revolution ], I loved the idea that I would be picking the talent that goes on, not the network. It was me handpicking people who might not have gotten the chance to be on TV. So, I thought it was real cool that I was putting people up there.” PeopleIdeasRealShowsMightWould BeChanceTalentTvsRevolutionGoes On Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“What's neat about TV is you get really rich, an opportunity to tell really rich stories over the course of 20 hours. Film is cool because it's an hour and a half to two hours. You go on an adventure and by the end it's all cleaned up. Maybe in a franchise you have three chapters of a great story but in TV you can really get deep. You have more time to tell stories so I would definitely not rule out doing television in the future because I think it's a great medium for telling stories.” ThinkingTwoEndsStoriesFilmThreeCoursesOpportunityHoursHalfRichTelevisionAdventureTvsGoes OnMediumsMore TimeChaptersGet RealNeatTelling Stories Author:Chris Pratt
“You know, when you don't go on TV and talk about how many women you sleep with, some people in Hollywood, that are supposedly 'in the know,' start whispering that you're gay. If I were gay, I wouldn't be ashamed to admit it, but I'm not.” PeopleIfsKnowsSleepTvsGoes OnGayHollywoodAshamedWhispering Author:Adam Sandler