“I'm a people person, very approachable. I go out every night, tons of functions. I love all facets of this industry... Music, film, TV, books, art. I love being around creative people.” PeoplePersonsArtBookFilmNightLove IsCreativeTvsIndustryFunctionEvery NightCreative PeopleFacets Author:Guy Oseary
“I acknowledge that Hulu's easy accessibility probably keeps some people from pirating. But a respected industry analyst says less than 5% of TV content is being stolen today.” PeopleTodayEasyTvsIndustryAcknowledgeStolenAnalystsAccessibility Author:Steven Levitan
“There are no real guidelines or maps in Australia as to how to write a show, whereas in Hollywood it's where the TV industry is created and there's a lot of work that goes into development.” WritingRealShowsTvsDevelopmentIndustryHollywoodAustraliaMapsGuidelines Author:Jason Gann
“One of the towering people in this industry said, why don't you go and make a five-year contract with somebody, make yourself several million dollars and put it away, then go and do whatever you want, work for public TV if you want.” PeopleIfsWantYearsSaidMillionsFiveTvsIndustryDollarsFive YearsContractsMillion DollarsDo Whatever You Want Author:Roone Arledge
“The TV industry works in this crazy system where everybody's trying to get the same actors at the same time.” TryingActorsCrazyTvsIndustry Author:Mitchell Hurwitz
“Once upon a time humans faced each other and pulled thoughts from minds, advanced rapidly, revolutionised industry and evolved explosively. Then one day they stopped, and stared at a box. They grew fat and awkward in public, stopped expressing emotions and couldn't figure out how to reverse it: they reinvented themselves from Emperors back into prawns, because someone turned the TV on.” MindHumansEmotionFiguresTvsGrewIndustryOne DayBoxesFatsAwkwardReverseEmperorOnce Upon A TimeExpressing EmotionsPrawns Author:Craig Stone
“Hollywood can be an exclusive place. Who gets to be on TV, or who gets to make TV can be a small clique of an industry. There's so many talented, skilled people, all over the world, that might not have the connections or the opportunities to work in TV.” PeopleWorldMightOpportunityTvsIndustryConnectionsHollywoodExclusiveClique Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“The Noisiest buzz in the industry lately has been over the emerging use of cable TV systems to provide fast network data transmissions using a device called a cable modem. But the likelihood of this technology succeeding is zilch.” Has BeensUseTechnologyTvsIndustrySucceedDataDevicesCablesEmergingBuzzLikelihoodTransmissionCable Tv Author:John C. Dvorak
“What keeps this industry alive is creators doing their own work. Once you change a costume or origin enough times, it's a dead body - you're just electrocuting it and keeping it sort of shambling on. There is a lot more creator-owned stuff now, and some of it I look at and go, 'Oh, that's his pitch for a TV show. That's his pitch for a movie. That's him saying oh, this kind of thing sells.' I didn't do that.” LooksKindBookEnoughShowsBodyStuffAliveTvsIndustrySellsCreatorComicComic BookTv ShowsCostumesEnough Time Author:Mike Mignola
“Wherever you turn you cannot live without internet, phones .. So I think the film industry will change, but I still believe that the TV will survive in the same way the cinema survives.” ThinkingWayBelieveStillsFilmTurnsTvsIndustryInternetPhonesCinemaFilm IndustryI Still Believe Author:Tommy Wiseau
“I think where it's going is toward what the music industry is like, where channels will be considered more like labels that carry the type of TV show that you like, and then you'll consume them however you can. For example, I don't really watch Showtime, but I bought 'Homeland,' and I've been watching every episode on my iPad.” ThinkingShowsWatchesExampleTvsTypeIndustryLabelsEpisodesTv ShowsHomelandMusic IndustryIpadsShowtime Author:Adam Pally
“I'm going to insult a whole industry here, but it seems like TV is for people who can't do film. I'm not talking about actresses; I'm talking about lighting people. Lighting on TV is just so... it's sinful, it really is.” PeopleWholeSeemsFilmTalkingTvsIndustryActressesInsultLightingComebackNot Talking Author:Kevyn Aucoin
“Power is not just for TV sets and charging mobile phones. This electricity is critical to the industrial development of this area. If there is electricity, small scale industry will grow.” IfsGrowsTvsDevelopmentIndustryAreasIndiaPhonesCriticalScalesElectricityGovernanceMobileChargingMobile Phones Author:Narendra Modi
“I'm not much a TV reporter, as in someone who covers the daily machinations of the television industry, though I certainly follow it and weave it into my reviews and essays about the medium.” TelevisionTvsIndustryMediumsReviewsReportersEssaysTelevision Industry Author:Hank Stuever
“I'm fortunate enough to act in a TV show that makes me a lot of money so I can pay for my own movies. I don't have to wait for anybody and that's more of what I like doing. But I still think that you don't have to be connected in the industry to make your movie. You just have to write something that is meant to be made cheaply.” ThinkingWritingMadeStillsI CanEnoughShowsWaitingMy OwnPayTvsIndustryConnectedFortunateMeant To BeLots Of MoneyTv Shows Author:Mark Duplass
“I'm very grateful for work especially in film industry. It's highly competitive and there are a lot of people standing behind me jumping at the opportunity to only do one thing, like one movie or one TV show or one episode.” PeopleShowsFilmOpportunityBehindsOne ThingTvsIndustryStandingGratefulEpisodesTv ShowsJumpingFilm Industry Author:Famke Janssen
“If I want to do something in the TV industry, I should be allowed to explore that, but not in a way where it has to cancel out or ruin my visual art career.” IfsWayWantShouldArtCareersTvsIndustryRuinsVisualsVisual Art Author:Kalup Linzy
“Before I would view Rob Reiner as this really annoying pest. Every time he'd come on TV or talking about smoking, I found my blood pressure go up. I just met-really met Rob for the first time last week and told him how much I admire him. He's done more than anyone else in the industry.” FirstsDoneLastsFoundViewsTalkingBloodWeekTvsIndustryMetsFirst TimePressureAdmireSmokingAnnoyingBlood PressurePests Author:Joe Eszterhas
“I mean, a lot of people don't realize it, but fashion is one of the most racial industries left out there now. Radio and music aren't. Television and movies aren't. Even commercials now are showing interracial couples. You see a lot of diversity in TV shows, but you don't see that in fashion. You think there would be some, because the consumer is of all colors and all shades. But you don't see that in fashion.” PeopleThinkingMeanShowsWould BeLeftRealizingFashionTelevisionColorTvsIndustryCoupleDiversityRadioConsumersShadeTv ShowsLeft OutInterracial Couple Author:Tyson Beckford
“... people in the newspaper industry saw the web as a newspaper. People in TV saw the web as TV, and people in book publishing saw it as a weird kind of potential book. But the web is not just some kind of magic all-absorbing meta-medium. It's its own thing.” PeopleKindBookSawsMagicTvsIndustryNewspapersMediumsPublishingAbsorbingBook Publishing Author:Paul Ford
“Everybody says, TV is great, the writer has so much power. I'm still trying to convince myself that's true. When do the writers ever have power? Ever? They don't. Even in the book industry.” TryingStillsBookTvsIndustryConvince Author:Matthew Specktor
“I think that the reason you keep hearing that it's the golden age of TV is because original storytelling is happening all the time in that medium, and people are hungry for it. And I'm as guilty as anyone for being part of an industry that is capitalizing on existing stories, sequels, these things that we are seeing again and again and again.” PeopleThinkingReasonStoriesAgeSeeingTvsIndustryHappeningsOriginalsHearingHungryStorytellingGoldenMediumsGuiltyAgain And AgainSequelsGolden Age Author:J. J. Abrams
“I've always loved theatre because it's so immediate. The challenge of it is that, career wise, it's easier to get traction in the industry if you do film and TV because the audience is larger, and because the work can be seen for a longer period of time. I did solid work in a series of regional and Off-Broadway shows, but the work I did on TV or film will have a longer life with a larger audience (and with services like Netflix). Ultimately, there's something intimate about TV, because the storytelling and the actors come home with the viewer. It can be powerful because of that.” IfsShowsHomeFilmActorsChallengesPowerfulCareersAudienceWiseTvsIndustryPeriodsEasierSeriesTheatreStorytellingIntimateComing HomeViewersBroadwayAnd OffNetflixBroadway ShowsTractionLonger Life Author:Steven C. Harper
“I know artists that have tried for a long time in the Christian industry and then they were on a TV show and all of the sudden the doors swing wide open. Christians want to connect with things that are mainstream.” KnowsWantLongShowsChristianArtistDoorsTvsIndustryLong TimeWideMainstreamSwingsTv Shows Author:Anthony Evans
“I've seen [Donald Trump] appear in a film or a TV show cameo or the tabloids, and he's a grotesquely distasteful human being and always has been, always made me want to take a shower. But other people fell in love with him as a reality star. So does that mean that the entertainment industry is doing something wrong? I think reality TV answered that question a long time ago: Yes, it's doing something terribly wrong. But there's some great reality TV, and I'm not bagging on it completely.” PeopleThinkingWantHumansMeanLongDoeHas BeensMadeShowsRealityFilmStarsHuman BeingsTvsIndustryTrumpLong TimeEntertainmentShowersTv ShowsLong Time AgoTabloidsReality TvEntertainment IndustryDistastefulCameos Author:Joss Whedon
“It's learning your craft and understanding what it takes to survive in this industry. On the back of exposure from TV to books to Rachel Ray to Martha Stewart, the customer's integrity is far greater than every before. As a nation, just like the U.K., we don't complain enough. The more we complain in this country the better our restaurants will be.” BookCountryEnoughNationsUnderstandingGreaterTvsIndustryIntegrityCustomersComplainingCraftsRestaurantsRaysExposure Author:Gordon Ramsay
“For me, something that's been always really important to me, that's also really served me well in hindsight, is doing different things, trying to cross different genres, and dipping my toes into comedy and drama and action here and there. Fortunately, as I've been working, the industry has also changed where you're able to dip your toes into different mediums, where it's not just independent film and studio film, but now you've got TV, and you're able to do all these different things. For me, it's just a matter of continually pushing myself and challenging myself.” TryingWellsImportantDifferentMatterAbleActionFilmChallengesComedyChangedTvsIndustryDramaCrossesIndependentStudiosMediumsGenreDifferent ThingsPushingToesHere And ThereHindsightIndependent FilmDipDifferent GenresChallenging Myself Author:Michelle Monaghan