“I was nearly fired from my second job, which was writing press releases for Boston's public television station.” WritingJobsTelevisionPressesReleaseStationsBostonPress Release Author:Elinor Lipman
“Listen, a cable series is a beautiful thing because there's such amazing writing happening on television, and it's a schedule that allows you to do a play or two. There's a reason everybody wants that job!” WantWritingTwoReasonPlayJobsBeautifulTelevisionHappeningsSeriesBeautiful ThingsSchedulesCables Author:Lily Rabe
“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
“I was only allowed only to watch public television until I was 12 years old. I would come home from friends's houses with a list of demands. 'OK, We have all the wrong cereals. You guys are asleep on the job.” YearsHomeJobsGuyHouseWatchesTelevisionDemandListsComing HomeCereal Author:Allison Williams
“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
“I'm one of those pathetic actors who will say yes to every play reading just because I do miss the stage so much. What I really miss about the theater is that in the end, it's yours to give. In television and film, it's yours to do and someone else's to take and someone else's to give. As much as I love television - the biggest luxury of all is to know that you have a job to go to - I do miss that connection and having that power over my own performance on stage.” KnowsGivingEndsPlayJobsFilmReadingActorsMy OwnStageMissingTelevisionConnectionsPerformancesTheaterLuxuryPathetic Author:Julianna Margulies
“I did some professional radio acting as a teenager, and I essentially put myself through college with radio acting in Montreal. When I graduated, I got jobs in professional theatres, repertory, and stock theatres in Canada for a couple of years. And then I went to Stratford, Ontario, where I spent three years with a Shakespeare company. We took a classical play from Stratford to New York City, and I got some good notices there and essentially stayed and did live television. And that brings you to the beginning of filming.” YearsPlayJobsThreeActingCitiesCompanyNew YorkTelevisionCollegeCoupleRadioTheatreTeenagerCanadaNew York CityThree YearsMontrealOntarioLive Television Author:William Shatner
“I mean, my dad's a television producer, and I knew I could get a job as an assistant or a reader with one of his friends, but it wasn't exactly what I wanted to do.” MeanWantedJobsTelevisionReaderDadMy DadProducersAssistants Author:J. J. Abrams
“Working in theater, film or television are three different jobs for an actor, and I accept them as such.” DifferentJobsFilmThreeActorsAcceptingTelevisionTheaterDifferent Jobs Author:James Spader
“Auditioning for television shows - to find a guy who has a lot of experience as a laborer is a bit of an anomaly. We do exist. I know several other actors who have made their living, instead of a waitress job, framing houses or blacktopping roads.” KnowsMadeShowsJobsGuyActorsHouseBitsTelevisionTelevision ShowsWaitressLaborersAnomaliesFraming Author:Nick Offerman
“That's the thing - you do a job like 'Shameless,' and suddenly that's why you can get a job like 'The Virgin Queen', not because of all the classical theatre you've done. But we can be very snippy about television. It's absolutely the most potent and powerful form of storytelling we have.” DoneJobsFormPowerfulTelevisionTheatreStorytellingQueensVirginsShameless Author:Anne-Marie Duff
“Recreational talking is, along with private singing, one of our saddest recent losses. Like singing, talking has become a job for trained professionals, who are paid considerable sums of money to do it on television and radio while we sit silently listening or, if we're truly lonely and determined, call the station and sit holding the phone waiting for a chance to contribute our two cents' worth.” IfsTwoJobsWaitingChanceLossTalkingTelevisionListeningSingingLonelyPaidPhonesRadioDeterminedStationsCentsSaddestTwo CentsTelevision And Radio Author:Barbara Holland
“Television is a pretty great job, to begin with, and I wouldn't have anything, if it weren't for the jobs that I've had in the past that have built up to that” IfsJobsPastTelevisionBuiltGreat Job Author:Zachary Levi
“Sometimes good television doesn't depend on money, it depends on imagination and good people directing, casting and doing the job with talented people.” PeopleSometimesJobsImaginationTelevisionDependsGood PeopleCasting Author:Elisabeth Sladen
“My job as a television anchor or television reporter is not to proselytize.” JobsTelevisionReportersAnchors Author:Deborah Norville