“My choices in projects have all been character or role-based, and on a financial level, it's obvious: as an actor on a TV series, I get a wonderful paycheck, and a consistent paycheck, which doesn't always happen when you're doing theater or movies.” CharacterHappensChoicesActorsLevelsRolesWonderfulTvsProjectsTheaterSeriesFinancialObviousConsistentPaychecksTv Series Author:Jim Parsons
“There's just a deeper level of sophistication in the writing of female characters on TV.” WritingCharacterLevelsTvsFemaleDeeperFemale CharactersSophistication Author:Vera Farmiga
“People generally report higher levels of stress, depression, and tension after watching TV. It seems that TV's main virtue is that it occupies the mind undemandingly.” PeopleMindSeemsLevelsTechnologyVirtueTvsHigherStressTensionReportsHigher LevelWatching Tv Author:Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
“It's hard not to get down on the government when you see dysfunction play out on our TVs every day. Frankly, sometimes at every level of government.” SometimesHardPlayGovernmentLevelsTvsDysfunction Author:Chuck Todd
“I've never been the critic of reality TV that others have, especially many of my colleagues who wonder if it's just the end of America. It's a free market and you just put it on. The fact that science has not been on neck-and-neck with it means that people believe science could not compete on that level.” PeopleIfsBelieveMeanEndsFactsRealityAmericaLevelsWonderTvsCriticsNecksColleaguesFree MarketReality Tv Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“I know one thing - very few writers in Southern California get to write what they want to write. We are more or less worker ants, working for either film companies or tv companies or Internet companies. We do a lot of assigned work. Feelings hardly ever enter into it. If they do, they tend to be on a sort of soap opera level.” IfsKnowsWantWritingFeelingsFilmLevelsCompanyOne ThingTvsInternetWorkersCaliforniaSouthernOperaSoapAntsSoap OperasSouthern California Author:Larry Gelbart
“One of the really nice things about having the time to do a movie is that you can fine tune it. With TV, you really need A-level people to make a good TV show because it's moving so fast.” PeopleNeedsShowsMovingLevelsNiceTvsFineTunesTv ShowsReally NiceNice Things Author:Joel Surnow
“My mum was never too keen on TV, so we kids all went to the library and got books out. Right from the start, I loved the works of Mark Twain. Every time I read about Tom Sawyer, I'd go out and do something low-level naughty, just like him.” BookKidsLevelsTvsLowsMarkLibraryTomsMumNaughtyLow LevelSawyer Author:John Grisham
“People will always want it [reality TV shows], if it's produced well and if it's telling people's stories - that's all anybody wants: to connect with another human being on a very basic level. If the stories are told well, I think it can continue and continue.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantHumansWellsStoriesShowsRealityHuman BeingsLevelsTvsTv ShowsReality Tv Author:Cat Deeley
“One of the problems with watching TV is that you've got a fairly low level of language operating all the time. Quite a small vocabulary and really no conceptual or abstract thinking. That's an issue. If you've got a wide vocabulary, you can learn. The complexities of grammar, in themselves, force you to think about time in a particular way. Force you to widen your outlook on the world.” IfsThinkingWorldWayProblemLanguageForceLevelsIssuesParticularTvsLowsWideAbstractComplexityVocabularyOutlookGrammarWatching TvLow LevelAbstract Thinking Author:Jeanette Winterson
“I know how to turn it on [computer]. I know where the disc goes: in that little slot but I can't always get it out. And I have three genius-level computer savvy kids who save my ass all the time. I'll tell you what I don't do. I don't watch the news on TV anymore. I get my news online. And like all of you, I Google whoever I want.” KnowsWantLittlesI CanKidsTurnsThreeLevelsWatchesKnow HowTvsGeniusComputerNewsAssOnlineGoogleSavvyDiscs Author:Bruce Willis
“Things maybe take longer usually when it comes to TV - especially network TV. There are usually multiple levels that you have to go through in terms of the casting director, the producers, the studio, the network, reading with other people.” PeopleReadingTermLevelsTvsDirectorsStudiosProducersMultipleCastingCasting Directors Author:Andre Holland