“I wouldn't have the life I have without television. I wouldn't be looking out my apartment window onto the East River; I wouldn't be able to afford to have my mother with me this summer. So television has been very good to me.” Has BeensAbleMotherTelevisionSummerRiversWindowVery GoodEastApartment Author:Susan Sullivan
“I was always singing and dancing for my mother when I wasn't glued to the television watching I Love Lucy or the Carol Burnett Show.” ShowsMotherTelevisionSingingDancingLucyCarolsSinging And DancingTelevision Watching Author:Debra Messing
“The day I need a television puppet or clown to tell my children what's right and what's wrong, I'll bow out as a mother.” NeedsChildrenMotherTelevisionMy ChildrenBowsClownPuppets Author:Elinor Smith
“I was certainly typecast for a while on television because I was always being cast as the compassionate mother or whatever.” MotherTelevisionCastsCompassionate Author:Michael Learned
“As a child growing up in a grey-skied Yorkshire village, I would occasionally happen upon a Bollywood movie on the television. After a few minutes watching a bunch of sari-clad dancers cavorting on a Swiss mountain to tuneless music, I would switch over to some proper drama about housing estates and single mothers.” ChildrenHappensMotherGrowing UpGrowingMinutesTelevisionDramaMountainBunchDancerVillageEstatesGreyHousingSwissSingle MotherBollywoodChildren Growing UpYorkshireGrowing ChildrenSari Author:Simon Beaufoy