“I wanted to make a film - and I've been wanting to do this for 16 years - about life in care, and bring it to the public's attention, because I had never seen anything, on TV or in the cinema, which said: 'This is how it feels to be a kid in care'.” FeelsYearsSaidCareKidsWantedFilmAttentionTvsCinema Author:Samantha Morton
“I was watching TV at age 9 or 10, and my mom said that I came from the front room and I told her that I want to act. And she said if you want to do this at 18, then you can. It was a very simple story, yet, I do not even remember the conversation that I had with my mother. Until she reminded me of the story many years later.” IfsWantYearsSaidStoriesAgeRememberMotherSimpleRoomsFrontsTvsMomConversationMy MomWatching Tv Author:Derek Luke
“I was a kid, 12 or something, when the Partridge Family was big on TV. I liked the curly cord running from the bass to the amps, which were real fancy. That cord looked so cool. I said, 'Wow! I gotta play something like that!'” SaidRealPlayBigsRunningKidsTvsFancyWowBassCords Author:Steve Vai
“Louis Freeh said on national TV that actionable intelligence could have allowed us to stop the hijackings.” SaidTvsHijacking Author:Curt Weldon
“In fact, I had a series of offers which would have brought me a lot of money to make films and package TV programs. There were people who said to me, we'll put a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow, which is a hard thing to turn down.” PeopleSaidHardFactsFilmTurnsMillionsTvsTomorrowOffersProgramAccountsDollarsSeriesLots Of MoneyPackagesMillion DollarsHard ThingsBank Accounts Author:Roone Arledge
“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
“I played a lot of serious parts in a lot of TV movies and early miniseries but what happens is that you get sort of locked into "Oh no, he's a serious actor." Well, I was a serious actor for nine years or 10 years and then I get into comedy and everybody said, "Oh no, he's funny. He can do comedy," and then all of a sudden, you're just a comedy guy.” YearsWellsSaidHappensGuyActorsCan DoComedySeriousTvsNineLockedNine Years Author:Barry Bostwick
“I was super skeptical about doing TV. I said no three times, part of which was confidence because I didn't really understand that world. I know how to climb mountains and do all that, but I wasn't a TV person.” KnowsWorldPersonsSaidThreeKnow HowTvsMountainClimbsThree TimesSkeptical Author:Bear Grylls
“Back in '96, I was on "The Price Is Right" pointing at refrigerators, and "Extra," the TV show, came down. They were the first entertainment entity that put people up on the Internet, so they put my picture up, and America Online called the next day and said I got a zillion or whatever downloads. I didn't know what a download was!” PeopleKnowsFirstsSaidShowsAmericaNextTvsInternetEntertainmentExtrasOnlineEntityTv ShowsNext DayPointingRefrigeratorsDownloads Author:Cindy Margolis
“I have occasionally thought that some [TV] hosts have needed treatment, and some of these hosts have even admitted they could benefit from therapy. Having said that, I think most people can benefit from treatment. Those who need it and refuse to get it generally have the most "issues.” PeopleThinkingNeedsSaidIssuesTvsNeededBenefitsRefuseTherapyTreatmentHost Author:Robi Ludwig
“I said, I'm on this TV show and I love doing it, but I don't want to be known always as the silly "Scrubs" guy... So part of me was like, You know what? Life's short. Let's go for it.” KnowsWantSaidShowsGuyKnownTvsLike YouSillyTv Shows Author:Zach Braff
“He discusses his service in Iraq, the wounds he suffered there and he says to me in this ad, until you have the guts to call me a phony soldier to my face, stop telling lies about my service. You know, this is such a blatant use of a valiant combat veteran, lying to him about what I said, and then strapping those lies to his belt, sending him out via the media and a TV ad, to walk into as many people as he can walk into.” PeopleKnowsSaidUseFacesLyingWalksMediaStupidTvsSoldierIraqWoundsGutsCall MeCombatAdsVeteranBeltsHatefulPhonyValiantTelling LiesCombat VeteransBlatant Lies Author:Rush Limbaugh