“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
“If we can't have a serious conversation without politicizing it on cable TV and making it a scoring point for one day, we're in trouble.” IfsTroubleSeriousTvsOne DayConversationCablesCable TvScoring Points Author:John F. Kerry
“It's impossible to overvalue the importance of television - both in its serious and less serious functions. It's one of our most important ways of finding out the truth - and also of changing the world, and finding out what in the world needs changing. It's also an immense bringer of joy - I learnt how to laugh through television, and now my children and I, every day of every week, share the joy and stupidity of TV shows - they actually make us HAPPY” WorldWayNeedsChildrenImportantShowsJoyLaughingImpossibleWeekShareTelevisionSeriousTvsFindingsFunctionImportanceStupidityMy ChildrenChanging The WorldImmenseTv ShowsFinding Out The Truth Author:Richard Curtis
“I think we grew up thinking that the funniest things on TV were the old, serious movies. I always liked the Marx Brothers, but the thing that always made us laugh were movies like Zero Hour. That's what inspired us.” ThinkingMadeHoursLaughingSeriousBrotherTvsGrewGrew UpInspiredMovieZeroMarx Brothers Author:David Zucker
“If policymakers are serious about avoiding a society of TV 'haves and have-nots,' they should refrain from policies that favor pay-TV operators over the providers of our nation's only free and local communications system: over-the-air broadcasting.” IfsShouldNationsPayAirPolicySeriousTvsCommunicationFavorsLocalsAvoidingRefrainProvidersBroadcastingOperatorsHaves And Have Nots Author:Gordon Smith
“When you're dealing with TV and with movies, people dont take it as serious as they do with music. If a rapper does a song about shooting people on the block, and goes into a restaurant or grocery store, people grab their purses because they're afraid the person is violent. With TV and movies, people know it's okay, it's just a script.” PeopleIfsKnowsPersonsDoeSongSeriousTvsOkayScriptsStoresViolentBlockShootingRestaurantsRapperGroceriesPursesGrocery Stores Author:Suge Knight
“If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered, anyway... You must be prepared to do some serious turning inward toward the life of the imagination, and that means, I'm afraid, that Geraldo, Keith Obermann, and Jay Leno must go. Reading takes time, and the glass teat takes too much of it.” IfsWritingMeanReadingImaginationToo MuchSeriousTvsMembersPreparedGlassesTake TimeInwardBe PreparedPolite Author:Stephen King