“I wanted to branch out into American television, specifically because you get to develop a character for a longer period of time and you get to develop a relationship with the audience.” CharacterWantedAudienceTelevisionPeriodsBranchesAmerican Television Author:Joseph Morgan
“With any television series - and it's something that is taken for granted with movies because you have the whole arc within two hours - you establish who the character is and it's a two-dimensional version, or if you're lucky, a two and a half-dimensional character. Once you establish that, you can move forward and break all the rules. Once the audience has accepted who the person is, then you can do the exact opposite. What makes it funny and interesting is doing the opposite.” IfsPersonsTwoCharacterMovingCan DoInterestingHalfBreakAudienceTelevisionLuckyOppositesSeriesAcceptedVersionsMoving Forward Author:Rashida Jones
“I'm a great admirer, fan and consumer of television. I love serial drama. I have been a major fan of HBO's series for many years.” YearsHas BeensFansTelevisionDramaMajorsSeriesConsumersSerialsAdmirerHbo Author:Todd Haynes
“I don't have specific television ambitions in the sense that I remain fundamentally and academic, and so, my innermost ambitions are what's the next discovery I can make; that's in my direct center.” I CanNextTelevisionAmbitionDiscoveryDirectAcademic Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“It's funny that and the same statement [Barack Obama] made when he's talking about Republicans and the Iranians, he's talking to Republicans through the television. He said, if any of you are watching this, you need to think about who you're hurting.” IfsThinkingNeedsMadeSaidHurtTalkingTelevisionRepublicanStatementsBarack Author:Eric Bolling
“I would not like to live in the past because you don't get anesthetic when you go to the dentist. You don't get antibiotics. You don't get the things that you are used to now, cell phones and televisions and things that are very convenient. You don't want that. But, it would be fun if you could, every now and then, just meet a friend for lunch at Maxim's in Paris in 1900, or go back to 1870 just for a couple of hours, take a walk in the park, and then come right back to Broadway.” IfsWantWould BePastUsedFunHoursWalksTelevisionCouplePhonesCellsParisParksLunchNow And ThenBroadwayMaximsConvenientCell PhoneDentistAntibioticsAnestheticsWalks In The Park Author:Woody Allen
“I hate to mention age, but I come from an era when we weren't consumed by technology and television. My mother insisted that her children read. To describe my scarce leisure time in today's terms, I always default to reading.” ChildrenAgeTodayMotherHateReadingTermTechnologyTelevisionI HateErasLeisureConsumedScarceDefaultLeisure Time Author:Jimmy Buffett
“When you're a doctor and you spend most of your life in a hospital, you honestly don't get to watch as much television as you think you might, and the power of television is enormous.” ThinkingMightWatchesTelevisionDoctorsHonestlyEnormousHospitals Author:Travis Lane Stork
“Such techniques, including meta-discursive stuff, self-reference, irony, black humor, cynicism, grotesquerie and shock, it would be safe to say that television or televisual values rule the culture. Television is successfully using a lot of those same techniques but using them for a very different agenda, which is to sort of create an ethos and please people and to sell products to consumers.” PeopleDifferentSelfWould BeValuesCultureStuffBlackTelevisionProductsPleaseSafeSellsIncludingTechniqueConsumersIronyShockAgendasCynicismEthosBlack Humor Author:David Foster Wallace
“There are those superstars who refuse to give anything of themselves to the public except what they see on-screen. In movies and on records, it's easy to insulate one's self from the public; that's why I think I wouldn't care to be a television performer, particularly in the States, where TV stardom is so intimate.” ThinkingGivingSelfStatesCareEasyRecordsTelevisionTvsRefuseScreensIntimatePerformersSuperstarStardom Author:George Harrison
“The problem is that people love music and they love television, but people don't love music on TV.” PeopleProblemTelevisionTvsMusic Love Author:John Fugelsang
“Voice work is usually not that big of a time commitment. You can go in for a couple of days or a couple of months, here and there, and just go in and play. I like being able to do that. You don't have that luxury on film sets or television sets.” PlayBigsAbleFilmVoiceTelevisionMonthsCoupleCommitmentLuxuryHere And ThereFilm Set Author:James Marsden
“Many of the things that stifle growth are morally neutral. They're not bad things. Facebook is not bad. Television and movies are not bad. I enjoy TV, but it doesn't take long for me to begin to find humorous on TV what the Lord finds heartbreaking.” LongEnjoyGrowthLordTelevisionTvsHumorousBad ThingsHeartbreaking Author:Matt Chandler
“I look in the eyes and I see the heart. As long as it's a human story. I would like to turn on my television and see African American, Hispanic, Asian as well as Caucasian. And I think there are probably more people like me.” PeopleThinkingHumansWellsLooksHeartLongStoriesEyeTurnsTelevisionLike MeAfrican AmericanAsianTurn-onHispanicCaucasian Author:Angela Bassett
“I don't view interviewing as much of a performance. My whole life is in essence a performance but singing and dancing for television is an entirely different thing.” DifferentWholeLife IsViewsTelevisionSingingEssencePerformancesDancingWhole LifeDifferent ThingsSinging And Dancing Author:Lady Gaga
“We live in a society that worships youth. On television, in magazines, in advertisements and on billboards, what sells and what is sold to us is youth.” YouthTelevisionWorshipSellsMagazinesAdvertisementsBillboards Author:Andrew Denton
“I feel like I'm still learning the ropes of how television works. Obviously I have good folks surrounding me on different shows. It's funny because sometimes in film I'm sort of the third guy to the left, you can be as insane as you want to be as that guy.” WantFeelsStillsDifferentSometimesShowsFilmGuyLeftTelevisionThirdsFolksInsaneRopeThat Guy Author:Paul Schneider
“I've really dreamed of doing television. All of us do television, coming up. But when I was coming up, television was a black hole for actors. Now, television has a certain cache. Now everybody wants to be on TV because they're doing adult dramas. If you're an actor, it's like, "Well, get me on television," because it's the only place you can do it and also make a living at it. If my kids need shoes, I better do a TV show because I damn sure don't make any money with independent films.” IfsWantNeedsWellsShowsKidsFilmCertainActorsBlackCan DoTelevisionTvsDramaAdultsIndependentShoesHolesDamnTv ShowsYou Can Do ItIndependent FilmBlack HoleCache Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“As an actor what you're always looking for is a character that is going to grow and change especially on television. I feel incredibly lucky to be working on a television show where the writing is always geared towards us growing and changing.” FeelsWritingCharacterShowsActorsGrowsGrowingTelevisionLuckyTelevision Shows Author:Jennifer Morrison
“The experience of reading a novel and watching a television show are quite different. You can't let your audience get ahead of you, and you have to keep the energy and the pace and the drama up. They're very different things.” DifferentShowsReadingEnergyNovelAudienceTelevisionDramaDifferent ThingsPaceTelevision ShowsGet Ahead Author:Michelle Fairley
“I think television has become such an interesting place for characters and for incredible storytelling. Half of what I watch are television shows that I've become obsessed with. I just think that it's opened up so much, to be such an interesting and creative medium, and so many wonderful directors and actors are moving to television because it is a great medium for telling stories and for creating a character over a long period of time.” ThinkingLongCharacterStoriesShowsMovingActorsInterestingHalfWatchesCreativeWonderfulTelevisionPeriodsDirectorsCreatingIncrediblesStorytellingMediumsObsessedTelevision ShowsTelling StoriesLong Periods Of TimeInteresting Places Author:Elijah Wood
“When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an actor. I actually studied acting when I was at NYU, and I made a lot of television commercials - that's actually how I put myself through NYU and through college.” MadeKidsActorsActingTelevisionCollegeNyuTelevision Commercials Author:Tom Ford
“I've never swayed from who I am. People have seen me on television, and they know what I'm like and they know what I do and they respect me for what I do. They know that I'm huggy and kissy.” PeopleKnowsTelevisionWho I AmRespect Me Author:Richard Simmons
“One of the things I'm real proud of is I just made a deal with 20th Century Fox, and I've got my own production company now. I'm developing some television and movies for other people because I have a lot of fresh new ideas. To write is what I love the most.” PeopleWritingMadeIdeasRealMy OwnDealsCompanyCenturyTelevisionProudProductionsDevelopingNew IdeasFoxes20th Century Author:Dolly Parton
“Television series always have a lot of characters because you want people to identify with someone on the show, who will be your eyes.” PeopleWantCharacterShowsEyeTelevisionSeries Author:Robert Rodriguez
“I'm very physical. I grew up boxing. I've done almost all of my own stunts in movies and in television.” DoneMy OwnTelevisionGrewGrew UpBoxing Author:Raymond Cruz
“I watch a lot of television and I watch a lot of film and I hate when you watch the action sequences - and I always tell when they use a stunt man - and then they put the actor in and you can tell these actors haven't done anything.” MenDoneUseActionFilmHateActorsWatchesHavensTelevisionI HateSequence Author:Raymond Cruz
“David Epstein, the author of the best book on athletics in recent memory - "The Sports Gene" - wrote to me to say that he thinks I'm being overly generous. He points out that, for years, there used to be an "all-star challenge" on television, in which the best professional athletes from a variety of sports competed in a kind of makeshift decathlon.” ThinkingYearsKindBookUsedStarsSportsChallengesMemoriesTelevisionAthleteUsed To BeVarietyGenerousGenesAthleticsProfessional AthleteAll StarsDecathlon Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“I wasn't wattching television when I was a youngster; there was the radio.” TelevisionRadioYoungsters Author:Debbie Reynolds
“If we were built, what were we built for? ... Why do we have this amazing collection of sinews, senses, and sensibilities? Were we really designed in order to recline on the couch, extending our wrists perpendicular to the floor so we can flick through the television's offerings? Were we really designed in order to shop some more so the economy can grow some more? Or were we designed to experience the great epiphanies that come from contact with each other and with the natural world?” IfsWorldOrderGrowsNaturalEconomyTelevisionBuiltSensesContactCollectionsShopsOfferingSensibilityConsumerismNatural WorldCouchesWristsEpiphanyOverconsumptionExtending Author:Bill McKibben
“The modern child may early in his or her existence have natural inclinations toward spirituality. The child may have imagination, originality, a simple and individual response to reality, and even a tendency to moments of thoughtful silence and absorption. All these tendencies, however, are soon destroyed by the dominant culture. The child becomes a yelling, brash, false little monster, brandishing a toy gun or dressed up like some character he has seen on television.” MayChildrenLittlesMomentsCharacterRealityCultureSpiritualityIndividualImaginationNaturalSimpleExistenceSilenceModernTelevisionGunResponseMonstersTendenciesDestroyedThoughtfulOriginalityToysConsumerismDominantInclinationYellingOverconsumptionDressed UpAbsorptionBrashDominant CultureToy Guns Author:Thomas Merton
“I've made quite a number of movies that I've never even seen and I've made some movies that I thought were good that nobody saw... Sometimes they end up on television.” MadeEndsSometimesNumbersSawsTelevision Author:Christopher Walken
“When I'm not working, I am the laziest person. I can literally lie on a couch and watch television for 15 hours.” PersonsI CanLyingHoursWatchesTelevisionCouches Author:Jennifer Lawrence
“I would definitely not rule out doing television in the future because I think it's a great medium for telling stories. And it can also be practically very nice for a family man to have 9 months out of the year where you're in the city, where you're close to your home.” ThinkingMenYearsStoriesHomeCitiesNiceTelevisionMonthsMediumsVery NiceTelling StoriesFamily Man Author:Chris Pratt
“It's not Comic Con any more. It's this huge marketplace for the motion picture and television industry. And the toy manufacturer's and the game people. One of the problems with International Comic Con is that tickets go on sale for the next year's event and the place is full of thousands and thousands of kids who have scraped together every dime to get admittance because they want to get all the freebies.” PeopleWantYearsProblemKidsTogetherNextGamesEventsTelevisionHugeGoes OnIndustryInternationalComicToysTicketsMarketplaceNext YearDimesMotion PicturesComic ConAdmittanceTelevision Industry Author:Mike Royer
“I've been writing for a long time, since the late '60s. But it hasn't been in the same form. I used to write scripts for television. I wrote for my comedy act. Then I wrote screenplays, and then I started writing New Yorker essays, and then I started writing plays. I didn't start writing prose, really, until the New Yorker essays, but they were comic. I didn't start writing prose, really, until the '90s. In my head, there was a link between everything. One thing led to another.” WritingLongPlayFormUsedComedyOne ThingTelevisionLateLong TimeScriptsComicProseLinksEssaysScreenplaysNew Yorkers Author:Steve Martin
“Working in television it's really great to be able to stick with a character for a long period of time. It's not like you have one shot, and that's it. You have more time, more room, an ability to reflect on your performance and the character and how much has really been shown, and what you'd like to see. It's nice. You have more breathing room.” LongCharacterAbleAbilityRoomsNiceTelevisionLike YouPeriodsShotsPerformancesSticksBreathingMore TimeReally GreatLong Periods Of Time Author:Christina Ricci
“The nice thing about a video game is that you can explore the dimensions of a character so much more deeply than you can in a television show or even in a movie.” CharacterShowsGamesNiceTelevisionVideoDimensionsNice ThingsTelevision Shows Author:Kevin Conroy
“What television has done is it's given me a stepping stone to get to some other countries and really wild destinations throughout this world, which perhaps I would have had to struggle to get to.” WorldCountryDoneGivenStruggleThis WorldTelevisionStonesDestinationOther CountriesStepping Stones Author:Steve Irwin
“Television happens very quickly. It was like a shot of adrenaline into me, as a filmmaker, and my career. You can hit town, do the show, and leave with this incredible energy behind you.” ShowsHappensEnergyBehindsCareersTelevisionShotsTownsIncrediblesFilmmakerBehind YouAdrenaline Author:Michael J. Bassett
“Television can become a bit of a treadmill for directors. You come in, nobody knows you, the actors are already doing what they're doing, and you're just one of a number of directors who comes in.” KnowsActorsBitsNumbersTelevisionDirectorsJust OneNobody KnowsTreadmills Author:Michael J. Bassett
“Gary Player and others have said all of us should all give Arnold Palmer a percentage of our earnings because without you there would be no television contracts and without you it wouldn't be as good for anyone.” GivingShouldSaidWould BePlayerTelevisionContractsEarningPercentagesWithout YouGary Author:Charlie Rose
“The tough decisions that a president has to make in the Oval Office are in no way related to the capability of a person to do well on television. On the other hand, the capability of a person to project favorably on television enhances that person's odds of being elected so he can serve in the Oval Office. So you can't ignore the talents, one, to be very effective on television, and on the other hand, to be very effective as an operating president.” WayWellsPersonsHandsPresidentDecisionTalentTelevisionOfficeProjectsToughRelatedCapabilityOddsOvalTough Decisions Author:Gerald R. Ford
“I never stopped feeling abject terror until I got on television and went on a national ad campaign and realized, "I will be able to feed my children. I have somehow averted the destiny that awaited me, which is endless, crippling debt forever."” ChildrenFeelingsAbleDestinyForeverTelevisionTerrorDebtCampaignsEndlessMy ChildrenAds Author:John Hodgman
“So by all means let's have a television show quick and long, even if the commercial has to be delivered by a man in a white coat with a stethoscope hanging around his neck, selling ergot pills. After all the public is entitled to what it wants, isn't it? The Romans knew that and even they lasted four hundred years after they started to putrefy.” IfsMenWantYearsMeanLongShowsWhiteFourTelevisionHundredSellingNecksEntitledCoatsPillsTelevision ShowsHanging AroundStethoscopeWhite Coat Book:Raymond Chandler Speaking Source: Raymond Chandler Speaking
“Television thrives on unreason, and unreason thrives on television. It strikes at the emotions rather than the intellect.” EmotionTelevisionIntellectStrikesThrive Author:Robin Day
“In the mainstream film market, certainly in television, sex is handled fairly discreetly. I think the abuse of extraordinarily graphic violence and language presses much closer to the tolerance of public taste.” ThinkingFilmLanguageSexViolenceTelevisionTasteAbusePressesToleranceMainstreamGraphic Author:Charlton Heston
“My dissatisfaction with television as a medium has nothing to do with the audience or the fact that you don't require as much time to do it as you do a movie, but with its technical limitations.” FactsAudienceTelevisionMediumsLimitationDissatisfaction Author:Charlton Heston
“Well digital media and social media are eliminating the middle man - in the old days, you had to go through the editors. Or the television producer, you know? Now you have people talking directly to each other, globally who have never met. I think you put the "word" in "word of mouth."” PeopleThinkingKnowsMenWellsSocialTalkingMiddleMediaTelevisionMetsMouthsSocial MediaProducersDigitalEditorsOld DaysEliminatingPeople TalkingWord Of MouthDigital Media Author:Kelly Cutrone
“There's a lot of great writing, and characters, and stories being told in television nowadays. And much more than there used to be. The opportunities to tell stories, because of the opportunities to show content. And so it's drawing actors from cinema, movie actors, actors to where there's a lot of opportunities to where you can tell stories.” WritingCharacterStoriesShowsUsedActorsOpportunityTelevisionDrawingUsed To BeCinemaGreat WritingMovie Actors Author:Keanu Reeves