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“We sought a tribal society, to be close to each other, not to sit behind a television with our families and not see our families, not just to watch the evening news and the inane comedies designed to pacify the multitudes, but rather to explore ourselves.”

Behinds Watches Comedy Television News Evening Our Family Multitudes Rama

Author:Frederick Lenz

“My father was a television director and I always knew I wanted to be in the industry but I had thought my role was behind the camera as opposed to in front.”

Wanted Father Behinds Roles Fronts Television Industry Directors Cameras

Author:Philip Glenister

“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.”

Shows Happens Energy Behinds Careers Television Shots Towns Incredibles Filmmaker Behind You Adrenaline

Author:Michael J. Bassett

“When people watch me on TV they see part of my life. I wanted to let them know the real me behind the scenes. The child who was a concert violinist from the age of six. The young woman who took on the challenge to compete in the Miss America pageant. The television journalist for twenty-five years. The mother of two who, just like most women, struggles to balance work and family.”

“Skiers make the best lovers because they don't sit in front of a television like couch potatoes. They take a risk and they wiggle their behinds. They also meet new people on the ski lift.”

People Behinds Risk Fronts Television Lovers Lifts Potatoes Couches Best Love Skis Meeting New People Skiers

Author:Ruth Westheimer

“I can't presume to speak for the others, but I never felt anything negative from anyone when I was onstage with Television. When I played rhythm behind Lloyd, the only thing that concerned me was to push him as hard as I could so that he'd go beyond what he was capable of and come up with something new, and vice versa. That's the only thing that mattered.”

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Author:Tom Verlaine

“If you ever go behind the glass and look at the focus groups that are deciding what you're gonna watch, it's scary. This cross-section of people they just happen to bring in to decide the fate of mankind on television is really scary.”

People Ifs Looks Happens Behinds Watches Focus Fate Groups Mankind Television Crosses Glasses Scary Sections Really Scary Focus Groups

Author:Adrian Pasdar

“I've never left music behind, but I've had success in television.”

Left Behinds Television

Author:Vanilla Ice

“Energy in itself is a sort of redemption. No wonder we admire Satan. But if the Devil were listless, if he were a pale man in his underwear who watched television by day behind closed venetian blinds - oh if that were the devil I would fear him.”

Ifs Men Energy Behinds Wonder Television Devil Admire Redemption Satan Pale Underwear

Book:A Boy's Own Story: Picador Classic

Source: A Boy's Own Story: Picador Classic

“I would really like to focus on directing features, and then eventually take that skill set back to television. On features, you have more control. On television, the producers are the creative forces behind it. Directors come and go on television.”

Force Behinds Creative Focus Television Goes On Directors Skills Producers Features Comes And Goes

Author:Eric Balfour

“Perhaps by sharing my personal weight-loss journey on television, I can help others confront the truth and lies behind obesity.”

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Author:Ruby Gettinger