“I mean, my dad's a television producer, and I knew I could get a job as an assistant or a reader with one of his friends, but it wasn't exactly what I wanted to do.” MeanWantedJobsTelevisionReaderDadMy DadProducersAssistants Author:J. J. Abrams
“When television families aren't gathered around the kitchen table exchanging wisecracks, they are experiencing brief but moving dilemmas, which are handily solved by the youngest child or by some cute extraterrestrial houseguest. Emerging from Family Ties or My Two Dads, we are forced to acknowledge that our own families are made up of slow-witted, emotionally crippled people who would be lucky to qualify for seats in the studio audience of JEOPARDY!” PeopleChildrenMadeTwoWould BeMovingAudienceTelevisionDadLuckyTablesStudiosAcknowledgeCuteTiesKitchenSeatsEmergingDilemmaCrippledJeopardyExchangingExtraterrestrialKitchen TableFamily TiesYoungest Child Book:WORST YEARS OF OUR LIVES Source: WORST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
“You push a button and it goes all over the world and on Sunday people are saying, 'Oh, I binge watched all 10 of them. Where's more?' and you go oh, the world has changed. It's not my dad walking to the television set and turning a knob to Ed Sullivan.” PeopleWorldChangedTelevisionDadWalkingMy DadSundayButtonsBingeKnobsEd Sullivan Author:Jeffrey Tambor
“Growing up, I didn't have television. My dad would make up stories and tell me stories, so my imagination ran wild. When I did see films, which was very few and far between, that was such an interesting medium that was so new to me. It wasn't something that was just part of my life, so it was really appealing and so different that I enjoyed that.” DifferentStoriesFilmImaginationInterestingGrowing UpGrowingTelevisionDadMy DadMediumsEnjoyedRanMy Imagination Author:Shiloh Fernandez
“But actually my dad is a very talented director and not just his use of shots and camera, but he's very good with actors and he knows acting well. It's great to see him do that and be really good at it and he's been doing it for a while and he certainly knows how to make movies, and little movies I guess for a television show, and he's going to come back in November to direct a second episode, which I'm really excited about.” KnowsWellsLittlesUseShowsActorsActingKnow HowTelevisionDadDirectorsShotsDirectCamerasMy DadVery GoodExcitedEpisodesNovemberTelevision Shows Author:Emily Deschanel
“We grew up creating this whole world view for ourselves because it's not there in the culture. What am I? And I have to build this world view in the absence of books, radio and television, anything, even conversation, Mom or Dad or brother or sister or friends. I have to build a world view of who I am or I go stark, raving mad. Every transsexual in the past has had to do this.” WorldBookWholePastCultureViewsThis WorldTelevisionBrotherGrewMomDadConversationCreatingGrew UpMadRadioAbsenceWhole WorldWho I AmStarksWorld ViewTranssexuals Author:Kate Bornstein
“I never really saw my dad as entertained as when he was just completely blown away by somebody on the television screen or at the movies. I think that's the real reason that I went into acting.” ThinkingRealReasonActingSawsTelevisionDadMy DadScreensBlown Away Author:Kim Basinger
“I grew up with a dad who hated television, so we had to sneak television. It got ingrained in my head to never follow a show that religiously.” ShowsTelevisionGrewDadGrew UpHatedSneak Author:Robert Knepper
“I can't stop some idiot from crashing into a building or blowing up a bus, I can only be your dad and give you a few pure truths. Number one, duct tape will save your life. Number two, Tupac is alive, but I need you to keep that on the DL because of Suge. And number three, don't be afraid of anything - except the television news because they're lying to you every night.” NeedsGivingI CanTwoLyingNightThreeNumbersAliveTelevisionBuildingDadPureNewsIdiotBusTapeEvery NightNeed YouI Need YouYour DadBlowing UpDuct TapeNumber ThreeTelevision News Author:Christopher Titus
“I love my dad. He used to walk around the whole neighborhood and collect old furniture and fix it, like MacGyver with duct tape. One time, he brought a television home. I said, 'Damn, that TV has 500 channels.' When I got older, it didn't have 500 channels - it was a knob from the oven. My favorite channel was 300 degrees.” SaidWholeHomeUsedWalksTelevisionTvsDadDegreesMy DadMy FavoriteDamnNeighborhoodOne TimeTapeFurnitureOvensKnobsDuct TapeLove My DadI Love My DadMacgyver Author:Felipe Esparza