“FACE THE NATION is the second oldest program on television. It began in 1954, fifty-eight years ago. I've been here at the table for the last twenty-one.” YearsLastsFacesNationsTelevisionYears AgoProgramTwentiesTablesEightFiftyTwenty One Author:Rodney Erickson
“But of course when people watch morning television, Terry, it's a very different animal. You know, they're running around, they're getting their kids ready for school, they're probably doing eight million things, they're brushing their teeth.” PeopleKnowsDifferentRunningKidsSchoolCoursesLiteratureAnimalWatchesMorningMillionsTelevisionReadyEightTeethBrushingDifferent Animals Author:Katie Couric
“I was dreading all of the ghost stories of working on American television, not in the least, the length. In Britain, a series is six episodes of an hour drama, maybe sometimes eight, but never twenty-two, so I was petrified of that.” TwoSometimesStoriesHoursTelevisionDramaSixTwentiesSeriesEightGhostBritainLengthEpisodesGhost StoriesTwenty TwoAmerican Television Author:Lennie James
“The actual time you're acting is miniscule compared to the time you're getting ready to do the work. The big difference on series television is, there's not a lot of hanging-out time. You're pumping those pages out, you're doing six, seven, eight pages a day. And I like that pace.” BigsDifferencesActingTelevisionReadySixPagesSeriesSevenEightHanging OutPace Author:Joe Mantegna
“I was fortunate to be part of a very successful show on CBS in 1986. I switched to NBC for eight years and through these experiences have gotten terrific insight into television; it's a fascinating medium.” YearsShowsSuccessfulTelevisionInsightEightMediumsFortunateFascinatingTerrificNbc Author:Will McDonough
“Most fight sequences on a television show, probably any action adventure show that you know of, if you asked them how long they probably spend, [it's] one or two days doing the fight. Where we were spending eight days concurrently with an episode doing our fight sequences.” IfsKnowsLongTwoShowsActionFightingTelevisionAdventureEightSpendingEpisodesSequenceTwo DaysTelevision Shows Author:Alfred Gough
“I just like short hair on women, I think it's cool. And I have wanted to cut my hair for very many years, but being on contract with a television show for six years prevents you from doing that, and then being on contract with a cosmetic endorsement campaign prevents you from doing that again. So for eight years, I've had to have long, flowing locks. And I was just so sick and tired of long, flowing locks, so I chopped them.” ThinkingYearsLongShowsWantedCuttingTelevisionHairSixSickTiredEightCampaignsContractsLocksTelevision ShowsCosmeticsEndorsementsSo SickShort Hair Author:Evangeline Lilly
“Film and television are very different. On the TV show, we do seven or eight scenes a day, so time and money are of the essence, and we have zero room for creativity because you've got to do each scene in only five takes. Whereas, on a film, you have an entire day to film one scene, so you have so much time to choose how you want to fill in a scene.” WantDifferentShowsFilmRoomsCreativityFiveTelevisionTvsSceneEssenceSevenEightZeroTv ShowsTime And MoneyFilm And Television Author:Shailene Woodley
“If you're a host of a video show and you're on the cleanest show on television for eight years, people want to say, 'Well, that's what that person does.' That was the dilemma for me, career-wise.” PeopleIfsWantYearsWellsPersonsDoeShowsCareersWiseTelevisionEightVideoHostDilemma Author:Bob Saget
“They [movies] don't really have the cultural impact - other than "Star Wars," of course - that they used to because television is something that week to week people invite into their homes. It's a relationship that in success can go on six, seven, eight years. I think certainly in the early days, you definitely want that engagement.” PeopleThinkingWantYearsWarHomeUsedCoursesStarsWeekTelevisionGoes OnSixImpactSevenEightEngagementInvites Author:Alfred Gough