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“I haven't written my memoirs or let the television movie be made about my life.”

Made Written Havens Television Memoir

Author:Sally Ride

“Once, BBC television had echoed BBC radio in being a haven for standard English pronunciation. Then regional accents came in: a democratic plus. Then slipshod usage came in: an egalitarian minus. By now slovenly grammar is even more rife on the BBC channels than on ITV. In this regard a decline can be clearly charted... If the BBC, once the guardian of the English language, has now become its most implacable enemy, let us at least be grateful when the massacre is carried out with style.”

“For thousands and thousands of American kids, libraries are the only safe place they can find to study, a haven free from the dangers of street or the numbing temptations of television. As schools cut back services, the library looms even more important to countless children.”

Children Important Kids School Study Cutting Streets Havens Danger Television Safe Library Temptation Safe Places Numbing

Author:Scott Turow

“In television, there's no time. You can't walk around and get into the mood. Nobody is going to wait for you. They're like, "Let's go!," and I'm like, "Wait, I haven't gotten in the mood!"”

Waiting Walks Havens Television Mood

Author:Olga Kurylenko

“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.”

Men Done Use Action Film Hate Actors Watches Havens Television I Hate Sequence

Author:Raymond Cruz

“What little reality television I've seen seems to be about economic desperation. Like the marathon dancing of the Great Depression, which should give us pause. People willing to eat flies and worms for a sum that is less than the weekly paycheck of the show's producer. I haven't seen "reality television" that is other than this kind of painful, sadistic exploitation of fit young people looking for agents.”

“I never say never, but I haven't been given the quality of script to compel me to go on television.”

Given Quality Havens Television Goes On Scripts Never Say Never

Author:Nicolas Cage

“The downside to series television is that the schedule is ferocious. It constantly feels like you have a midterm due that you haven't started yet.”

Feels Havens Television Like You Series Dues Schedules Midterms

Author:Aaron Sorkin

“Seeing a murder on television can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some.”

Ifs Giving Helping Funny Death Work Seeing Havens Television Tvs Murder Sarcastic Antagonism

Book:Hitchcock on Hitchcock: Selected Writings and Interviews

Source: Hitchcock on Hitchcock: Selected Writings and Interviews

“Don't believe something just because you didn't read it in the papers. Wait until you haven't seen it on television.”

Believe Waiting Havens Television Paper Don't Believe Papers

Author:Walt Kelly

“I hadn't been there [Comic-Con] before. It's pretty eye-opening, when you haven't been there, just with the sheer amount of fans that are there for different shows and films. It's like a big fan symposium, in a way, as well a way for film studios and television studios to really promote their product to their loyal audience base. It was an experience.”

Way Wells Different Shows Bigs Eye Film Audience Fans Havens Television Products Amount Studios Opening Comic Loyal Sheer Eye Opening Comic Con Symposium Pretty Eyes

Author:Dustin Clare

“Film is very much about sitting around and talking about ideas, and that's the stuff that I love, but I haven't experienced that yet in the television that I've done so far. It makes me long for movies again because, creatively, I always have a much more fulfilling experience there.”

Long Ideas Done Film Stuff Talking Havens Television Sitting Fulfilling Sitting Around

Author:Mike Vogel

“I find it very difficult to do anything on my own now because people recognize me. This has never happened to me before because I haven't really done television before. But I suppose if you're in people's rooms all the time, I don't know - I was thinking the other night with people like DiCaprio and, you know, those big stars and Cate Blanchett, and you just think how did they exist? It's so difficult. And I think now it's very intrusive because of these cellphones, you know, with cameras.”

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Author:Maggie Smith