“More people pay attention to fiction and to narrative than pay attention to journalism. That's quite sad. More people pay attention to television than to prose. That's equally sad, if not more so.” PeopleIfsPayAttentionFictionTelevisionJournalismPay AttentionNarrativeProse Author:David Simon
“If you think a child is going to be your accessory... it's not like a micro pig. It's not about putting them in front of the television. You need to read to them at night.” IfsThinkingNeedsChildrenNightFrontsTelevisionPigsAccessories Author:Tori Amos
“If I've done anything, I've brought passion to television.” IfsDonePassionTelevision Author:Geraldo Rivera
“I had to fight the intellectual label when I started in television, because, first of all, it's not going to help you commercially, and also, it wasn't particularly true of me. I mean, if anybody thought I was an intellectual, they probably had never really seen one.” IfsFirstsMeanHelpingFightingTelevisionIntellectualLabels Author:Dick Cavett
“If I were beginning my career today, I don't think I would take the same direction. Television is at a crossroads at the moment. And although I am not up to date technologically, I suspect that somewhere out there people are conveying things about natural history by means other than television, and I think if I were beginning today, I'd be there.” PeopleIfsThinkingMeanMomentsTodayNaturalCareersTelevisionSuspectsCrossroadsNatural HistoryConveyingUp To DateSomewhere Out There Author:David Attenborough
“If you spend any time on the shooting of a drama, for television or movies, it's very slow and there's a lot of standing around.” IfsTelevisionDramaStandingShooting Author:Rebecca Eaton
“Everybody was in tears. You turned on the radio or the television, and it was nothing but Gainsbourg. With typical British music journalist disdain, I just figured it was a testament to how poor French pop was if there was this much fuss about a guy who had one hit record, 'Je T'Aime (Moi Non Plus)'.” IfsGuyPoorRecordsTelevisionTearsRadioPopsBritishJournalistPlusTypicalTestamentDisdainBritish Music Author:Sylvie Simmons
“My biggest surprise of the year does involve Donald Trump and it involves his money. And I am one of the prominent disbelievers of his claims of wealth and how rich he was. He put out a press release before he did his financial disclosure form saying he made over $200 million from a TV show.If you know about the economics of televisions, that sounds impossible. I don`t believe it.” IfsKnowsYearsBelieveDoeMadeShowsFormSoundWealthMillionsRichImpossibleTelevisionTvsTrumpEconomicsClaimsPressesSurpriseDon't BelieveFinancialReleaseTv ShowsProminentDisclosurePress ReleaseDisbelievers Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“One of the things that has happened is that our drug laws have been institutionalized now. If you want to say that somebody's a bad person in a movie or in a television show or something about that, you say they sell drugs or they use drugs.” IfsWantPersonsHas BeensUseShowsLawHappenedTelevisionDrugSellsTelevision ShowsDrug Laws Author:Carl Hart
“One thing that is very different technically is that you don't get a lot of coverage in television. Not like you do on a film. I know we don't have time for separate set-ups, so I will design a scene where I'm hiding multiple cameras within that set-up. That way, if I don't have time to do five set-ups, I can do four cameras in one set-up. It's a different kind of approach for that. For the most part, a lot of television, in a visual sense, lacks time for the atmosphere and putting you in a place.” IfsKnowsWayKindI CanDifferentFilmCan DoFiveFourOne ThingDesignTelevisionLike YouSceneApproachCamerasAtmosphereVisualsHidingDifferent KindsMultipleCoverage Author:Len Wiseman
“Maybe if I'd gone in younger, I wouldn't have had that feeling, but I've seen an enormous amount of changes since the early-'70s in how this stuff is shot. I did the first TV movie ever shot in 18 days; before this film the normal length of shooting a TV movie was between 21 and 26 days. We shot a full-up, two-hour TV movie in 18 days with Donald Sutherland playing the lead, who had never worked on television before.” IfsFirstsTwoFeelingsFilmStuffHoursGoneTelevisionTvsAmountNormalShotsEnormousShootingLength Author:Richard Masur
“When I said on national television I still struggle, a reparative therapist called me and said if you'll come into therapy with me I can cure you of your temptations and attractions 100 percent. And then there are the offers of using homosexual pornography within the therapeutic process to help people understand why they're struggling.” PeopleIfsSaidStillsI CanHelpingProcessStruggleTelevisionOffersPercentAttractionCuresTemptationTherapyHomosexualPornographyTherapistsTherapeutic Author:Alan Chambers
“If you're going to do a guest spot on television, they need bodies on those procedural TV shows. You've got to keep working, and that's where a lot of the work is.” IfsNeedsShowsBodyTelevisionTvsSpotsGuestsTv Shows Author:William Mapother
“I think if you work in television everyday, and you must be privy to everything happening in television, then do so.” IfsThinkingTelevisionHappeningsEveryday Author:Diahann Carroll
“I mean, if they're doing a television show every night like Jon Stewart, or Ellen, or David Letterman, then they have their bunch of people who are sitting on a payroll someplace, who are coming up with material every day of the week. Those are the people who wind up doing the bulk of the work for them when they host the thing, because that's their team.” PeopleIfsMeanShowsNightWeekTeamTelevisionWindMaterialsSittingBunchHostEvery NightTelevision ShowsPayrollDays Of The WeekLetterman Author:Bruce Vilanch
“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.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsDoneBigsNightStarsDifficultMy OwnRoomsHappenedHavensTelevisionCamerasCellphone Author:Maggie Smith
“Blood Brothers! I've always wanted to play Linda and when I'm old enough, Mrs. Johnston. I would love it if Cameron Mackintosh brought back Oliver! as I would love to get the chance play Nancy as well.It's also been an ambition of mine to create a role in an original cast - and in the long term I would love a career in television! So much to do... so little time!!” IfsWellsLittlesLongEnoughPlayWantedTermChanceCareersRolesBloodTelevisionMinesBrotherAmbitionOriginalsCastsLong TermLittle TimeNancyCameronBlood Brothers Author:Francesca Jackson
“I try not to write more than two or three, I try to just write one if possible, I write till the end at least a draft of a play or a novel; but sometimes, I'll take a break for a couple weeks for a project that is paying me money like a television project which I try to stay away from just to stay financially ahead of the game.” IfsWritingTryingTwoEndsSometimesPlayThreeGamesBreakNovelWeekTelevisionCoupleProjectsTill The EndAhead Of The Game Author:Adam Rapp
“People seem generally happy to see their favorite world come to life, even if it it slightly changed to fit storytelling for television.” PeopleIfsWorldSeemsChangedTelevisionFitStorytelling Author:Jade Hassoune
“I've always approached television from a little more cinematic perspective, if not a much more cinematic perspective because of the shows I have been fortunate enough to work on.” IfsLittlesHas BeensEnoughShowsTelevisionPerspectiveFortunateCinematic Author:Bear McCreary
“If I did a TV show, it would have to be in North London because I'm a bit of a homebody, and my work takes me away from home enough. But yeah absolutely. Television has never been more exciting than it is now.” IfsEnoughShowsHomeBitsTelevisionTvsExcitingYeahLondonTake MeTv ShowsAway From HomeHomebodiesTake Me Away Author:Simon Pegg
“I wrote for television some, animation. Batman the Animated Series, Superman the Animated Series, Son of Batman, things of that nature were made and I'm happy about that, but now the recent film and TV stuff have validated me, as if that makes any sense.” IfsMadeFilmStuffTelevisionSonTvsSeriesAnimationAnimatedAnimated Series Author:Joe R. Lansdale
“There are so many other people involved in the making of a play or a television series or whatever... even if you're a novelist there's so much in just the marketing of a book, or even the time... the zeitgeist, the moment at which it comes out. There's a lot you can't control.” PeopleIfsBookPlayMomentsTelevisionInvolvedSeriesMarketingNovelistsZeitgeist Author:Peter Morgan