“Obviously sex and nudity sells, but that's what people go to cable for but that's not going to happen on network daytime television... so I think it really is always going to come down to story. How do you make a story interesting enough so people will tune in? That's always going to be it.” PeopleThinkingEnoughStoriesHappensSexInterestingTelevisionSellsTunesCablesNudityDaytime Author:Jack Wagner
“Some of the most interesting questions needing to be asked today can best be asked on television, or on stage, and they can be wonderful, great dramas, but they won't necessarily be blockbusters.” TodayInterestingWonderfulStageTelevisionDramaMost InterestingBlockbuster Author:Julie Walters
“TV is where writers get to tell interesting stories. Because writers, for the most part, run television.” StoriesRunningInterestingTelevisionTvsInteresting Stories Author:Vince Gilligan
“The physical lot of surviving workers had notably improved, with unemployment insurance, social security, and the new health services, while their children's school education was assured by the government-operated schools: in addition, they had, for intellectual or emotional stimulus and diversion, the radio and the television. But the work itself was no longer as various, as interesting, or as sustaining to the personality.” ChildrenGovernmentSchoolSocialInterestingSecurityTelevisionEmotionalPersonalityIntellectualWorkersRadioVariousUnemploymentSocial SecurityAssuredSurvivingStimulusSustainingDiversionSchool EducationHealth Services Book:The Pentagon of Power Source: The Pentagon of Power
“Some celebrities, it's interesting, because they're fantastic playing a character when somebody is writing the lines for them, and they're amazing actors, but they're not as comfortable on television in front of a live audience and just having a conversation and being themselves.” WritingCharacterActorsLinesInterestingAudienceFrontsTelevisionConversationComfortableFantastic Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“One of the things that I learned in television, and one of the beauties of television, is that, if you have a strong writing staff, they rely on you just as much as you rely on them. They look to me or the other actors to help inspire them to take the character in interesting directions.” IfsWritingLooksCharacterHelpingActorsStrongInterestingTelevisionInspireRelyStaff Author:Kyle MacLachlan
“I'm an actor and I am looking for roles where I can continue to evolve, and things that are challenging. I gravitate to the roles, not necessarily television or film. It's just the fact that, for me, the most interesting roles have been in television.” Has BeensI CanFactsFilmActorsChallengesInterestingRolesTelevisionEvolveMost Interesting Author:Octavia Spencer
“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
“It would be wonderful to become what Oprah has become: she is in such a class of her own, as an entrepreneur, as a performer and an icon. The idea of building a series of programmes and choosing people that I think have talent to do them would be a very interesting idea. I would love to show that television can have soul, depth and range.” PeopleThinkingIdeasSoulShowsWould BeInterestingClassWonderfulTalentTelevisionBuildingEntrepreneurSeriesDepthRangePerformersVery InterestingIconsProgrammesInteresting Ideas Author:Charlie Rose
“It was a pity that movies and live TV left New York for Hollywood. London theater, movies, television - until (Britain's) money ran out - were always better than ours since the city was the political capital of the country, as well as the artistic and literary one. In L.A. we've always been slightly sealed off from real life. It's no accident that two of our most interesting directors, Woody Allen and Bob Altman, are more or less settled in the real world.” WorldWellsTwoRealCountryPoliticalLeftInterestingCitiesNew YorkTelevisionTvsDirectorsHollywoodTheaterAccidentsLondonReal LifePityArtisticRanBritainReal WorldBobMost InterestingWoodyLive Tv Author:Gore Vidal
“In L.A., cinema and television might be seen as more interesting places for architecture than ever before.” MightInterestingTelevisionArchitectureCinemaInteresting Places Author:Neil Denari
“With any television series - and it's something that is taken for granted with movies because you have the whole arc within two hours - you establish who the character is and it's a two-dimensional version, or if you're lucky, a two and a half-dimensional character. Once you establish that, you can move forward and break all the rules. Once the audience has accepted who the person is, then you can do the exact opposite. What makes it funny and interesting is doing the opposite.” IfsPersonsTwoCharacterMovingCan DoInterestingHalfBreakAudienceTelevisionLuckyOppositesSeriesAcceptedVersionsMoving Forward Author:Rashida Jones
“I think television has become such an interesting place for characters and for incredible storytelling. Half of what I watch are television shows that I've become obsessed with. I just think that it's opened up so much, to be such an interesting and creative medium, and so many wonderful directors and actors are moving to television because it is a great medium for telling stories and for creating a character over a long period of time.” ThinkingLongCharacterStoriesShowsMovingActorsInterestingHalfWatchesCreativeWonderfulTelevisionPeriodsDirectorsCreatingIncrediblesStorytellingMediumsObsessedTelevision ShowsTelling StoriesLong Periods Of TimeInteresting Places Author:Elijah Wood
“Television is full of fictional and real violence that's turned into entertainment. It's an interesting phenomena and I tried to put it in perspective and tried to think through a few of the real questions that this sometimes unseemly business raises.” ThinkingRealSometimesInterestingViolenceTelevisionPerspectiveRaisesEntertainmentReal Questions Author:Bill James
“Keep in mind our Constitution predates the Industrial Revolution. Our founders did not know about electricity, the train, telephones, radio, television, automobiles, airplanes, rockets, nuclear weapons, satellites, or space exploration. There's a lot they didn't know about. It would be interesting to see what kind of document they'd draft today. Just keeping it frozen in time won't hack it.” KnowsMindKindWould BeTodaySpaceInterestingTelevisionRevolutionWeaponsConstitutionTrainRadioNuclearExplorationAirplaneNuclear WeaponsFoundersDocumentsElectricityTelephonesFrozenRocketsAutomobileSpace ExplorationSatellitesHacksIndustrial RevolutionFrozen In Time Author:Ross Perot
“In some ways, you could argue, television is doing far more interesting work than the movies. It's more fulfilling.” WayInterestingTelevisionArguingFulfilling Author:William Boyd
“Its really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to create this whole backstory.” KnowsWholeCharacterAbleInterestingTelevisionTheaterReally InterestingArcs Author:Yael Stone
“I have, over the years brought an enormous number of plays to television starting obviously with Nicholas Nickelby and then things like Angels In America or in Wit with Emma Thompson and Mike Nichols. So, yes, I do find that very interesting and I'm sure that down the road there will be plays that I'll want to do that way.” WayWantYearsPlayAmericaInterestingNumbersTelevisionAngelStartingWitEnormousVery InterestingMikeDown The RoadEmmaAngels In America Author:Colin Callender
“Macho in a different sense, the kind of things that we think makes us a man. It doesn't really exist right now. I really don't want it to seem that I think it's a problem that women are in development, I don't think it's as problem at all, I just think it's an interesting time that we're in. And maybe long overdue - maybe television for a long time was made for men and it's long overdue.” ThinkingMenWantKindLongMadeDifferentProblemSeemsInterestingTelevisionDevelopmentRight NowLong TimeMachoOverdueInteresting Times Author:Edward Allen Bernero
“I think television is really incredible because of the fact that you get to sit with a character for so, and the character does something different, every week. I think that's really interesting.” ThinkingDoeDifferentCharacterFactsInterestingWeekTelevisionIncrediblesReally Interesting Author:Cristin Milioti
“I think that television has become really, really interesting, in terms of character development. You can have 13 hours to develop a character, as opposed to 25 minutes in a movie. That excites me.” ThinkingCharacterTermHoursInterestingMinutesTelevisionDevelopmentReally InterestingCharacter Development Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“It felt really nice to not have anybody talking about numbers, and no one is talking about ratings. From my experience, it felt like there was one person running the ship and it felt like there was space for Jenji to be at the helm. That's not what I've experienced in television before. It felt more akin to an interesting movie, where there were producers who were really excited by the work and wanted to make space for the director's vision to be sort of shared with an audience. It felt more cohesive.” PersonsRunningWantedFeltSpaceInterestingNumbersTalkingVisionAudienceNiceTelevisionDirectorsExcitedShipsProducersReally NiceRatingHelm Author:Taylor Schilling
“Oh, you're in television! That's interesting. No, I mean, the word television is interesting. It's a hybrid, you see: tele- comes from the greek, and -vision comes from the latin. It should have been either "telerama", or "procolvision".” ShouldMeanHas BeensInterestingVisionTelevisionShould HaveGreekLatinShould Have BeenHybrid Author:Graham Chapman
“Television is interesting, in that the pace is quicker and you can see your work more quickly than with movies. And then, with the added social media aspect, you can access that relationship to the fans directly and you have control of the content of what you say, your perspective, your opinions and your ideas.” IdeasSocialInterestingOpinionFansMediaTelevisionPerspectiveAspectSocial MediaAccessPace Author:Matthew Davis
“You do something on television, and so many people see it that it follows you around. It's interesting. I've done a couple of things on TV, and probably more people saw me than in all the movies I've made.” PeopleMadeDoneInterestingSawsTelevisionTvsCouple Author:Christopher Walken
“I think we're always trying to avoid tropes. And I think that "Game of Thrones" has almost made killing people a cliche. For us, it wasn't about that. For six episodes, it's hard to invest in people, and I think when you kill a main character on television it really needs to mean something. So we certainly had talked about that, and I think we managed to juggle the ball to make a gripping, interesting and compelling finale. We feel that we didn't have to go there at this point because we had such few episodes.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFeelsTryingMeanMadeHardCharacterGamesInterestingTelevisionSixBallsKillingEpisodesCompellingThronesClicheAlways TryingGrippingMain CharactersTropesFinale Author:Miles Millar
“Again, it does seem like frustration is mounting in interesting ways, but I'm not sure there will be some dramatic tipping point. Then again, looking back on the history of television, you never know. People had to fight and articulate the politics and the rationale for different funding mechanisms. That was a long and drawn-out battle fought in different countries; it's not like BBC and the CBC in Canada just magically appeared out of the ether. People had to organize for it. I'm always willing to be surprised.” PeopleKnowsWayLongDoeDifferentCountrySeemsFightingInterestingTelevisionWillingBattleDramaticNot SureCanadaFrustrationMechanismLooking BackOrganizeFundingTippingDifferent CountriesRationaleTipping PointInteresting WaysCbc Author:Astra Taylor
“There was a time when I said, "I'm going to go do a television thing," after doing all these theatrical films, and heard, "Television? Why are you going to go back to television?" It's an interesting place.” SaidFilmInterestingHeardTelevisionTheatricalInteresting Places Author:Barry Levinson