“Sometimes I think on television, you use maybe a tenth of what you are able to do. So it’s nice to go, Well, I’m gonna take two months and reinvest in acting and storytelling. You don’t get to do that on television.” ThinkingWellsTwoSometimesUseAbleActingNiceTelevisionMonthsStorytellingTwo Months Author:Sarah Paulson
“We were on the island of Hawaii. I think I was there three months. It was fantastic. It is not much different than films. It depends on the television show but much of television today is as good or better than most films.” ThinkingDifferentShowsTodayFilmThreeTelevisionMonthsDependsFantasticIslandsHawaiiTelevision ShowsThree Months Author:Bo Derek
“Most television shows are going to require an actor sign up from four to six years, but an anthology show really amounts to five or six months at the most. I thought serious actors might be attracted to that.” YearsShowsMightActorsFiveFourTelevisionSeriousMonthsAmountSixSix MonthsTelevision ShowsAnthology Author:Nic Pizzolatto
“In film you have the script months ahead of time often, for a good film, but in television it seems like you might not get the script until a week or two weeks before you've got to film it. It's a little weird, but also quite challenging. It reminds me of repertory theatre.” LittlesTwoSeemsMightFilmChallengesWeekTelevisionLike YouMonthsScriptsTheatreTwo WeeksGood FilmsAhead Of Time Author:Wesley Snipes
“You can just go to a magic shop or magic builder and buy what most magicians do, but that's not what I'm about. With 'Mindfreak' on television and 'Believe' live, I want to bring things that people have never seen before. That process is very difficult. It's very challenging, and you never know how long it's going to take - months or years.” PeopleKnowsWantYearsBelieveLongProcessDifficultChallengesKnow HowMagicTelevisionMonthsShopsMagicianBuilder Author:Criss Angel
“Voice work is usually not that big of a time commitment. You can go in for a couple of days or a couple of months, here and there, and just go in and play. I like being able to do that. You don't have that luxury on film sets or television sets.” PlayBigsAbleFilmVoiceTelevisionMonthsCoupleCommitmentLuxuryHere And ThereFilm Set Author:James Marsden
“I would definitely not rule out doing television in the future because I think it's a great medium for telling stories. And it can also be practically very nice for a family man to have 9 months out of the year where you're in the city, where you're close to your home.” ThinkingMenYearsStoriesHomeCitiesNiceTelevisionMonthsMediumsVery NiceTelling StoriesFamily Man Author:Chris Pratt
“There is so much investment in it of people's labor time that it will never make money. But there are other documentaries that you might make that are sort of on assignment for television that turn around in three to six months. Then the margin can be much be better for you because you're not spending three-and-a-half years on it. So I think if you're doing documentary films, that's sort of the way to look at it.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayYearsLooksMightFilmTurnsThreeHalfTelevisionMonthsSixLaborInvestmentSpendingMaking MoneyDocumentariesSix MonthsMarginsAssignmentsHalf A YearDocumentary Films Author:Liz Garbus
“It's amazing how many people you see on TV. I did my first television show a month ago, and the next day five million television sets were sold. The people who couldn't sell theirs threw them away.” PeopleFirstsShowsNextMillionsFiveTelevisionTvsMonthsSellsNext DayTelevision Shows Author:Bob Hope
“When you're doing a movie, you're in and out of there in three months. If you hated the experience, it's all good because you can take the paycheck and leave. But, on a television show, you have to love your character and you have to love the experience because you could be there for awhile, fingers crossed.” IfsCharacterShowsThreeLove YouTelevisionMonthsFingersHatedTelevision ShowsThree MonthsPaychecksFingers Crossed Author:Jordana Brewster
“Television is my home. It's a special breed of person that can do nine months on and three months off, with 22 episodes of one-hour shows. It's very hard work. It can be a grind. It's not a grind for me. I relish in that.” PersonsHardShowsHomeThreeCan DoHoursSpecialTelevisionHard WorkMonthsNineWorking ItEpisodesGrindRelishThree MonthsOne HourNine Months Author:Charisma Carpenter
“I really don't work a whole lot as far as touring, but I do stand-up every night of my life, no matter where I am. It's really made the touring a lot less grueling. A lot of people get to this level and they're like, Now I do four cities in one week and they tour nonstop. I'm like, No, that sounds miserable. I'll just do two weekends a month. But whenever I'm in some awful place geographically, it's no longer that awful, because you've got the Internet and television.” PeopleMadeTwoMatterWholeNightSoundLevelsCitiesFourWeekTelevisionMonthsInternetAwfulMiserableWeekendEvery NightTouring Author:Daniel Tosh
“After having been confined to a television series - and it's a luxury job - where you can't play anything but one particular character for nine months out of the year, it will make you insane. It didn't affect me. I got out quick enough.” YearsEnoughPlayCharacterJobsTelevisionParticularMonthsSeriesNineInsaneLuxuryConfinedNine Months Author:Johnny Depp