“One of the things that's driving films in a particular direction is that the after market value of them is dropping really fast and in many segments of it, not just DVDs. Pay television is dropping.” FilmValuesPayTelevisionParticularDrivingDroppingDvds Author:Lorenzo di Bonaventura
“At the breakfast table we are footnoting everything that we read. We don't recognise it as such but we encounter an article in the newspaper and then suddenly we recall that a friend had a certain comment on that particular story, a certain bit of news that we saw on the television applies to that and we immediately assemble an idea of a story.” IdeasStoriesCertainBitsSawsTelevisionParticularNewsTablesNewspapersEncountersBreakfastCommentArticlesRecallsRecognise Author:Mark Z. Danielewski
“[Television viewing] is a one-way transaction that requires the taking in of particular sensory material in a particular way, no matter what the material might be. There is, indeed, no other experience in a child's life that permits quite so much intake while demanding so little outflow.” WayChildrenLittlesMatterMightTelevisionParticularMaterialsNo Matter WhatOne WayPermitTransactionsSensory Book:The Plug-in Drug: Television, Computers, and Family Life Source: The Plug-in Drug: Television, Computers, and Family Life
“I think that this industry in particular is so fast-paced that you keep saying, 'I'll take vacation later.' Sometimes later never comes. I'm definitely leading a much slower life now that I'm not working every single day on a television series.” ThinkingSometimesTelevisionParticularIndustrySeriesVacationFast Paced Author:Sarah Michelle Gellar
“Television, in particular, doesn't look for talent; it looks for personas. You have a great persona? You can be a TV star.” LooksStarsTalentTelevisionParticularTvsPersonaGreat Person Author:Jason Alexander
“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