“Anything television trivia I'm good at. But when you're on your couch, you're really good at it, but when you're standing there, it's probably scary.” TelevisionStandingScaryCouchesStanding ThereTrivia Author:Sarah Silverman
“Crystals are amplifying minerals. You have a crystal in a radio - it amplifies the sound waves. You have a crystal in a television set - it amplifies the light waves. When you hold crystals, they amplify thought waves.” LightSoundTelevisionWaveRadioScaryCrystalsMineralsAmplifySound WavesLight Waves Author:Shirley MacLaine
“I enjoy telling these stories that I ultimately think get a disservice on a lot of network television. I enjoy getting people to change their perspective. I enjoy pushing myself into learning and understanding things from a very different point of view. It's scary to do that. It's scary to kind of put yourself in somebody else's position.” PeopleThinkingKindDifferentStoriesEnjoyUnderstandingViewsPositionTelevisionPerspectiveScaryPoint Of ViewPushingDisserviceDifferent Points Of ViewUnderstanding Things Author:Morgan Spurlock
“If you ever go behind the glass and look at the focus groups that are deciding what you're gonna watch, it's scary. This cross-section of people they just happen to bring in to decide the fate of mankind on television is really scary.” PeopleIfsLooksHappensBehindsWatchesFocusFateGroupsMankindTelevisionCrossesGlassesScarySectionsReally ScaryFocus Groups Author:Adrian Pasdar
“It takes a pretty strong person, a rather unusual young person, to stand up to ridicule and refuse to give in to temptation. There are so many things today in modern music, on television, and in the movies that portray a life that is nowhere near the life the Lord would have us live. Consequently, we cannot afford to turn to the radio, television, or Hollywood to take our cues about what is right and what is wrong. It is scary to realize that the more we are exposed to Hollywood's version of life, the more we gradually begin to accept it.” GivingPersonsTodayYoungTurnsStrongRealizingAcceptingLordModernTelevisionHollywoodRadioRefuseScaryVersionsTemptationUnusualExposedRidiculeStrong PersonModern Music Author:Robert L. Millet
“If I'm really honest, I'm not a huge fan of scary films. I remember being a teenager, and people getting out like Halloween [1978] or Saw [2004], and watching them, and I'd kind of just stare at the television logo and blur my eyes and pretend I was watching but I wasn't because I just found that I would take the movie home with me. I can scare myself like a pro.” PeopleIfsKindI CanHomeEyeRememberFilmFoundSawsFansHonestTelevisionHugeScaryTeenagerStaringScareHalloweenBlurLogosBeing A Teenager Author:Imogen Poots
“I had no idea what effect something blockbustering would have. To me, it was just a job that I was trying to do the best I could. We had shot the first five shows before it went on the air. Then, it was this firecracker hit, and people were recognizing me, so it was just nuts. It was overwhelming, insane, wonderful and scary all at the same time. It's really peculiar that people see you on television and then think they have a personal relationship with you. So, they want to touch you, and grab you, and sit down and have lunch with you. It's strange, and you never get used to that.” PeopleThinkingWantTryingFirstsIdeasShowsJobsUsedFiveWonderfulAirEffectsTelevisionStrangeShotsDown AndScaryInsaneNo IdeaLunchOverwhelmingPeculiarNutsRecognizingDo The BestPersonal RelationshipsFirecracker Author:Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
“This is the age of fear and so many of us feel afraid to speak out about what has happened to our lives in the wake of 9/11. Television promotes the world as a scary place for the United States and this justifies peeling away every element of privacy we had before. The media is monopolized so we don't even hear a lot of dissent about this new era.” WorldFeelsStatesAgeSpeakUnitedUnited StatesOur LivesHappenedMediaTelevisionElementsScaryErasPrivacyJustifyDissentSpeaks OutNew EraPeeling Author:Sandra Cisneros