“You could do much more in movies than you could on TV, and even movies were heavily censored. But in television, the areas of timorousness were fairly laid out. Race relations. Sex. Politics. There was a whole conglomeration of taboo themes. And even to date, though television has become a much freer medium, it's still far less free, far less creatively untrammeled than are the movies. They're infinitely more adult in that respect.” StillsWholeSexRaceTelevisionTvsAdultsAreasRelationMediumsThemeRace RelationsTabooCensored Author:Rod Serling
“Our need to identify with representative figures is something that never goes away. We still find those in novels. We find those in television. We find them in movies. We find them all over the place.” NeedsStillsNovelFiguresTelevisionRepresentatives Author:Matthew Specktor
“I like to multitask. I love the process of the storytelling in television. I love the serial. Even my stab at doing a procedural show was still very much serialized. I'm such a serialized storyteller. I feel like the story never ends. I want it to go and go and go. However, with cable and streaming now it's endless. You can do anything.” WantFeelsStillsEndsStoriesShowsProcessCan DoTelevisionEndlessStorytellingStorytellerCablesSerialsStreaming Author:Kevin D. Williamson
“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
“I still remember vividly watching television coverage of the Democratic National Convention in the summer of 1992 (when he was 17) when Bill Clinton got the nomination. That was certainly a part of my growing interest in politics.” StillsRememberInterestGrowingTelevisionSummerBillsDemocraticClintonConventionsCoverageNominationsWatching TelevisionInterest In Politics Author:Josh Earnest
“It is a surreal life living on a television series set, and especially when I go out in public. I have people who recognize me and will come up to me, saying how much they enjoy seeing me, asking for a picture, and I still think to myself, "Uh, why?"” PeopleThinkingStillsEnjoySeeingTelevisionAskingSeriesCome UpReal LifeSurrealLiving OnLife Living Author:Atticus Shaffer
“Donald Trump has been practicing the chords of reality politics for 11 years doing reality television. And so he's clearly the frontrunner and he is clearly dominating. But I still believe in some old rules.” YearsBelieveHas BeensStillsRealityTelevisionTrumpChordsI Still BelieveDominatingReality Television Author:Hugh Hewitt
“I think television is doing a better job than films in terms of representing people, but television is still not diverse.” PeopleThinkingStillsJobsFilmTermTelevisionDiverseRepresentingBetter Jobs Author:Tracee Ellis Ross