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“At thirteen I began modeling, doing my first television commercial in ninth grade for Pizza Hut.”

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Author:Donna Rice Hughes

“Since it was too difficult to get into the Screen Actor's Guild in New York, I moved to Miami in 1982 and started a successful career as a television commercial actress, obtaining my SAG card there.”

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Author:Donna Rice Hughes

“Give the public the 'image' of what it thinks it ought to be, or what television commercials or glossy magazine ads have convinced us we ought to be, and we will buy more of the product, become closer to the image, and further from reality.”

Thinking Giving Reality Television Products Ought Convinced Magazines Ads Consumerism Overconsumption Television Commercials

Book:A Circle of Quiet

Source: A Circle of Quiet

“Here's an idea: eat like an adult. Stop eating fast food, stop eating kid's cereal, knock it off with all the sweets and comfort foods, and ease up on the snacking. And don't act like you don't know this: eat more vegetables and fruits. Really, how difficult is this? Stop with the whining. Stop with the excuses. Act like an adult and stop eating like a television commercial. Grow up.”

“The Bush campaign for re-election has officially begun. They're actually running television commercials. Have you seen any of the television commercials? In one of the commercials, you see George Bush for thirty seconds. In another commercial, you get to see George Bush for sixty seconds - kind of like his stint in the National Guard.”

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Author:David Letterman

“When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an actor. I actually studied acting when I was at NYU, and I made a lot of television commercials - that's actually how I put myself through NYU and through college.”

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Author:Tom Ford

“The thing is, that great actors are everywhere. They're everywhere. They're doing good parts on television. They're doing television commercials. They're doing local theater. There are so few opportunities.”

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Author:David Fincher

“I used to do plays and some television commercials when I was younger. I guess my mom's being an actress got me interested in that, but music definitely took its place.”

Play Used Television Mom My Mom Actresses Television Commercials

Author:Lenny Kravitz

“People know elections, like television commercials, are not real.”

People Knows Real Television Election Television Commercials

Book:Who will tell the people: the betrayal of American democracy

Source: Who will tell the people: the betrayal of American democracy

“You can't reach America's youth with off the mark radio ads or insulting television commercials”

America Youth Television Mark Radio Ads Insulting Television Commercials

Author:Steve Rifkind

“You can't just repurpose old material created for one platform, throw it up on another one, and then be surprised when everyone yawns in your face. No one would ever think it was a good idea to use a print ad for a television commercial, or confuse a banner ad for a radio spot. Like their traditional media platform cousins, every social media platform has its own language.”

Source: Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World

“Richard Nixon... was just offered $2 million by Schick to do a television commercial - for Gillette.”

Millions Television Television Commercials

Author:Gerald R. Ford