“I'm very humble in terms of knowing that television is an extraordinary collaborative medium and that one person alone cannot make a great TV show.” PersonsShowsTermKnowingTelevisionTvsExtraordinaryHumbleMediumsTv ShowsThat One Person Author:Shawn Ryan
“When I first started writing for television in the seventies and eighties, the Internet didn't exist, and we didn't need to worry about foreign websites illegally distributing the latest TV shows and blockbuster movies online.” NeedsWritingFirstsShowsWorryTelevisionTvsInternetOnlineTv ShowsSeventiesEightyWebsiteBlockbuster Author:Al Franken
“I remember when I first came to America and I saw posters for TV shows and I was like, "What?! Why does a television show deserve space on a billboard?"” FirstsDoeShowsAmericaRememberSpaceSawsTelevisionTvsDeserveTv ShowsRemember WhenPostersTelevision ShowsBillboards Author:Jamie Bell
“The noise you hear after people see something you do - whether it's a TV show or a movie - that always makes you see that thing slightly differently. Without question. The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage of. And test-screening a movie can be helpful too. But the part that can be dangerous is when you take those notes as gospel, instead of taking them with a grain of salt. The key is to use the response as one of the tools in your box, as opposed to using it to determine what you do.” PeopleUseShowsAbilityDangerousTelevisionTvsKeysAdvantageToolsTestsSeriesNotesResponseDetermineBoxesNoiseHelpfulSaltGrainTv ShowsAdjustmentScreeningGrain Of Salt Author:J. J. Abrams
“My grandma has never been impressed with the TV show [Desperate Housewives]. She was so angry because I was on television kissing a boy naked; she's very traditional. She said: "If I ever see you kissing that boy again...".” IfsSaidShowsBoysTelevisionTvsKissingAngryNakedTraditionalDesperateImpressedTv ShowsGrandmaHousewifeMy GrandmaDesperate Housewives Author:Eva Longoria
“I traveled and worked with amazing actors, like Andy Garcia, Alec Baldwin, Brendan Fraser, Forest Whitaker, Lee Pace. It was this great learning experience. And then, I started watching a lot of television. I was always in these foreign countries and I would get TV shows on DVD, and I started to realize that all of the amazing roles for women were on television. I was spoiled by Buffy because I thought that was the way it was everywhere, and it's not.” WayCountryShowsActorsRealizingRolesTelevisionTvsForestsPaceTraveledTv ShowsSpoiledDvdsLearning ExperienceForeign Countries Author:Sarah Michelle Gellar
“I've really dreamed of doing television. All of us do television, coming up. But when I was coming up, television was a black hole for actors. Now, television has a certain cache. Now everybody wants to be on TV because they're doing adult dramas. If you're an actor, it's like, "Well, get me on television," because it's the only place you can do it and also make a living at it. If my kids need shoes, I better do a TV show because I damn sure don't make any money with independent films.” IfsWantNeedsWellsShowsKidsFilmCertainActorsBlackCan DoTelevisionTvsDramaAdultsIndependentShoesHolesDamnTv ShowsYou Can Do ItIndependent FilmBlack HoleCache Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“Television is competitive now, and the great stories live on television right now. I'm finding that I'm enjoying television more than film, these days. That was my motivation to take a TV show.” StoriesShowsFilmMotivationEnjoyTelevisionTvsRight NowFindingsThese DaysTv Shows Author:Jaimie Alexander
“It's impossible to overvalue the importance of television - both in its serious and less serious functions. It's one of our most important ways of finding out the truth - and also of changing the world, and finding out what in the world needs changing. It's also an immense bringer of joy - I learnt how to laugh through television, and now my children and I, every day of every week, share the joy and stupidity of TV shows - they actually make us HAPPY” WorldWayNeedsChildrenImportantShowsJoyLaughingImpossibleWeekShareTelevisionSeriousTvsFindingsFunctionImportanceStupidityMy ChildrenChanging The WorldImmenseTv ShowsFinding Out The Truth Author:Richard Curtis
“I have to be careful of what TV shows I choose, particularly ones that have commercials in them, because it's going to be a different kind of television show.” KindDifferentShowsTelevisionTvsCarefulBe CarefulDifferent KindsTv ShowsTelevision Shows Author:John Hawkes
“TV is such a success nowadays because it gives back in a way that features can't. If you go to a film, you only get two hours of great storytellers and performers, and you pay top dollar for that. If you're subscribing to premium channels and you're getting all of these amazing TV shows, and you're watching them as you want, where you want, when you want, on what you want, I think that is the "the golden era of TV" in what television shows are offering to audiences. We're giving them a lot more. It's quality.” IfsThinkingWayWantGivingTwoShowsFilmHoursPayQualityAudienceTelevisionTvsDollarsWhat You WantGoldenErasFeaturesPerformersOfferingTv ShowsStorytellerGiving BackTelevision ShowsPremium Author:Milo Ventimiglia
“You can say "ass," but you can't say "asshole." That's why I always cringe when a character in a TV show refers to someone as an "ass." Unless you're British, calling someone an ass really doesn't work. But those are the rules of television. You can be a dirtbag, but not a scumbag.” CharacterShowsTelevisionTvsCallingBritishAssTv ShowsCringeScumbagsCalling SomeoneDirtbags Author:Gilbert Gottfried
“Film and television are very different. On the TV show, we do seven or eight scenes a day, so time and money are of the essence, and we have zero room for creativity because you've got to do each scene in only five takes. Whereas, on a film, you have an entire day to film one scene, so you have so much time to choose how you want to fill in a scene.” WantDifferentShowsFilmRoomsCreativityFiveTelevisionTvsSceneEssenceSevenEightZeroTv ShowsTime And MoneyFilm And Television Author:Shailene Woodley
“I mean, a lot of people don't realize it, but fashion is one of the most racial industries left out there now. Radio and music aren't. Television and movies aren't. Even commercials now are showing interracial couples. You see a lot of diversity in TV shows, but you don't see that in fashion. You think there would be some, because the consumer is of all colors and all shades. But you don't see that in fashion.” PeopleThinkingMeanShowsWould BeLeftRealizingFashionTelevisionColorTvsIndustryCoupleDiversityRadioConsumersShadeTv ShowsLeft OutInterracial Couple Author:Tyson Beckford
“I never thought of myself as being that good looking, I was an actor, people saw me on television, and then they start to think you're good looking because of that presentation. I was no better looking before the show, than after - and before the TV show I couldn't get a date to save my life. So what changed? Did I suddenly become more good looking? No. I got lucky, I got a TV show. That's what happened.” PeopleThinkingShowsActorsSawsHappenedChangedTelevisionTvsLuckyTv ShowsLooking GoodPresentation Author:Parker Stevenson
“My biggest surprise of the year does involve Donald Trump and it involves his money. And I am one of the prominent disbelievers of his claims of wealth and how rich he was. He put out a press release before he did his financial disclosure form saying he made over $200 million from a TV show.If you know about the economics of televisions, that sounds impossible. I don`t believe it.” IfsKnowsYearsBelieveDoeMadeShowsFormSoundWealthMillionsRichImpossibleTelevisionTvsTrumpEconomicsClaimsPressesSurpriseDon't BelieveFinancialReleaseTv ShowsProminentDisclosurePress ReleaseDisbelievers Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“If you're going to do a guest spot on television, they need bodies on those procedural TV shows. You've got to keep working, and that's where a lot of the work is.” IfsNeedsShowsBodyTelevisionTvsSpotsGuestsTv Shows Author:William Mapother
“Writing for television is a great job. And it's a job. Most people watch TV and have a comment about one or two moments of an episode - whether they love it or hate it or something in between. To come up with every moment of an entire season of a TV shows is heavy lifting.” PeopleWritingTwoMomentsShowsJobsHateWatchesTelevisionTvsSeasonsCome UpHeavyCommentEpisodesTv ShowsLiftingGreat JobHeavy Lifting Author:Steven C. Harper
“If I did a TV show, it would have to be in North London because I'm a bit of a homebody, and my work takes me away from home enough. But yeah absolutely. Television has never been more exciting than it is now.” IfsEnoughShowsHomeBitsTelevisionTvsExcitingYeahLondonTake MeTv ShowsAway From HomeHomebodiesTake Me Away Author:Simon Pegg