“I got to do a whole slew of TV movies playing the bad guy, including an episode of Smallville. That would never have happened if I hadn't done the Stand.” IfsDoneWholeGuyHappenedTvsIncludingEpisodesBad Guys Author:Corin Nemec
“When I watch movies or TV, I am like, 'Wow that guy is really cute, I really like him,' but I don't really have one person that I would die to go to something with. There are so many hot guys.” PersonsGuyDiesWatchesTvsHotCuteWowThat GuyWatch MovieReally CuteHot Guy Author:Sasha Pieterse
“Yeah, my dad was in the foreign service. We lived in India, Indonesia and Africa, and we traveled a lot from those places. I was 10 when we moved back, and I felt like the odd guy out. It wasn't until later that I appreciated it. But coming back I didn't know any TV shows or music, which was even worse.” KnowsShowsGuyFeltTvsDadIndiaYeahMovedMy DadOddTraveledTv ShowsComing BackAppreciatedIndonesiaForeign Service Author:Dylan Walsh
“I'd love to venture into TV or do some gritty dramas - Guy Ritchie, that kind of thing.” KindGuyTvsDramaVenture Author:Shayne Ward
“You have to understand that I'm not just some guy who voices characters in animated movie and TV shows.” CharacterShowsGuyVoiceTvsTv ShowsAnimatedAnimated Movies Author:Jack McBrayer
“I always thought, if you're gonna do TV, you want to play a straight, solid, pillar-of-the-show kind of guy.” IfsWantKindPlayShowsGuyTvsPillars Author:Jake M. Johnson
“I got to have a TV show that really was the talk of the nation for a while there. So I'm a very lucky guy.” ShowsGuyNationsTvsLuckyTv ShowsLucky Guy Author:Marc Cherry
“I played a lot of serious parts in a lot of TV movies and early miniseries but what happens is that you get sort of locked into "Oh no, he's a serious actor." Well, I was a serious actor for nine years or 10 years and then I get into comedy and everybody said, "Oh no, he's funny. He can do comedy," and then all of a sudden, you're just a comedy guy.” YearsWellsSaidHappensGuyActorsCan DoComedySeriousTvsNineLockedNine Years Author:Barry Bostwick
“I could make Basic Instinct 16. If guys will keep thinking I'm hot, I might turn it into a TV series.” IfsThinkingMightGuyTurnsTvsHotSeriesInstinctTv Series Author:Sharon Stone
“TV has taken reflection out of the human condition. People didn't use to have a ready answer for everything, whether they knew something about it or not. People think they have to have an answer for everything because the guys on TV have an answer for everything. But it's bullsh**t! Reflection is crucial.” PeopleThinkingHumansUseGuyAnswersTakenConditionsTelevisionReadyTvsReflectionCrucialHuman Condition Author:Alan Arkin
“The "problem" is that Comic-Con is so damned successful. People who are there seem to have a wonderful time. The very size of it makes it exciting. Wherever you look, there's something exciting. The attendees are always looking around for a familiar face. It's either 'There's a movie star!' Or, 'There's a TV star!' Or, 'There's the guy who drew the Green Lantern!' It means so much to the fans. It makes them feel like they're where it's happening. It's like Woodstock.” PeopleFeelsLooksMeanProblemSeemsFacesGuyStarsSuccessfulWonderfulFansTvsHappeningsExcitingGreenSizeFamiliarComicSuccessful PeopleMovie StarLanternsWonderful TimesComic ConWoodstockGreen LanternFamiliar Faces Author:Stan Lee
“I said, I'm on this TV show and I love doing it, but I don't want to be known always as the silly "Scrubs" guy... So part of me was like, You know what? Life's short. Let's go for it.” KnowsWantSaidShowsGuyKnownTvsLike YouSillyTv Shows Author:Zach Braff
“When I was young I was on punishment a lot and I used to watch a lot of TV, and I asked myself a question: 'How come people like Mike? How come they like Magic? How come they like Bird? How come they don't like the big guys?' So I just throw a little bit of what they were doing. You smile, you act crazy and silly. And I think people like me because I'm different. I've always been a class clown type of guy. It comes natural.” PeopleThinkingLittlesDifferentBigsYoungUsedGuyBitsNaturalClassWatchesMagicCrazyTvsTypeBasketballLittle BitBirdSillyPunishmentLike MeClownMikeDoing YouBig GuysType Of GuyLike Mike Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I had to go on TV with the president of the Catholic League, which is not an official organization at all, just a lot of Catholics, or maybe it's just this guy. He demanded to de-fund art completely and argued that taxpayers should not pay for it. I said people who represent the Catholic Church shouldn't talk about taxes.” PeopleShouldArtSaidGuyPresidentChurchPayTvsGoes OnTaxesOrganizationCatholicLeagueOfficialsFundThis GuyTaxpayersCatholic Church Author:Fran Lebowitz
“It's amazing because people come up to me and say, 'Chuck, you're the luckiest guy in the world to be a world karate champion and a movie and TV star.' When they say this to me, I kind of smile because luck had nothing to do with it; God had everything to do with it.” PeopleWorldKindGuyStarsTvsLuckCome UpChampionKarateChuckSmile Because Author:Chuck Norris
“The most difficult thing has definitely been movies. From a comedian's standpoint, you think being real big is the best thing, but with movies, the screen is huge, you're big anyway! Also, coming from a TV personality - MTV was all about high energy and selling the hottest video - I had to learn to [take it down]. A lot of characters I'm playing are not necessarily that kind of guy.” ThinkingKindRealCharacterBigsGuyEnergyDifficultTvsHugePersonalityScreensVideoSellingComedianBest ThingsBeing RealDifficult ThingsStandpointMtvHottestHigh Energy Author:Bill Bellamy
“When I was in school, I was always writing scripts and dressing up as characters. I'd constantly be that guy who'd get up on stage. I used to write imaginary TV shows, like soap operas, for fun.” WritingCharacterShowsSchoolUsedGuyFunStageTvsScriptsGet UpOperaImaginaryTv ShowsDressingsSoapThat GuyDressing UpSoap OperasWriting Scripts Author:Chris Lilley
“I'm not a movie guy, I'm not a TV sitcom guy, but whatever seems to fit and is funny is good for me.” SeemsGuyTvsFitSitcom Author:Dave Attell
“Guys can look like pigs. The girl always has to be a looker. Look at most TV shows: According To Jim - pig and a looker. Still Standing - pig and a looker. Ralph Kramden [on The Honeymooners] - pig and a looker. Family Guy - pig and a looker. It's a theme.” LooksStillsShowsGuyGirlTvsStandingThemePigsTv ShowsFamily GuyHoneymooners Author:Alex Borstein
“It gets boring at home. How many reruns of Abbott and Costello movies can a guy watch on TV?” HomeGuyWatchesTvsBoringReruns Author:Bud Abbott
“I don't know a lot of guys who started out as a hard rock and roller with a white stripe in their hair. Suddenly I do a TV movie and I wake up the next day and I'm a teen idol, like I'd laid on a beach in California all my life waiting for that to happen.” KnowsHardHappensGuyNextWaitingWhiteRocksTvsHairWake UpBeachCaliforniaIdolsNext DayStripesHard RockWhite Stripes Author:Rex Smith
“I bought a house, it's a two bedroom house, but I think it's up to me to decide how many bedrooms there are. This bedroom has an oven in it. This bedroom has a lot of people sitting around watching TV. This bedroom is over in that other guy's house.” PeopleThinkingTwoHumorFunnyGuyHouseTvsSittingBedroomOther GuysSitting AroundOvensWatching TvBedroom House Author:Mitch Hedberg
“Wouldn't it have been weird to go to high school with the Pope? You know, somebody did, someone's sitting at home, watching TV in Poland, they see the Pope, they think, "That guy was a jerk! He was so mean to me and now he's Pope? I got a swirly from the Pope!"” ThinkingKnowsMeanHas BeensHomeHumorSchoolFunnyGuyTvsHigh SchoolSittingPopeThat GuyJerkPolandWatching Tv Author:Jim Gaffigan
“I was very curious, that's why I think my reality TV seems normal. I watch a lot of reality TV because I am so interested in people and observing people. From a very young age I can remember watching a woman with a guy and she's rolling her eyes and he's pleading with her and I would think, she doesn't want to be with him, he's in love with her, she likes this other guy and I would make up these stories in my head about these people. That helps me sort of profile people and that is a key to being able to read people.” PeopleThinkingWantI CanHelpingStoriesRealitySeemsEyeAgeAbleRememberYoungGuyWatchesTvsKeysNormalLikesCuriousHelp MeRollingHer EyesYoung AgeObservingOther GuysProfileReality TvPleading Author:Daniel Negreanu
“I'm not into those shows like "hey everybody, gather round the TV, let's watch The Simpsons!" I'm not one of those guys: "I gotta get home, man, Family Guy's on! I gotta race to my TV before I miss the episode of Family Guy!" I'm not one of those guys.” MenShowsHomeGuyRaceWatchesMissingTvsRoundsHeyEpisodesFamily Guy Author:Pablo Francisco
“When you see a black guy on TV, he's always a thug or always portrayed as someone that's in trouble. It spreads the message to everyone else that that's who we are. People often don't try to understand black men as a whole. We're creative, strong and influential.” PeopleMenTryingWholeGuyStrongBlackCreativeTroubleTvsMessagesSpreadWho We AreInfluentialThugBlack Guys Author:Thomas Jones
“Government and politics isn't like a reality TV show. It's not about voting the bad guys out of the house. You know, it's about what do we need to take our country or our state or our city forward? And people, frankly, would be well advised to really get back into understanding politics.” PeopleKnowsNeedsWellsCountryStatesShowsRealityGovernmentWould BeGuyHouseUnderstandingCitiesTvsOur CountryVotingGet BackTv ShowsBad GuysReality TvGovernment And Politics Author:Campbell Newman
“I think a reason why TV is exciting and getting so much better is because we [authors] get to play off of an actor's strengths and challenge them on their weaknesses. On a feature [film], you don't necessarily get to do that. You hope that they cast the right guy, who comes in and plays your part.” ThinkingReasonPlayFilmGuyActorsChallengesTvsWeaknessExcitingCastsReason WhyFeaturesRight Guy Author:Michael Brandt
“Nixon's the kind of guy that if you were drowning fifty feet off shore, he'd throw you a thirty foot rope. Then Kissinger would go on TV the next night and say that the President had met you more than half-way.” IfsWayKindNightGuyNextPresidentHalfFeetTvsGoes OnMetsThirtyFiftyShoreRopeDrowningHalf WayKissinger Author:Mort Sahl
“My first trip abroad was to do a TV version of "Les Miserables" in France with Anthony Perkins. There I was at 12 acting with the guy from Psycho (1960). My parents were teachers, and it was hard for them to relate to that world.” WorldFirstsHardGuyParentActingTeacherTvsVersionsFranceRelatePsycho Author:Dexter Fletcher
“I'm a guy here to play football. I'm not here for photos or newspapers or TV shows or trophies or awards. I'm not into all that.” PlayShowsGuyFootballTvsNewspapersAwardsTv ShowsTrophies Author:Randy Moss
“I remember as a kid watching TV and seeing Mel Blanc doing his voices and Paul Winchell doing his ventriloquism and thinking, 'Those guys are having a good time. I want to do that.'” ThinkingWantKidsRememberGuyVoiceSeeingTvsGood TimesHaving A Good TimeWatching TvVentriloquismMel Blanc Author:Jim Cummings
“Once I caught my dad in front of the TV watching a tennis match, and I realized they were tricking us. Poor guy, he had to sneak in a tennis final - probably the French Open.” GuyPoorFrontsTvsDadFinalsMy DadCaughtI RealizedTennisSneakSneak In Author:Clemence Poesy
“A couple of months ago, I was down in Florida for the Food and Wine Festival. And this journalist grabbed me and said, 'How does it feel to be a TV guy? You're no longer in the restaurant business.' And I laughed. I asked him, 'How long do you think it takes me to do a season?' He said, 'Well, 200 days.' And I was like, '200 days? Try 20!'” ThinkingFeelsTryingWellsLongDoeSaidGuyTvsMonthsCoupleSeasonsWineJournalistRestaurantsTake MeLaughedFloridaFestivalsFood And WineRestaurant Business Author:Tom Colicchio
“I'm not sure if a grinning Irish guy who is speechless for 45 seconds is going to make good TV.” IfsGuyTvsNot SureSecondsGrinningSpeechless Author:Brian F. O'Byrne
“I think that a lot of guys reach for electronics first, but the truth is that you can never keep up with electronics. You buy a flat-screen TV, and then six months later, there's one that has 3D and Blu-ray and all this business, and that is just going to keep continuing.” ThinkingFirstsGuyTvsMonthsTruth IsSixScreensFlatsRaysContinuingSix MonthsElectronics Author:Nate Berkus
“Who says we didn't have controversial subjects on TV back in my time? Remember Bonanza? It was about three guys in high heels living together” TogetherRememberGuyThreeSubjectsTvsMy TimeHeelsControversialHigh HeelsLiving Together Author:Milton Berle
“It was incredibly cheesy set with torches [TV's Survivor] - it looked like the lobby of the Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland. And here as some guy pulling names out of a coconut, and I said, 'This is the thing that has made American mass media stop in their tracks?” MadeSaidGuyNamesRoomsMediaTvsMassTrackSurvivorPullingTorchesDisneylandCheesyEnchantedMass MediaCoconuts Author:Tom Hanks
“People see me on TV and I'm this calm, level headed guy. Honestly, that's the furthest thing from who I am. For a long time I struggled with anger and stress. It was killing me, figuratively and literally.” PeopleLongGuyLevelsTvsLong TimeStressKillingCalmHonestlyWho I AmLevel Headed Author:Tom Bergeron
“Aqua Teen Hunger Force is one of the funniest shows on TV and I was a little intimidated working with those guys 'cause you're in a sound booth by yourself and they're all in a room in Atlanta.” LittlesShowsGuyForceCausesSoundRoomsTvsHungerIntimidatedAtlantaAqua Author:David Cross
“Yes, e-commerce is a strange situation for an old guy like me. You can buy a TV online, OK, but to buy a dress or shoes? Ugh. The customer has to go back to the store and breathe and smell and have a good time. Because shopping is a good time - like going to a nice restaurant.” GuySituationNiceStrangeTvsDressesShoesSmellCustomersBreatheStoresLike MeRestaurantsGood TimesOnlineShoppingCommerceHaving A Good TimeE CommerceUghOld Guys Author:Max Azria
“You folks like TV, you watch a lot of TV? There's a show right here on CBS, it's a huge hit. It's called the "Mentalist." And it's about this guy who has a heightened sense of observation. It's miraculous; he's the only guy in the world who can tell the difference between Sarah Palin and Tina Fey.” WorldShowsGuyDifferencesWatchesTvsHugeFolksObservationThis GuyMiraculousPalinFey Author:David Letterman
“Ideally I'd like to be working steadily as an actor: movies, a TV series, that sort of thing. I've been through a few different TV development cycles, and they didn't work out. When the time and project are right, it'll come together. Like I tell a lot of guys, it's not a race; there's no finish line.” DifferentTogetherGuyActorsLinesRaceTvsDevelopmentProjectsSeriesWork OutCyclesFinish LineTv Series Author:Russell Peters
“I had a guy at the Groucho bar clawing at my arm nearly in tears saying that until he saw The Departed he thought Americans were the ones on TV. I didn't know you had accents. I didn't know you had a class system. I didn't know you were like us. To which the answer is, probably only where I grew up, but while we're at it don't watch television and think it's the United States of America.” ThinkingKnowsStatesAmericaGuyAnswersUnitedClassWatchesUnited StatesSawsTelevisionTearsTvsArmsGrewGrew UpBarsAccentsUnited States Of AmericaDepartedClass System Author:William Monahan
“Very few people actually saw Andy's films like Chelsea Girls where he filmed seven hours, ran it on two screens, where each scene was in a different room at the Chelsea Hotel with these people he called 'Superstars" who were basically super-exhibitionists - the guy in one room high on LSD talking about masturbation, Brigid Berlin in another room playing a lesbian and shooting up people with amphetamines right through their jeans, it was all real and they were really doing it (though Brigid is now a proper lady), but you know Andy really did pre-date reality TV.” PeopleKnowsTwoDifferentRealRealityFilmGuyGirlHoursRoomsTalkingSawsTvsSceneSevenScreensShootingRanHotelJeansBerlinSuperstarMasturbationReality TvChelseaLsdExhibitionistAmphetaminesShooting Up Author:Bob Colacello