“Kids and violent TV, violent TV and violence, violence and kids. The only people missing from this discussion are the parents. Where are we? Gone. Abdicated.” PeopleKidsParentGoneViolenceMissingTvsViolentDiscussion Author:Anna Quindlen
“The only thing I can't do is hear. I can drive, I have a life with four kids, I work on TV, I do movies, so the deafness question, is it that they want to know because, what? Not sure.” KnowsWantI CanKidsFourTvsNot SureDeafness Author:Marlee Matlin
“Allowing your kids to watch TV doesn't have to mean they have no choice but to see commercials for junk food and alcohol.” MeanKidsChoicesWatchesTvsAlcoholAllowingJunkJunk FoodTelevision Commercials Author:Charlie Ergen
“When I was a kid, I lived in this small town way out in the country. We had three TV channels and one radio station. I couldn't even get my hands on good comic books. My aunt, who is a librarian, gave me Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings," Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House on the Prairie," and Lewis's "The Chronicles of Narnia." They were such incredible treasures to have in my somewhat mundane country life.” WayLittlesBookCountryHandsKidsThreeHouseLordTvsTownsIncrediblesRadioRingsTreasureComicStationsComic BookSmall TownAuntLibrarianMundanePrairieChroniclesNarniaRadio StationsLauraCountry LifeWilderLittle House On The Prairie Author:Nick Offerman
“Did you hear about this 20-year-old kid named John Walker from Northern California who was apparently fighting for the Taliban?... It didn't take long for the TV networks to jump on this Walker thing. CBS has a new show: 'Walker: Taliban Ranger.'” YearsLongShowsKidsFightingTvsCaliforniaTalibanRangersWalkersNorthern California Author:Jay Leno
“People think you have this exciting and romantic life, because you project this exciting, romantic life on screen. But in reality you're just doing the same thing as everyone else - you know, sitting around watching TV with your gut hanging out, playing with your kid, or even sitting on the toilet. You know what's weird? Even I'm not that interested in my personal life any more.” PeopleThinkingKnowsRealityKidsTvsProjectsSittingExcitingScreensGutsHanging OutPersonal LifeToiletsSitting AroundWatching TvRomantic Life Author:Ben Affleck
“I love producing my kids and my wife's TV show. I love doing that. I think that's my most natural space in the business. I would say the most natural space for me is producing or editing. That's just where I thrive.” ThinkingShowsKidsNaturalSpaceWifeTvsMy WifeThriveEditingTv Shows Author:Willi Smith
“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
“There's a lot of kids' shows that are really popular ratings-wise, but they don't sell a lot of stuff. A character on a backpack just doesn't have the same appeal as watching it on TV.” CharacterShowsKidsStuffWiseTvsSellsAppealsRatingReally Popular Author:Tom Kenny
“I've wanted to be an actor since I was eight years old and I did TV commercials when I was a kid. When I was eleven Saturday Night Live came on and I thought, "Oh God, I'd love to do that." I saw the Pink Panther movies and thought, "God, I'd love to have a comedy series; I'd love to have a character I'd created that becomes a series." I've now pretty-much done everything I've wanted to do since I was eight years old and it's a wonderful feeling, I've got to say.” YearsDoneCharacterFeelingsKidsWantedNightActorsSawsComedyWonderfulTvsSeriesEightSaturdayElevenSaturday NightSaturday Night LivePanthersTv CommercialPink Panther Author:Mike Myers
“Kids absolutely not reading. I think it's because they're so screen-oriented [TVs, computers, smartphones]. They do read - girls in particular read a lot. They have a tendency to go toward the paranormal, romances, Twilight and stuff like that. And then it starts to taper off because other things take precedence, like the Kardashian sisters.” ThinkingKidsRomanceGirlReadingStuffParticularTvsComputerScreensTendenciesParanormalTwilightPrecedenceSmartphones Author:Stephen King
“Basically, growing up, and being a teenage kid, I've always been interested in charity. And one of the benefits of being on a TV show and having a fan base, you kind of have the power to spread news around.” KindShowsKidsGrowing UpGrowingFansTvsBenefitsNewsCharitySpreadTv ShowsTeenage Author:Gregg Sulkin
“I want to use film to tell stories that need to be told to spark discussions that will lead to change. I really want to see a change in the mindset of youth, how they see themselves and how they value life. Young audiences will be able to see themselves in this film and older audiences will gain an understanding of what their kids are dealing with on a daily basis. Kids discuss what they see on TV, social media, film so I want to create content that they will discuss and will change the way they think.” ThinkingWayWantNeedsStoriesUseKidsAbleFilmYoungValuesSocialUnderstandingAudienceMediaYouthTvsGainsBasesSocial MediaMindsetDiscussionSparks Author:Jamie Hector
“When I was a little kid I loved the Marx brothers and discovered Monty Python when I was 10 or 11-years-old. I used to take a tape recorder and hold it up in front of the TV to record entire episodes to play over and over again, so that I could memorise it.” YearsLittlesPlayKidsUsedRecordsFrontsBrotherTvsTapeEpisodesLittle KidRecordersPythonMontyMarx Brothers Author:Rainn Wilson
“I know how to turn it on [computer]. I know where the disc goes: in that little slot but I can't always get it out. And I have three genius-level computer savvy kids who save my ass all the time. I'll tell you what I don't do. I don't watch the news on TV anymore. I get my news online. And like all of you, I Google whoever I want.” KnowsWantLittlesI CanKidsTurnsThreeLevelsWatchesKnow HowTvsGeniusComputerNewsAssOnlineGoogleSavvyDiscs Author:Bruce Willis
“When I was a little kid, I kind of liked the commercials more than a lot of the stuff on TV. My favorite ones were the Miller Lite ads with all the jocks in them. "Tastes great, less filling."” KindLittlesKidsStuffTvsTasteMy FavoriteAdsLittle KidFillingJocksMiller Lite Author:Jon Hamm
“If there's any advice I have to give, I would say it's that. If you're looking for a way to get closer to your kids, there ain't no better way than to grab 'em and read. And if you put them in front of a computer or a TV, you are abandoning them. You are abandoning them because they are sitting on a couch or a floor and they may be hugging a dog, but they ain't hugging you.” IfsWayGivingMayKidsAdviceDogFrontsTvsComputerSittingEmsHugCouchesBetter Ways Author:Maurice Sendak
“As a kid, I always thought the TV was a magic box in the corner of the room.” KidsRoomsMagicTvsBoxesCorners Author:Gethin Jones
“When I was a kid, I'd watch pro football on TV and I'd see someone make a play and I'd say, 'I wish that could be me.' But then I'd have to wonder, 'Could I make that big play?'” PlayBigsKidsWishWonderWatchesFootballTvsPro Football Author:Terrell Owens
“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
“My dad was an actor, and my older sister is an actress, and so I very much remember thinking, "Well, of course I'll do that as well." But I never imagined myself as an actor who would be in films. I always only thought of myself being in a play or a musical and maybe the odd episode of [U.K. '80s TV drama] Casualty. My backup plan was to do something with children, to start a nursery school or work with underprivileged kids. And I still dream of maybe doing that in some way. I've always got children in my house, always.” ThinkingWayWellsChildrenStillsPlayDreamWould BeKidsSchoolRememberFilmCoursesActorsHousePlansTvsDadDramaMusicalMy DadActressesOddEpisodes80sNurseryCasualtiesBackupOlder SisterUnderprivilegedBackup PlanNursery School Author:Kate Winslet
“When I'm writing a theme song for a TV show I always think, "What would be Pavlovian where a kid would be in the kitchen, or an adult would be in the kitchen, and they hear the theme song come on and it would draw them back to the other room so that they would watch the show?"” ThinkingWritingShowsWould BeKidsSongRoomsWatchesTvsDrawsAdultsKitchenThemeTv Shows Author:Mark Mothersbaugh
“The Stooges used to be ubiquitous, back in the '60s and '70s. They were on TV all the time, but they're not on so much anymore. Kids aren't getting the chance to watch them, not to mention the fact that kids don't really necessarily relate to black-and-white stuff.” FactsKidsUsedStuffBlackChanceWhiteWatchesTvsUsed To BeRelateBlack And WhiteStooges Author:Chris Diamantopoulos
“You know what I never get with the limo? The tinted windows. Is that so people don't see you? Yeah, what a better way not to have people notice you than taking a thirty foot Cadillac with a TV antenna and a uniformed driver. How discreet. Nobody cares who's in the limo. You see a limo go by, you know it's either some rich jerk or fifty prom kids with $1.75 each.” PeopleKnowsWayCareKidsRichFeetTvsWindowYeahThirtyFiftyDriversBetter WaysJerkPromNobody CaresDiscreetCadillacsAntennaLimos Author:Jerry Seinfeld
“In high school, I got picked on. It's funny that I got tormented for what I'm doing now - the acting thing. People would see me in a Nickelodeon commercial, and I would hear about it the next day at school. Kids would say, 'Hi, TV Boy.' They heckled. I never got beat up.” PeopleKidsSchoolNextActingBoysTvsBeatsHigh SchoolNext DayNickelodeon Author:Jason Biggs
“I was a novelist before I was a TV screenwriter. Actually, as a kid, I think I'd always wanted to be a writer, but never thought that I would be one.” ThinkingWould BeKidsWantedTvsNovelistsScreenwriters Author:Ben Richards
“All kinds of violence on the TV. You're not supposed to watch violence on the TV. Children, they can't watch it 'cause they're afraid maybe the kids will copy something they see on the TV. I can't even get a funny cartoon anymore because some 12-year-old somewhere watched a particularly violent episode of the Road Runner-Coyote show, and the next day, they found him at the bottom of a canyon, two giant springs strapped to his feet.” YearsKindChildrenI CanTwoShowsKidsNextFoundCausesWatchesViolenceFeetTvsSpringBottomViolentAll KindsGiantsCopiesEpisodesRunnersCartoonNext DayCanyonsCoyotesRoad Runner Author:Norm MacDonald
“My dad also survived five divorces, and the women he married cleaned his ass out every time. I used to think my dad got divorced because he wanted new furniture. At one point in my life, all we had left was a wooden box, a 12 black-and-white TV, and a four-man rubber raft for a couch. And yet, I was the coolest kid in third grade. Mom, can we have a sleepover in Christopher Titus' house? They have a raft in the living room! We can row to breakfast in the morning. I can actually be Captain Crunch!” ThinkingMenI CanKidsWantedUsedHouseLeftBlackWhiteRoomsMorningFiveFourTvsMomDadMarriedThirdsMy DadBoxesDivorceAssGradesBreakfastBlack And WhiteCaptainsSurvivedFurnitureDivorcedCouchesLiving RoomRubberCrunchThird GradeSleepovers Author:Christopher Titus
“And my daughter's too smart. She gets it watching TV. She gets it. She's five. She gets it. I... I have a smart kid; I don't want a smart kid. I'm gonna start feedin' her lead paint chips just to bring her down.” WantKidsFiveTvsSmartDaughterPaintMy DaughterChipsWatching TvSmart Kid Author:Christopher Titus
“Television for a child creates such a high bar of stimulus that nothing else competes. A beautiful day is absolute crap to a kid who watches tv.” ChildrenKidsBeautifulWatchesTelevisionTvsAbsolutesBarsCrapStimulusBeautiful Day Author:Louis C. K.
“I never actually studied an American accent. I never learned it. I never had anybody teach me how to do it. It just kind of happened. I think I probably spent a lot of my childhood in front of my mirror pretending to do Cornflake commercials like the kids I've seen on TV from America.” ThinkingKindKidsAmericaTeachHappenedChildhoodFrontsTvsMirrorsPretendingAccents Author:India de Beaufort
“I was a great one as a kid for standing and just looking out a window for hours and hours and hours. Now the TV does that for me, except for the view changes immensely.” DoeKidsHoursViewsTvsStandingWindowGreat Ones Author:John Lennon
“I actually saw a kid and went home and drew him. I don't even know who he was. I was buying a TV set in Circuit City. I was looking at this kid and he was kind of standing there, staring off into space. Kids are pretty chubby nowadays because of all the fast-food places. I grew up eating fast food but now everything is double beef and double cheese. So there are a lot of these chubby boys with long, baggy shorts.” KnowsKindLongHomeKidsSpaceCitiesBoysSawsTvsGrewEatingGrew UpStandingStaringBuyingCheeseBeefCircuitsFast FoodShortsStanding ThereEating Fast Food Author:Mike Judge
“I remember when I was a kid that the only way to see Hulk Hogan wrestle was you'd have to go to the live shows. He was never on TV. So I thought "Why not do the same thing?"” WayShowsKidsRememberTvsWhy NotRemember When Author:Chris Jericho
“I have a phobia of checking voicemail. I watched a lot of TV as a kid, and everything is, like, you're gonna get kidnapped, or somebody's gonna die, or killer bees are going to take you out. I'm a very anxious person.” PersonsKidsDiesTvsLike YouAnxiousKillersBeesPhobiaKidnappedKiller Bee Author:Annie E. Clark
“As a kid, I loved my Matchbox cars, my Big Wheels, and the race cars on TV. When I laid eyes on my first go-kart when I was just five, it gave my desire for making things with wheels go fast a focus. This combined with the fact that I've been incredibly competitive since a young age made for the proper mix of passion and aggression to become a race car driver.” FirstsMadeFactsBigsEyeKidsAgeYoungDesirePassionRaceFiveFocusCarTvsWheelsDriversAggressionYoung AgeRace CarRace Car DriverMatchboxes Author:Andy Lally
“Especially with the video games and social media we have now, I think that turning point from kid to sort of adult has gotten earlier with TV shows that are on right now and video games. They all contribute to that.” ThinkingShowsKidsGamesSocialMediaTvsRight NowAdultsSocial MediaVideoTv ShowsTurning Points Author:Gage Munroe