“A film has a beginning, middle, and an end. There is a certain amount of time that you have to embody these people. You know the entire story arch. But on TV, you have to let your guard down. You don't know how long the show is going to last. There is this excitement that comes with developing a character long-term.” PeopleKnowsLongEndsCharacterStoriesShowsLastsFilmCertainTermKnow HowMiddleTvsAmountDevelopingExcitementLong TermArches Author:DJ Qualls
“People are so different in reality from the picture created of them on TV. So it's all a creation; everything is made up.” PeopleMadeDifferentRealityCreationTvs Author:Jo Brand
“People think that if they read something in the newspaper or see it on TV, it has to be true.” PeopleIfsThinkingTvsNewspapersBeing True Author:Tammy Faye Bakker
“Most of the writers in TV are from L.A. or New York, and those are places where people are cynical and snarky. And they fly from L.A. to New York in an airplane over this vast, expansive land where people aren't snarky; they're a lot more like the Parks and Recreation characters.” PeopleCharacterLandNew YorkTvsParksCynicalAirplaneParks And Rec Author:Chris Pratt
“I don't even know what TV star means. I know there's a difference in how people approach you, compared to movies. They feel OK coming up to you and sitting with you in a restaurant, unfortunately.” PeopleKnowsFeelsMeanStarsDifferencesTvsApproachSittingRestaurantsUp To You Author:David Morse
“I think being on a TV show is amazing but also, people get kind of used to seeing you a certain way and so it becomes a challenge to break free from that in a way.” PeopleThinkingWayKindShowsUsedCertainChallengesBreakSeeingTvsTv Shows Author:Aubrey Plaza
“It's nice not to have lines when you frown, especially on TV. I don't know why people make such a fuss about it. No one is interested if a woman has her teeth capped or her hair dyed.” PeopleIfsKnowsLinesNiceTvsHairTeeth Author:Felicity Kendal
“A short film is just another storytelling medium like TV, Features, and Webisodes. I am just thrilled that Silent Cargo is getting out there for people to see.” PeopleFilmTvsSilentStorytellingMediumsFeaturesShort FilmsCargo Author:Ellen Wong
“People behave differently to TV stars and film stars; it's to do with the scale of the medium. Film stars get hushed awe, TV stars get slapped on the back. Neither is good for you. Famous people don't hear the word 'no' enough.” PeopleEnoughFilmStarsTvsScalesMediumsBehaveAweFilm Stars Author:Tom Hollander
“I think its very dangerous, the idea of celebrity - you have to be constantly controversial to maintain the status of celebrity. Reality TV is the death of entertainment - its just mindless TV but popular because of its voyeuristic nature, and people are very voyeuristic.” PeopleThinkingIdeasRealityDangerousTvsEntertainmentControversialMindlessReality Tv Author:David Suchet
“A film has a sort of life over time, whereas a TV show comes up in your living room, and its immediate, and people write about it.” PeopleWritingShowsFilmRoomsTvsCome UpTv ShowsLiving Room Author:Timothy Hutton
“Acting was a lot like football. When you're a DB and you're one on one with a receiver, you're going to dance. It's go-time in front of 100,000 people and everybody watching on TV. That's exactly how it is when a director says 'Action!' It's the same adrenaline rush, the same training process. I love it.” PeopleActionProcessActingFrontsFootballTvsDirectorsTrainingAdrenalineReceiverOne On OneAdrenaline Rush Author:Brian J. White
“The wrap party for the 'Lorna Doone' TV series was pretty special. We went to about four clubs, then four people's houses, and I got home at midday the next day. I'd been wearing ridiculous green shoes all night, and the dye had smudged all over my legs.” PeopleHomeNightNextHousePartyFourSpecialTvsGreenSeriesShoesClubsLegsRidiculousNext DayAll NightWrapsTv Series Author:Amelia Warner
“So many people are are using the Internet now to watch movies and TV shows online.” PeopleShowsWatchesTvsInternetOnlineTv ShowsWatch Movie Author:Luke Pasqualino
“We watch so many TV shows and movies about jaded or corrupt policemen, we forget people join the police force to do good, and they really care about that.” PeopleShowsCareForceForgetWatchesTvsPoliceTv ShowsPolicemenJadedPolice Force Author:Enrico Colantoni
“I play computer games, watch TV and do what normal people do.” PeoplePlayGamesWatchesTvsNormalComputerComputer Games Author:Gareth Bale
“Well, the best part about stand-up is that you control everything. Period. When you work in movies, or on TV shows, there are 50 other people involved. And it's hard, man. They brainwash you to think you're doing the right thing.” PeopleThinkingMenWellsHardShowsTvsInvolvedPeriodsRight ThingTv ShowsDoing The Right ThingBrainwash Author:Pauly Shore
“Why focus on what somebody might think? Nobody talks [on TV] like people really talk most of the time.” PeopleThinkingMightFocusTvs Author:Kurt Fuller
“People will always want it [reality TV shows], if it's produced well and if it's telling people's stories - that's all anybody wants: to connect with another human being on a very basic level. If the stories are told well, I think it can continue and continue.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantHumansWellsStoriesShowsRealityHuman BeingsLevelsTvsTv ShowsReality Tv Author:Cat Deeley
“I'm so sick and tired of people in the media telling us that because of the war, sports aren't important. Fans need sports. We'd have only crime and war to watch on TV if not for sports.” PeopleIfsNeedsImportantWarSportsWatchesFansMediaCrimeTvsSickTiredSo Sick Author:Charles Barkley
“Being on TV in front of people is a lot different than sitting in a dark room with a microphone. When I had my radio show, I was on four hours a day for 20-something years. If you put a live microphone in front of Mother Teresa for that amount of time, she'd piss somebody off.” PeopleIfsYearsDifferentShowsMotherHoursDarkRoomsFourFrontsTvsAmountSittingRadioMicrophonesTeresaDark Room Author:Wendy Williams
“People would always say horror movies always thrive during times of war; that's just what people would say. And I don't know if they thrived during World War II or Vietnam, but I thought that's kind of strange, why would that happen. I don't know if people rearrange their priorities; in good times, they freak out and start pointing the fingers at video games and TV, but when horrible things are happening in the world, a horror movie just seems a little ridiculous.” PeopleIfsKnowsWorldKindLittlesWarSeemsHappensGamesStrangeTvsHorrorHappeningsFingersRidiculousPrioritiesHorribleVideoWar Of The WorldsThriveGood TimesVietnamWorld War IiFreakWorld War IPointingHorrible ThingsPointing Fingers Author:Rob Zombie
“The thing that concerns me the most is when I hear that people are making a lot of money a lot of ways except for the athletes, whether it's on the bowl games, the TV contracts, the conferences, the schools, the coaches, however you want to say it.” PeopleWayWantSchoolGamesTvsConcernAthleteCoachesContractsLots Of MoneyBowlsConferences Author:Nick Saban
“Because of the control of the media by corporate wealth, the discovery of truth depends on an alternative media, such as small radio stations, networks, programs. Also, alternative newspapers, which exist all over the country. Also, cable TV programs, which are not dependent on commercial advertising. Also, the internet, which can reach millions of people by-passing the conventional media.” PeopleCountryWealthMillionsMediaTvsDependsInternetDiscoveryProgramRadioNewspapersPassingPassingsAdvertisingAlternativesCorporateDependentStationsConventionalCablesRadio StationsCable Tv Author:Howard Zinn
“All I've ever tried to do is get the best out of people and to bring a bit of humour into it. Unlike, say, 'The X-Factor,' which may be great TV, but has no humour at all.” PeopleMayBitsHumourTvsFactors Author:Andrew Lloyd Webber
“The way I see it, more people are wired with broadband from 9 to 5 during the day than watch TV at night. So therefore isn't the real prime time 9 to 5? Playing games at your desk - that's the new prime time, isn't it?” PeopleWayRealNightGamesWatchesTvsPrimeDesksPlaying GamesBroadbandPrime Time Author:Mark Burnett
“Americans need help understanding their world now more than ever. [TV] believes it's filled its obligation to the public because it's presented both sides. But most of what we're living through now has multiple sides, and those sides, if you take the extreme oppositional views, have to be brought together for people to make a decision about how to act on the information.” PeopleIfsWorldNeedsBelieveHelpingTogetherUnderstandingSidesDecisionViewsInformationTvsFilledExtremesObligationMultipleBoth SidesNeed Help Author:Hillary Clinton
“I like pushing the envelope. I like pushing myself and the audience, whether it's a TV show or live. I like to throw people over the edge of the cliff and scare the wits out of them, but then pull them back and make them safe.” PeopleShowsAudienceTvsSafeEdgesWitPushingScareTv ShowsCliffsEnvelopesOver The EdgePushing The Envelope Author:Keith Barry
“I don't believe that less fortunate people should have to wait until a movie is released on public TV for free, while richer people get to see it months in advance.” PeopleShouldBelieveWaitingTvsMonthsShould HaveDon't BelieveFortunateLess Fortunate Author:Lexi Alexander
“You listen to any monologue on late-night TV or just in general, to people talking, and there's always a joke at someone's expense. It's sarcasm; it's nasty. Kids grow up hearing that, and they think that's what humor is, and they think it's OK. But that negativity permeates the entire planet.” PeopleThinkingKidsNightGrowsTalkingGrowing UpPlanetsTvsLateJokesHearingSarcasmExpensesNegativityNastyMonologuesLate NightPeople Talking Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“People can't live with themselves much longer. The planet cannot live with humans much longer! We have the weaponry, destruction of the planet, pollution, destruction of forests, countless manifestations of humans using their intelligence in the service of the dysfunction, the madness. It's a strange juxtaposition. Humans are intelligent, but if you look at history or even watch TV, they're also incredibly stupid.” PeopleIfsHumansLooksWatchesStupidStrangePlanetsTvsDestructionMadnessIntelligentForestsManifestationPollutionDysfunctionJuxtapositionWeaponry Author:Eckhart Tolle
“Success in TV-showmaking is just a matter of being authentic and doing the best you can, and you hope that people watch it and like it. For us [showmakers], we know where our bread is buttered, and we live by the written word of the critic. That's how shows build a critical mass on cable.” PeopleKnowsMatterShowsWatchesWrittenTvsMassCriticsCriticalBreadLive ByCablesWritten WordCritical MassBeing Authentic Author:Walton Goggins
“Most kids come home from school. They don't go to their TVs first. They go to the Internet. They check their emails, or some blogs, or some sites. Then they go watch TV. Other people are at work all day 9-5 in front of a computer. They see certain clips. We're not going to hide the fact that people use the Internet. We're going to try to be as interactive as possible with our fans. I'm currently on Twitter and Facebook and Flicker and Dig. I'm on all that stuff.” PeopleTryingFirstsFactsUseHomeKidsSchoolCertainStuffWatchesFansFrontsTvsInternetComputerChecksComing HomeSiteEmailBlogsClipFlickerInteractiveTwitter And Facebook Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Basically that you can do anything. If you pool your resources,and just give up the idea that you're going to act like a normal person or sleep, if you want it hard enough and do it well enough, it happens. A lot of really talented people either sort of get crushed under the wheel of the movie studio system or desperately try and get their next gig in TV. I understand why, because we've all got to put food on the table and the brass ring is out there, we'd all like to be making the Emmy-winning shows and the blockbusters and all that, but at the same time you could be doing stuff yourself.” PeopleIfsWantGivingTryingWellsPersonsIdeasHardEnoughShowsHappensNextWinningStuffCan DoSleepTvsGiving UpNormalResourcesTablesStudiosRingsWheelsPoolGigsCrushedBrassBlockbusterEmmysJust Give Up Author:Joss Whedon
“The most accurate representation of how I feel is that I'm incredibly lucky to be working in this structure where people get paid millions to read the news on TV. And, yes, it is insane. And there is nothing I can say beyond acknowledging my immense good fortune, and being aware that I'm blessed, and aware that it isn't going to last forever.” PeopleFeelsI CanLastsMillionsForeverTvsLuckyNewsPaidBlessedStructureFortuneInsaneAccurateImmenseRepresentationGood Fortune Author:Tom Hanks
“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 freakish is no longer a private zone, difficult of access. People who are bizarre, in sexual disgrace, emotionally violent areseen daily on the newsstands, on TV, in the subways. Hobbesian man roams the streets, quite visible, with glitter in his hair.” PeopleMenDifficultStreetsTvsHairAccessViolentVisibleZoneBizarreDisgraceGlitterSubway Author:Susan Sontag
“I just think it should be illegal to call someone fat on TV... Because why is humiliating people funny?” PeopleThinkingShouldTvsFatsIllegalHumiliating Author:Jennifer Lawrence
“As citizens we have to be more thoughtful and more educated and more informed. I turn on the TV and I see these grown people screaming at each other, and I think, well, if we don't get our civility back, we're in trouble.” PeopleIfsThinkingWellsTurnsTroubleSadnessTvsCitizensEducatedThoughtfulCivilityTurn-on Author:Emmylou Harris
“I worked on 'Blue Peter' and 'Tonight' and lots of TV plays, filmed people like Rudolf Nureyev and Ted Heath, and ended up a senior cameraman with my own crew. I'd had my first short story published in 1947, and when my writing really started to take off I decided to go freelance, and eventually left the BBC in 1965.” PeopleWritingFirstsPlayStoriesLeftMy OwnTvsDecidedBlueTonightShort StoryPeterCrewSeniorCameramanFilm Crew Author:Michael Bond
“There has been no electricity in Baghdad for a week and the people are angry. You would be angry too if you couldn't watch your brand new stolen TV.” PeopleIfsHas BeensWould BeWatchesWeekTvsAngryBrandsElectricityStolenBrand NewBaghdad Author:Craig Kilborn
“For the first time the people of Iraq are united. Today on CNN I saw a Kurd, a Shiite and a member of the Republican Guard coming together to cart off a big screen TV.” PeopleFirstsBigsTodayTogetherUnitedSawsTvsRepublicanMembersFirst TimeIraqScreensCartsCnnComing TogetherBig ScreenKurds Author:Jay Leno
“People think I watch TV too much, but they are wrong. There is a huge difference between merely "watching" TV and learning to respond aggressively to it. The difference, for most people, is the difference between the living and dying of their own brains.” PeopleThinkingDifferencesBrainWatchesToo MuchDyingTvsHugeInternetFree SpeechWatching Tv Book:Better Than Sex Source: Better Than Sex
“Now tell me this. What would you consider the greatest spectator sport in the country today? Would you say it was baseball, basketball, football?... It's politics. That's right, politics. Millions and millions of people following it every day in the newspapers, over the TV and the radio. Now mind you, they wouldn't get mixed up in this themselves for all the tea in China, but they know the names and numbers of all the players. And what they can't tell the coaches about strategy. Oh, you should see some of the letters I get.” PeopleKnowsShouldMindCountryTodayPoliticsNamesSportsNumbersMillionsPlayerFootballTvsBasketballLettersBaseballStrategyRadioFollowingChinaCoachesNewspapersTeaSpectators Author:Frank Nugent
“I'm going to insult a whole industry here, but it seems like TV is for people who can't do film. I'm not talking about actresses; I'm talking about lighting people. Lighting on TV is just so... it's sinful, it really is.” PeopleWholeSeemsFilmTalkingTvsIndustryActressesInsultLightingComebackNot Talking Author:Kevyn Aucoin
“I won't live in L.A. again, hell no, my friends tell me s**t when they come over I don't want to hear. I don't even know who got married and who got pregnant. You turn on the news in L.A. and it is all gossip about people. All the stuff that is going on in the world right now and this gossip is the news?... I love the BBC. I haven't heard myself mentioned on TV since I have been here. That has been really weird for me, and great.” PeopleKnowsWorldWantLoveHas BeensTurnsStuffHellHeardHavensTvsRight NowMarriedNewsMy FriendsGossipPregnantTurn-onGreat LoveReally Weird Author:Lindsay Lohan
“Like so many people, I only remembered Orson Welles as this huge, fat, bearded figure selling wine in TV commercials. So whenever anyone said I looked like Orson Welles I said that I wasnt that fat, and I would get on a diet, quickly.” PeopleSaidFiguresTvsHugeWineFatsSellingRememberedDietsTv Commercial Author:Christian McKay
“I used to do volunteer work in poor areas of Cairo, and people would gather their money together to get a satellite dish. You'd see them huddling around and for the first time seeing issues being debated on TV that had never been talked about before. And that is the biggest promoter of democracy you could possibly have.” PeopleFirstsTogetherUsedPoorDemocracyIssuesSeeingTvsFirst TimeAreasDishesVolunteerSatellitesPromotersCairoVolunteer Work Author:Jehane Noujaim