“I come from the theater, and I've done a lot of character work in the theater, but Hollywood stuff in film and TV, they've been more leading lady/ingenue type roles.” DoneCharacterFilmStuffRolesTvsTypeHollywoodTheaterLeading Ladies Author:Sanaa Lathan
“Film and TV and stuff like that was something that I wanted to do when I was really, really little; like, I remember I used to do these plays with my cousins. We used to do Michael Jackson performances, and I would be Michael.” LittlesPlayWould BeWantedRememberFilmUsedStuffTvsPerformancesCousinMy Cousin Author:Ja Rule
“I'm kind of lazy. I like to lie around with my husband and watch TV and stuff like that.” KindLyingStuffWatchesTvsHusbandLazyMy Husband Author:Gwen Stefani
“At a certain fork in the road of automatization, Europeans chose to have more time, and they work far less than we do and get much longer vacations. We chose to have more stuff, the stuff sold to us through those beckoning adjectives-bigger, better, faster: Jet Skis, extra cars, second homes, motor homes, towering slab TVs, if not the time to enjoy them or to enjoy less commodified pleasures.” IfsHomeCertainStuffEnjoyPleasureCarTvsBiggerFasterExtrasMore TimeVacationConsumerismMotorJetForksOverconsumptionAdjectivesSkisBeckoningFork In The RoadSlabsBigger Better Author:Rebecca Solnit
“I've done TV, but never where you're given this much time to live with a character, to study the tone and hone it and repair stuff, to go back and watch old episodes and go, "Oh no, that's a misstep. That's a victory. I should do more of that, less of that."” ShouldDoneCharacterGivenStuffWatchesStudyTvsVictoryToneEpisodes Author:Vera Farmiga
“Even if it's such a lowly art as TV, you've got to get stuff off your chest, because that's what makes something different and original, your particular take on stuff.” IfsArtDifferentStuffParticularTvsOriginalsChests Author:Ricky Gervais
“I don't want to do only movies that I'm in. I definitely want to start to branch out and do TV and stuff that I'm not in and really make a good run at it as a production. I'm probably going to take a break from acting after a little while because I've enjoyed the developmental process so much. It helps you as an actor to learn story and to learn how to really nurture a script and work with a writer so you're not sitting there having to write it yourself and give notes.” WantGivingWritingLittlesHelpingStoriesRunningActorsStuffProcessActingBreakTvsSittingNotesScriptsProductionsEnjoyedBranchesNurtureDevelopmental Author:Channing Tatum
“If I programmed my own TV network, it would air good news! Just positive stories. Heroic stories. Cute puppy dogs doin' stuff.” IfsStoriesStuffMy OwnAirDogTvsNewsCuteHeroicGood NewsPuppyPuppy DogCute Puppy Author:Jennifer Aniston
“I watch a lot of TV, but I find that recently it's largely oddball stuff. Scripted stuff sometimes feels like homework, like I'm scoping out the competition or something.” FeelsSometimesStuffWatchesTvsCompetitionHomeworkOddballs Author:Jane Espenson
“What keeps this industry alive is creators doing their own work. Once you change a costume or origin enough times, it's a dead body - you're just electrocuting it and keeping it sort of shambling on. There is a lot more creator-owned stuff now, and some of it I look at and go, 'Oh, that's his pitch for a TV show. That's his pitch for a movie. That's him saying oh, this kind of thing sells.' I didn't do that.” LooksKindBookEnoughShowsBodyStuffAliveTvsIndustrySellsCreatorComicComic BookTv ShowsCostumesEnough Time Author:Mike Mignola
“I think the Web is, you know, things like YouTube and stuff are absolutely where a lot of younger people are watching their TV on iTunes in the Web and YouTube, whatever. So, I think it's an important place to have a presence.” PeopleThinkingKnowsImportantStuffTvsLike YouYoutubeItunes Author:Tina Fey
“I started drawing comics, and at first I was very influenced by the whole pop art movement, you know, Batman was on TV and all that pop art stuff? But then my next influence was in 1966, or maybe it was '65, I don't know. Somebody showed me a copy of the "East Village Other", which was an underground newspaper. And... it had comics in it! And they weren't superhero comics.” KnowsFirstsArtWholeNextStuffInfluenceMovementTvsPopsEastDrawingNewspapersCopiesVillageSuperheroPop ArtEast Village Author:Trina Robbins
“The videos are sometimes the only way for people across the country and different places to see and hear the music. They may not get the same radio stations or they don't get the same TV channels, they don't have the same MTV that plays the same music. People will use to the Internet and that's why YouTube and stuff like that is so important.” PeopleWayMayImportantDifferentCountrySometimesPlayUseStuffTvsInternetRadioVideoStationsYoutubeDifferent PlaceMtvRadio Stations Author:Kid Ink
“I never wanted to live a relatable life, I wanted to live an aspirational life. I didn't want to see people who had my life on TV. I wanted to see other lives, right, and so I was always trying to get as much of that stuff as I could.” PeopleWantTryingWantedStuffTvsRelatableAlways Trying Author:George Stroumboulopoulos
“The problems you have as a novelist tend to have to do with making a living and trying to find ways to supplement the income you get from writing novels. For a lot of writers, that involves teaching. In my case, so far, I've been able to get by working in Hollywood with this TV stuff I've been doing. And it's very important, because my wife is a writer, too, and we don't have health insurance through any employer.” WayWritingTryingImportantProblemAbleStuffCasesNovelWifeTeachingTvsHollywoodMy WifeIncomeNovelistsEmployersSupplementsMaking A Living Author:Michael Chabon
“my dream is someday to have a bank of TVs, where all the different channels could be on and I could be monitoring them. I would love that. The more the better. I love the tabloid stuff. The trashier the program is, the more I feel it's TV. ... Because that's TV's mode. That's the Age of Hollywood. The idea of PBS - heavy-duty Masterpiece Theater, Bill Moyers - I hate all that.” FeelsIdeasDifferentDreamAgeHateStuffTelevisionTvsDutyProgramHollywoodI HateTheaterBillsHeavySomedayMasterpieceTabloidsMonitoringPbs Author:Camille Paglia
“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
“Stand-up is a real art form in itself and one that I really think to be good at you have to devote your entire life to. It's the really, really good ones that end up getting to do the things that I like to do: movies, TV shows, and stuff like that. It's a really hard gig and it just never called to me.” ThinkingArtRealEndsHardShowsFormStuffTvsBe GoodTv ShowsGigs Author:Rob Corddry
“I havent watched Mad TV a lot, but I have seen some stuff on there that is truly funny. You have to have some sort of attitude toward the subject, and they seem to have it. It depends on how much blood you want to draw.” WantSeemsStuffAttitudeBloodSubjectsTvsDependsDrawsMad Author:Joe Flaherty
“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
“I really love action. I really love doing my own stunts. I would love to do more of that. I've done a lot of TV, but my heart is really in film. I really look forward to the film possibilities. I would love to dance in a movie again. I love all those creative aspects, like playing an instrument or dancing. I look forward to all that stuff, in future roles.” LooksHeartDoneActionFilmStuffMy OwnRolesCreativePossibilityTvsMy HeartAspectInstrumentsDancing Author:Ksenia Solo
“I come from a musical family. Mom was a piano teacher for a large portion of her life, and Dad is a saxophone hobbyist who grew up in England during the heyday of Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott. I started taking piano lessons from my Mom, but it's too easy to slack off with your parent, so she passed me on to a friend of hers, where I got more motivated to play music by playing pop hits and TV themes. I did some classical training, but I was always more into the really thematic stuff.” PlayEasyStuffParentTeacherTvsGrewMomDadLessonsGrew UpTrainingEnglandMusicalMy MomPopsPianoThemeMotivatedPortionsSaxophonePiano LessonThematicHeydayPiano Teachers Author:Gerard Cox
“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 started finding humor in everything. I used to watch a lot of TV, and I finally figured I didn't need to watch TV to find funny stuff. I just watch the commercials. I mean, the commercials just blew my mind.” NeedsMindMeanUsedStuffWatchesTvsFindingsFunny Stuff Author:Andy Andrews
“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
“The only award I've been nominated for is a Scottish BAFTA. A Scottish BAFTA, it's like hearing that the animals have their own Olympics. You hear all this stuff about TV being faked. Of course it's faked. It's all faked. That documentary a couple of weeks ago about tribal warfare among monkeys, that was all filmed in a Yates wine lodge in Dundee. Comic Relief is faked. Everybody in Africa is fine.” HumorFunnyCoursesStuffAnimalWeekTvsFineCoupleWineHearingComicReliefAwardsWarfareOlympicsMonkeysDocumentariesScottishLodgesComic ReliefDundee Author:Frankie Boyle
“There's not enough psychedelic stuff on TV. I want the world to be a bit weirder than it is. I hate reality, so I hate reality TV. But I love Columbo.” WorldWantEnoughHumorRealityFunnyHateStuffBitsTvsI HatePsychedelicReality Tv Author:Noel Fielding
“I did not grow up watching much TV and film. I had a very, very, very, very, very, very church family, and a lot of, like, secular stuff was not around my house.” FilmHouseGrowsStuffChurchGrowing UpTvsSecular Author:Pauley Perrette
“I've done my share of period stuff. I'm not sure why, but people say I have a period face. The bread and butter of British TV is Jane Austen adaptations and bridges and bonnets and boats and horses.” PeopleDoneFacesStuffShareTvsPeriodsHorseBritishBreadBoatBridgesNot SureAdaptationJaneAustenBread And ButterBonnets Author:Tom Hiddleston
“I love going to work, doing acting. I love when I'm done with a movie or a TV show. I love hitting the road or being in the studio or going on tour. That's what I get off on. I don't need to have my business in the press and all that stuff. I'm pretty low key. It's all about the work for me.” NeedsDoneShowsStuffActingTvsKeysLowsPressesStudiosHittingTv ShowsGoing To WorkLow Key Author:Bryan Greenberg
“When you sit down and write a song, you kind of have the idea for the song, and you sit there at the piano and you kinda just write it. And then of course later there's some dinking around with it and changing some stuff. But there's this thing that happens when the song first comes out, that sort of magic when it first comes out of the ether, and you can't even really explain where it comes from. That happens so much with music, and people understand that with music. But I really think that a lot of movie and TV should be the same way.” PeopleThinkingWayShouldWritingFirstsKindIdeasHappensSongCoursesStuffMagicTvsDown AndPiano Author:Trey Parker
“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
“For me, being on set is no different than being at a dinner table or riding the subway next to someone; inevitably their life story is always more compelling than most ads in magazines and most commercials and reality TV and all the stuff we're sold and told is valuable.” DifferentStoriesRealityNextStuffTvsTablesValuableDinnerMagazinesAdsRidingCompellingSubwayLife StoryReality TvDinner Table Author:Victoria Mahoney
“When it came to the on-camera TV stuff, I'd be standing next to the director, my friend, and he'd be asked a question that I should have been answering.” ShouldHas BeensNextStuffTvsDirectorsMy FriendsStandingShould HaveCamerasShould Have Been Author:Robert B. Weide
“It's all about setting new goals. I reached one goal when I got the Sports Illustrated cover, which was such a surprise to me. Then after that I had a meeting with my agency who asked, "What do you want to do next?" I'd love to do more TV, I want to do more editorials, more high-fashion stuff. It's like picking it all and doing it.” WantNextStuffSportsGoalFashionTvsMeetingsSurpriseSettingSettingsAgencyEditorialsHigh FashionNew GoalSports Illustrated Author:Nina Agdal
“I don't get to watch a lot of TV. I just do all my news and reading and "Meet the Press," all that fun, exciting stuff.” ReadingFunStuffWatchesTvsNewsExcitingPresses Author:Graham Elliot
“We see images of people being beheaded on TV. That's not a thing that you see all the time. That's a different kind of scary. Unfortunately, some of the scary stuff is political, and that's a change from our past.” PeopleKindDifferentPastPoliticalStuffTvsScaryDifferent KindsOur PastScary Stuff Author:Denis O'Hare
“I might get scared of a really big dog, but I don't scare easy. As a youngster I used to watch all the scary stuff by myself, so nothing really gets to me now. There's actually a new series on TV called Hellevator and I filled out an application to be on the show because I love that type of stuff.” ShowsBigsMightUsedEasyStuffWatchesDogTvsTypeFilledSeriesScaredScaryScareApplicationYoungstersFilled OutScary Stuff Author:Andre Dirrell
“One of the challenges with series TV is not to give everyone all the punchlines, all the gags and all the fun stuff at the top. Everyone is so anxious, for very good reasons, to hit the ground running, but I've been on the other end of that.” GivingEndsReasonRunningFunStuffChallengesTvsSeriesVery GoodAnxiousGagsPunchlinesFun Stuff Author:Bruno Heller
“When you do children's TV or one episode [guest] stuff, you have to listen, which is also a great thing to learn. But you don't have individual input.” ChildrenIndividualStuffTvsGreat ThingsGuestsEpisodesInput Author:Yasmin Paige
“At the beginning of my TV and movie stuff, I would be really critical of myself, but I've gotten better and better. There's always little things that I think, "Oh, that could have been whatever," but most of the time I'm able to let go and watch like an audience member.” ThinkingLittlesHas BeensWould BeAbleStuffWatchesAudienceTvsLetting GoMembersCriticalLittle ThingsCould Have Been Author:Mireille Enos
“If you had told me in the Seventies and Eighties that TV would be as edgy or edgier than most films, and more intelligently written than most films, I wouldn't have believed it. There's great stuff out there.” IfsWould BeFilmStuffWrittenTvsSeventiesEightyEdgy Author:Jonathan Banks
“I do a lot of TV stuff, but I also turn a lot down - it's got to be an adventure.” TurnsStuffAdventureTvs Author:Vanilla Ice
“Josh [Friedman] and I have been friends for years, and he said, "Hey, if you ever want to do a TV show, I can take it over and run it," and I was like, "Yes!" He's always been so busy that I never dared to ask that, but it just worked out, time wise, that this was the season where we could probably do it, so I jumped at it. So, even though I'm busy with other stuff, I'm excited to be writing this.” IfsWantWritingYearsHas BeensSaidI CanShowsRunningAsksStuffWiseTvsSeasonsBusyExcitedHeyTv ShowsJosh Author:John August
“I've done animated TV stuff, but I'd never done animated film work, which is much more involved and much more labor intensive. The animators are much more meticulous and detailed. It's just been really fun and really satisfyingly creative.” DoneFilmFunStuffCreativeTvsInvolvedLaborAnimatedAnimatorMeticulousAnimated Films Author:Ty Burrell
“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
“So many movies are so formulaic because you've got to get it done in an hour and a half. On a TV series, that's where the really interesting stuff can happen.” DoneHappensStuffHoursInterestingHalfTvsSeriesReally InterestingGet It DoneTv SeriesInteresting Stuff Author:Billy Campbell
“There were very few real folk singers you know, though I liked Dominic Behan a bit and there was some good stuff to be heard in Liverpool. Just occasionally you hear very old records on the radio or TV of real workers in Ireland or somewhere singing these songs and the power of them is fantastic.” KnowsRealSongStuffBitsRecordsHeardTvsSingingWorkersFolksRadioSingersFantasticIrelandLiverpoolOld Records Author:John Lennon