“Most people think video games are all about a child staring at a TV with a joystick in his hands. I don't. They should belong to the entire family. I want families to play video games together.” PeopleThinkingWantShouldChildrenPlayHandsTogetherGamesTvsVideoStaring Author:Shigeru Miyamoto
“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
“When you can sit down with a plain sheet of paper in front of you and make some notes, and, little by little, you see it take shape and become a concept for a movie or a TV show. That's a real thrill. You watch it go from notes on a paper to a meeting with writers and directors and actors. I can't think of anything that's more exciting.” ThinkingLittlesI CanRealShowsActorsWatchesFrontsTvsShapesDirectorsPaperConceptsExcitingMeetingsNotesTv ShowsThrillSheets Author:Stan Lee
“You might think of a haunting as a loop of video or audio tape playing itself over and over for you to watch. Trying to interact with it would be akin to trying to interact with a show on your TV: sure, you can turn it off or change the channel, but I wouldn't expect the actors to suddenly stop and talk to you directly.” ThinkingTryingShowsMightWould BeTurnsActorsWatchesTvsVideoTapeHauntingLoopsAudio Author:Loyd Auerbach
“I have occasionally thought that some [TV] hosts have needed treatment, and some of these hosts have even admitted they could benefit from therapy. Having said that, I think most people can benefit from treatment. Those who need it and refuse to get it generally have the most "issues.” PeopleThinkingNeedsSaidIssuesTvsNeededBenefitsRefuseTherapyTreatmentHost Author:Robi Ludwig
“I love Dexter. I love Top Chef. I can't wait for it to come back. I love Friday Night Lights. I think TV is in a great place right now. It's definitely getting better and better. I think there is some of the most complete writing for women and female characters, they're done in television production and not really film production.” ThinkingWritingI CanDoneCharacterLightFilmNightWaitingTelevisionTvsRight NowFemaleProductionsGet BetterChefFridayFemale CharactersFriday NightNight LightFriday Night LightsFilm Production Author:Alyssa Milano
“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've been an athlete that's sort of in advance; always thinking. After basketball I'd love to have my own radio show, my own TV show.” ThinkingShowsMy OwnMediaTvsBasketballAthleteRadioNbaTv ShowsAlways Thinking Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“I keep doing specials because I think there are a lot of people who make movies and TV who are fans of comedy - if they start to like you, they'll get a project going and call you in.” PeopleIfsThinkingComedyFansTvsLike YouProjects Author:Bill Burr
“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
“If TV seems improved, I think it's been enhanced by violence and sex permissible on cable, as well as better cinematography, but in the end it's really only soap operas like your grandmother's afternoon "stories" and that's all it wants to be or has to be.” IfsThinkingWantWellsEndsStoriesSeemsSexViolenceTvsLike YouGrandmotherAfternoonOperaSoapCablesSoap OperasCinematographyYour Grandmother Author:William Monahan
“One night I couldn't sleep. It was like 2:00 in the morning. I was thinking, 'What can I do?' I'm watching TV. I'm like, 'Let me do something else.' I'm not going to fall asleep for a few hours. What are my hobbies? There was the masturbation option. I skipped that because just knowing my kids are down the hall I felt psychotic. So, I went with watching more TV. I couldn't come up with anything. I was going, 'God, read a book.' Then I was like this, 'Where do I keep the books?' I've got nothing to do but watch TV.” ThinkingBookKidsNightFallFeltHoursSleepWatchesMorningKnowingTvsLet MeCome UpHallsHobbiesOne NightMasturbationPsychoticWatching Tv Author:Adam Sandler
“It [TV] is the cancer of film. It's why people can't be educated to film. In the late '60s, we expected to see a movie or two every week and be stimulated, excited and inspired. And we did. Every week after week. Antonioni, Goddard, Truffaut - this endless list of people. And then comes television and home video. I know how to work exactly for the big screen, but it doesn't matter what I think about the art of movie-making versus TV.” PeopleThinkingKnowsArtTwoMatterHomeBigsFilmKnow HowWeekTelevisionTvsLateInspiredCancerExcitedExpectedScreensListsEndlessVideoEducatedVersusBig ScreenMovie MakingHome Videos Author:Jack Nicholson
“One of my favorite things on the show was just getting to do my own monologue and talking about someone who killed themselves, or making a joke about some horrible tragedy - I love being able to fight for and get on TV. I just think it's so different.” ThinkingDifferentShowsAbleFightingMy OwnLove IsTalkingTvsJokesTragedyMy FavoriteHorribleFavorites ThingsMonologuesTalking About Someone Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“On the show, you have to be more charismatic, a little smoother, but I think I can still be that prince of darkness. You just have to learn the tricks of the TV trade as well.” ThinkingWellsLittlesStillsI CanShowsDarknessTvsTradeTricksCharismatic Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“Tendulkar is a world class player and a great ambassador for the game. As a youngster I watched the games and that's where all my dreams started. You watch Tendulkar on TV and you think that I want to be like that one day” ThinkingWorldWantDreamGamesClassWatchesPlayerTvsOne DayCricketAmbassadorsYoungstersWorld ClassTendulkar Author:Graeme Smith
“The Omen is one of my favorites. Even though I'm an atheist now, I was brought up Catholic and can remember thinking that it could actually be real! The first Dawn of the Dead is a great one. We had a TV serial in Britain called Day of the Triffids and that was always really terrifying for me as well.” ThinkingFirstsWellsRealRememberTvsCatholicAtheistDawnBritainBeing RealSerialsGreat OnesOmen Author:Nick Frost
“I really have no preference between TV and film. I think that each individual project is its own thing and has a very different style.” ThinkingDifferentFilmIndividualStyleTvsProjectsPreferenceDifferent Styles Author:Zach Gilford
“Over the years, TV has gotten so much better, especially with the advent of cable. The bar has been raised. I think HBO really set the standard with The Sopranos, and then on mainstream TV, shows like Lost broke amazing ground.” ThinkingYearsHas BeensShowsLostTvsStandardsRaisedBarsBrokeMainstreamTv ShowsCablesAdventHboSopranos Author:Nestor Carbonell
“I think being a guest star on an ongoing TV show can be a nightmare, and I've done it a lot. You're walking into this family who's very comfortable where they are, and you have to jump on the train and be artificially comfortable. That's a very hard thing to do.” ThinkingHardDoneShowsStarsTvsWalkingComfortableTrainThings To DoNightmareGuestsTv ShowsOngoingHard ThingsGuest Stars Author:Janel Moloney
“We're a diverse society, and I think the TV is doing a great job in showing that we're all human beings, that we can all get along, that we can all be together, and I think that's a marvelous thing.” ThinkingHumansTogetherJobsHuman BeingsTvsDiverseMarvelousGreat JobMarvelous ThingsDiverse Society Author:Billy Graham
“I think I always felt a connection to music and to movement. Growing up, I was surrounded by R&B and Hip-Hop, and the closest thing I could find to dance was gymnastics which I watched on TV.” ThinkingFeltGrowing UpGrowingMovementTvsConnectionsHip HopHipsHopsClosestGymnastics Author:Misty Copeland
“When you think of things like The Sopranos, The Wire, Damages, they are beating film on a regular basis. Most films are terrible. It's only the 2% that are good. There's things you can do on TV which you can't do on film. There is something about those episodic, serialisations that are grand and operatic.” ThinkingFilmCan DoTvsTerribleBasesDamageWireSopranos Author:Ricky Gervais
“Wherever you turn you cannot live without internet, phones .. So I think the film industry will change, but I still believe that the TV will survive in the same way the cinema survives.” ThinkingWayBelieveStillsFilmTurnsTvsIndustryInternetPhonesCinemaFilm IndustryI Still Believe Author:Tommy Wiseau
“I want kids to think that reading can be just as much fun and more so than TV or video games or whatever else they do. I think any other kind of message or morals that I might teach is secondary to first just enjoying a book.” ThinkingWantFirstsKindBookMightKidsReadingGamesFunEnjoyMoralTeachTvsMessagesVideo Author:Louis Sachar
“As an author, I don't really think too much about being a celebrity. It's not like being a movie star or a TV star. It's not as if people recognize me when I walk down the street. That hardly ever happens, and it's just as well. But it is great when people know my books, when I walk through an airport and see them in the bookstore, or when I see someone reading a book on a plane or on a train, and it's something I've written. That's a wonderful feeling.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWellsBookFeelingsHappensReadingStarsWalksToo MuchWonderfulWrittenStreetsTvsTrainPlanesMovie StarAirportsBookstores Author:Rick Riordan
“They've been screaming about the death of literacy for years, but I think TV is the Gutenberg [printing] press. I think TV is the only thing that keeps us vaguely in democracy even if it's in the hands of the corporate culture. If you're an artist you write in your time. Moaning about the fact that maybe people read more books a hundred years ago - that's not true. I think the same percentage has always read.” PeopleIfsThinkingWritingYearsBookFactsHandsArtistCultureDemocracyTvsHundredYears AgoPressesCorporateLiteracyPercentagesPrintingCorporate CulturePrinting PressMoaningGutenberg Author:Sherman Alexie
“Because good writing in a TV cartoon is so rare, I think the animation on The Simpsons is often overlooked.” ThinkingWritingTvsCartoonAnimationGood WritingOverlooked Author:Matt Groening
“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
“I've never seen a theater community to rival that of Chicago. Neither New York nor L.A. has the raw talent or integrity that Chicago theater has, and I think it's because Chicago doesn't have Broadway or the film and TV business to distract it.” ThinkingFilmCommunityTalentNew YorkTvsIntegrityTheaterChicagoBroadwayRivalsRaw Talent Author:Nick Offerman
“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
“I wasn't necessarily looking to do comedy on TV, but I don't think it's an accident that I ended up on 'Community.'” ThinkingCommunityComedyTvsAccidents Author:Gillian Jacobs
“Life isn't like a Full House episode. There isn't going to be an easy out to every conflict. There is no milkman, paperboy, or evening TV. There are good moments and bad moments and not everything will tie together nicely in the end. But that's life, and I think I'm finally starting to get it.” ThinkingEndsMomentsTogetherHouseEasyTvsConflictStartingEveningTiesEpisodesGood MomentsMilkmanFull House Author:Jodi Sweetin
“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
“I think where it's going is toward what the music industry is like, where channels will be considered more like labels that carry the type of TV show that you like, and then you'll consume them however you can. For example, I don't really watch Showtime, but I bought 'Homeland,' and I've been watching every episode on my iPad.” ThinkingShowsWatchesExampleTvsTypeIndustryLabelsEpisodesTv ShowsHomelandMusic IndustryIpadsShowtime Author:Adam Pally
“My kids always say to me, 'Can we watch TV?' I say, 'Absolutely!' because then I can get something done. But then they say, and I wait for it, 'But can you watch with us?' My moment of freedom vanishes. So not only do I not think TV's that great and I hate sitting in front of it, but I have to with them.” ThinkingI CanDoneMomentsKidsHateWaitingWatchesFrontsTvsSittingI Hate Author:Natascha McElhone
“I was seen dancing at school by a director, who asked me to be in a TV play. And it had a huge impact. So I think thats what really started me off.” ThinkingPlaySchoolTvsHugeDirectorsImpactDancing Author:Francesca Annis
“I think my mom is the inspiration of me wanting to do film and TV and be an actor because she loved film so much. She loved, like, horror films and action films, so growing up, she loved watching all the Charles Bronson films and all the westerns.” ThinkingInspirationActionFilmActorsGrowing UpGrowingTvsMomHorrorMy MomHorror FilmAction Films Author:Rick Gonzalez
“If Joy Behar or Sherri Shepherd was a dude, they'd be off TV. They're not funny enough for dudes. What if Roseanne Barr was a dude? Think we'd know who she was?” IfsThinkingKnowsEnoughJoyTvsWhat IfShepherds Author:Adam Carolla
“I barely watch TV apart from the news. Most of it is rubbish. There's all this reality nonsense and dross. I think there's a market for a well-produced, well-written melodrama like 'Dallas.' It's pure entertainment.” ThinkingWellsRealityWatchesWrittenTvsPureNewsEntertainmentNonsenseRubbishDallasWell WrittenMelodramaDross Author:Larry Hagman
“I think reality TV is so popular because it makes everyone in the country feel like, 'Hey, I can be on TV. I can be a star overnight.' I think America also has a little voyeurism in their hearts.” ThinkingFeelsHeartLittlesI CanCountryRealityAmericaStarsTvsHeyReality Tv Author:Shanna Moakler
“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 think radio plays are my favourite medium, as they make the listener work and create and contribute in a way that TV and film can never do, and they have an immediacy that written prose often lacks.” ThinkingWayPlayFilmWrittenTvsRadioMediumsProseFavouriteListenersImmediacyRadio Plays Author:Neil Gaiman
“Every time I see a film or TV show, I think about how that composer made those choices and how that director envisioned music and how that could work onstage or in a film and how you could support that even further by putting lyrics to it.” ThinkingMadeShowsFilmChoicesSupportTvsDirectorsComposerTv Shows Author:Robert Lopez
“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
“I cant predict exactly what the TV channel of the future is, but we think more and more time spent on TV is going to be around web content and web video.” ThinkingTvsVideoMore TimeCantTime SpentWeb Content Author:Salar Kamangar
“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