“I love TV and I love making films and I love doing plays. I feel very lucky to be able to do all three.” FeelsPlayAbleFilmThreeTvsLuckyLove Making Author:Matthew Macfadyen
“Looking back on the event, I find myself thinking there are three approaches to journalism represented here. One is the "cool" approach of traditional journalism, including network broadcasting in which NPR is no exception. One is the "hot" approach of talk radio, which has since expanded to TV sports networks and now Fox TV. The third is the engaged approach of weblogging.” ThinkingFunnyThreeSportsEventsTvsApproachThirdsHotIncludingRadioTraditionalJournalismEngagedThoughtfulExceptionLooking BackFoxesBloggingBroadcastingTalk RadioNpr Author:David "Doc" Searls
“All I wanted to do was put together one of the best home maths systems in the world, and that's what we've done. I've loved numbers since I was two or three, and I get really excited about them. Now, I'm allowing myself to get excited about things. If you're doing it for a TV network or any major corporation, you have to put a lid on it a little.” IfsWorldLittlesTwoDoneHomeWantedTogetherThreeNumbersTvsMajorsExcitedMathCorporationsAllowingGet Real Author:Carol Vorderman
“Thank God for that. You can shut them, say, 'Hold on a moment.' You play God to it. But who has ever torn himself from the claw that encloses you when you drop a seed in a TV parlour? It grows you any shape it wishes! It is an environment as real as the world. It becomes and is the truth. Books can be beaten down with reason. But with all my knowledge and scepticism, I have never been able to argue with a one-hundred-piece symphony orchestra, full colour, three dimensions, and I being in and part of those incredible parlours.” WorldBookRealReasonPlayMomentsAbleThreeWishGrowsEnvironmentPiecesTvsShapesHundredIncrediblesSeedsArguingColourDimensionsThank GodBeatenTornOrchestraSymphonyClawsScepticismKnowledge And PowerThree DimensionsSymphony Orchestras Author:Ray Bradbury
“I'd love to work across all three fields - theatre, film and TV.” FilmThreeFieldsTvsTheatre Author:Jenna Coleman
“I was super skeptical about doing TV. I said no three times, part of which was confidence because I didn't really understand that world. I know how to climb mountains and do all that, but I wasn't a TV person.” KnowsWorldPersonsSaidThreeKnow HowTvsMountainClimbsThree TimesSkeptical Author:Bear Grylls
“TV's not the same buzz. If someone tells you three million people watched the show last week, that's good but, when you walk out in front of 1,000, you think, 'Oh my God, this had better be good'.” PeopleIfsThinkingShowsLastsThreeWalksMillionsWeekFrontsTvsBe GoodBuzz Author:Jimmy Carr
“On the lip of the Grand Canyon. I've always wanted to do that. My very first TV special out of the Olympics was on a glacier in Alaska. Right after that one, I went and pitched this idea to skate in three National Parks. Like Voyageurs National Park, because it freezes over and you have these little islands that you can skate around. [The networks] were like, 'Way too expensive.'” WayFirstsLittlesIdeasWantedThreeSportsSpecialTvsLipsIslandsParksExpensiveOlympicsFreezeAlaskaSkatesCanyonsNational ParksGlaciersGrand Canyon Author:Brian Boitano
“I have two or three shows that I follow, and even those are few and far, when I can see them on Netflix. I don't really watch anything on TV. It's not really a priority for me.” I CanTwoShowsThreeWatchesTvsPrioritiesNetflix Author:Alan Ritchson
“As an actor, you can show up on a set and be on a TV show for three or four years, or whatever it is and, by the end of it, you just want to do something else.” WantYearsEndsShowsThreeActorsFourTvsFour YearsTv Shows Author:Michael Ian Black
“I remember I prayed to God. I was like, "Just let me be on TV." Let my friends see me on TV in a good thing. I like, if I'm funny a little bit on a commercial and then I don't need to act ever again. "Just let them see me." And then it worked. I got the commercial. I was on TV. My friends all saw me. I was a kind of a star at school for like three days. And then it faded away and I was hungry and I had to like make another deal with God. I remember it still.” IfsNeedsKindLittlesStillsSchoolRememberThreeStarsBitsDealsSawsTvsLittle BitMy FriendsLet MeGood ThingsHungryFaded Author:Jack Black
“The world starts to exist, for Americans, when we are in conflict with a place. And then all of a sudden, Afghanistan pops up on the TV screen and it becomes a place. And it exists for three weeks and then it disappears into thin air.” WorldThreeAirWeekTvsConflictPopsDisappearScreensAfghanistanThin Air Author:Isabel Allende
“I said no to the Born Survivor producer three times because I've never aspired to be a TV man.” MenSaidThreeBornTvsProducersSurvivorThree Times Author:Bear Grylls
“I make myself lie down every afternoon; otherwise I'll be too exhausted by the night-time. If I can't nap, I'll watch a little bit of TV and just relax for two or three hours.” IfsLittlesI CanTwoLyingNightThreeBitsHoursWatchesTvsLittle BitRelaxAfternoonExhaustedNapsNight Time Author:China Machado
“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
“When I turn on the TV in Russia I see a general calmly claiming that our missiles are ahead of the latest American models by three five-year plans. It's a nightmare. We are creating a concept of the enemy, just as they did in the Soviet era. This is a giant step backward.” YearsTurnsThreeStepsEnemyFivePlansTvsCreatingModelsConceptsRussiaErasGiantsFive YearsNightmareSovietTurn-onMissilesFive Year Plans Author:Vladimir Sorokin
“Every three weeks before an election the TV ads expressing great concern about our trade policy and the loss of jobs to China and other low-wage countries. And then it's forgotten about the day after the election.” CountryJobsThreeLossWeekPolicyTvsLowsConcernElectionTradeForgottenChinaAdsJob Loss Author:Bernie Sanders
“I teach that people should watch less TV. I don't care what else they're doing! The average American's watching anywhere from three to six hours a day. If you watch six hours of TV a day, that's 15 years of your life!” PeopleIfsShouldYearsCareThreeHoursWatchesTeachTvsSixAverageDon't CareI Don't Care Author:Jack Canfield
“This product that was on TV was available for four easy payments of $19.95. I would like a product that was available for three easy payments and one complicated payment. We can't tell you which payment it is, but one of these payments is going to be hard. The mailman will get shot, the envelope will not seal, the stamp will be in the wrong denomination. The final payment must be made in wampum.” MadeHardHumorFunnyThreeEasyFourTvsProductsShotsFinalsAvailableComplicatedStampsPaymentSealsEnvelopesDenominationsMailman Author:Mitch Hedberg
“I'm not saying don't do the work you got, but instead of this two hours of watching TV at the hotel lobby or this three hours of sitting under the pier and reading comic books or worrying about what you're doing ... what value do you have? Can you read? There are people out there who can't read - go read to them.” PeopleTwoBookValuesThreeReadingHoursWorryTvsSittingComicHotelComic BookWatching TvPiersHotel Lobby Author:Andy Andrews
“Early in my career it was very important that I gain the reputation. I haven't been on the road in two or three years, but when I say tickets are on sale, I know they're going to be gone, even if my movie bombed or my TV show sucked.” IfsKnowsYearsTwoImportantShowsThreeCareersGoneHavensTvsGainsReputationThree YearsTicketsTv Shows Author:Chris Rock
“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
“I barely read. I'm not a good reader at all. Rather than reading, I used to sit in front of the TV and watch black-and-white cowboy movies. I'm a painfully slow reader. It's really bad as an actor, because you have to read a lot of scripts. It takes me like an average of three hours to read a script, which is pretty poor.” UsedThreeReadingActorsBlackHoursWhitePoorWatchesFrontsTvsReaderAverageScriptsTake MeBlack And WhiteCowboyCowboy Movie Author:Will Poulter
“If you're a prostitute, this is your day: You party, you have customers until four or six in the morning, then you sleep. You wake at noon, watch soaps on TV, take two or three hours to fancy up yourself, and then you start waiting for customers. That's your life. And some days no customers come. There's no party. There's nothing. You sit there and wait. If you're educated you can read books, but in Bangladesh and most other places you watch TV or listen to music or cook.” IfsTwoBookThreeWaitingHoursSleepPartyWatchesMorningFourTvsSixCustomersEducatedCooksFancyListening To MusicSoapNoonBangladesh Author:Michael Glawogger
“Of course, if you think of a European or American household in the '50s, so what were the things that when people started climbing up the ladder, what did they buy? A fridge, a TV, I think piano was the number three item in say '53 or '54.” PeopleIfsThinkingThreeCoursesNumbersTvsPianoClimbingHouseholdItemsLaddersFridgesClimbing UpNumber ThreeClimbing Up The Ladder Author:Esa-Pekka Salonen
“You can talk about things indirectly, but if you want to talk how people really talk, you have to talk R-rated. I mean I've got three incredibly intelligent daughters, but when you get mad, you get mad and you talk like people talk. When a normal 17-year-old girl storms out of the house or 15-year-old boy is mad at his mom or dad, they're not talking the way people talk on TV. Unless it's cable.” PeopleIfsWayWantYearsMeanGirlThreeHouseTalkingBoysTvsMomDadNormalDaughterIntelligentMadStormCablesNot Talking Author:Bob Saget
“The TV is often on in our house, but I really only keep up with three shows: 'American Idol,' 'Modern Family' and 'The Walking Dead.' Sometimes I'll sip red wine - it's a nice way to slow down and relax.” WaySometimesShowsThreeHouseNiceModernTvsWalkingRedDown AndWineRelaxIdolsSlow DownAmerican IdolRed WineWalking DeadModern Family Author:Carrie Underwood
“It's easy to leave people wanting more after the first episode, but it's hard to leave people wanting more after the 24th episode. And it's my job, more than anybody else's, to keep that in mind. One season, in TV terms, is nothing. You need to hit it for three or four seasons, and then you're doing well, in TV terms. Then, you've done your job.” PeopleNeedsMindFirstsWellsHardDoneJobsThreeEasyTermFourTvsSeasonsEpisodesWanting MoreFour Seasons Author:Bruno Heller
“Directors typically have three choices - you do a studio movie and get a paycheck up front, you do an independent movie, which is for your heart and you don't get paid up front and probably don't make any money on it, but it hopefully goes to Sundance and is more of an art movie, and then you do TV.” HeartArtChoicesThreeFrontsTvsDirectorsPaidIndependentStudiosHopefullyPaychecksSundance Author:Jason Blum
“I rarely watch TV, and in the past two years, I've done three TV shows. It's quite interesting.” YearsTwoDoneShowsPastThreeInterestingWatchesTvsTwo YearsTv Shows Author:Oliver Jackson-Cohen
“Any man who watches more than three consecutive football games on TV in one day can be declared legally dead.” MenThreeGamesWatchesFootballTvsOne DayFootball GameConsecutive Author:Joyce Brothers
“The headmistress was a very well-respected theater teacher. She taught me what stage left and stage right were, what a director was, and what all these things meant, which was something I had no concept of. She sent me off to drama school, at age 18, and I stayed there for three years. Before I knew it, I was working on a TV show.” YearsWellsShowsAgeSchoolThreeLeftTeacherStageTaughtTvsDramaDirectorsConceptsTheaterThree YearsTv ShowsHeadmistress Author:Robert Kazinsky
“People have been educated to expect answers, even before the questions come along. It's the TV principle. You offer three possible answers before the questions come to relax and calm the audience.” PeopleHas BeensThreeAnswersPrinciplesAudienceTvsOffersCalmEducatedRelax Author:Michael Haneke
“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
“Phil Harris and Pat Boone were once paired as guests on an episode of Andy Williams' TV show. During a rehearsal break, Harris suggested the three of them go out for a drink. When Boone declined, explaining he did not drink, Harris asked Williams, "Andy, can you imagine getting up in the morning knowing that's the best you're going to feel all day?"” FeelsShowsThreeBreakMorningKnowingImagineTvsDrinkGuestsEpisodesTv ShowsExplainingRehearsal Author:Andy Williams
“I came into the 'Comedy Bang! Bang!' TV show with a level of confidence that I don't think I would've had if I hadn't been doing the podcast for three years already. I certainly had to figure out in those three years the sense of humor I wanted to do and the way to talk to celebrities without being incredibly intimidated by them.” IfsThinkingWayYearsShowsWantedThreeLevelsComedyFiguresTvsSense Of HumorThree YearsTv ShowsBangsIntimidated Author:Scott Aukerman
“The amount of work that TV writers and executives do is incredibly hard. I'm shocked that these people will hand in three outlines and two scripts, and everybody has to read them and give notes on all of them, even the writers.” PeopleGivingTwoHardHandsThreeTvsAmountNotesScriptsExecutivesShockedOutlines Author:Zak Penn
“Often when I'm on TV, they'll ask what are the three most important things for people to do. I know they want me to say that people should change their light bulbs. I say the number one thing is to organize politically; number two, do some political organizing; number three, get together with your neighbors and organize; and then if you have energy left over from all of that, change the light bulb.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantShouldTwoImportantLightTogetherPoliticalThreeAsksEnergyLeftNumbersOne ThingTvsImportant ThingsNeighborWant MeOrganizeGet TogetherBulbsLight BulbNumber Three Author:Bill McKibben
“The cost of campaigning has skyrocketed in recent years because of the falloff in TV viewership. With only one-third as many people watching TV as did 20 years ago, politicians have responded by buying three times as many ads, driving the cost of campaigning to levels which only favored candidates can afford.” PeopleYearsThreeLevelsTvsPoliticianCostYears AgoThirdsDrivingCandidatesBuyingAdsThree TimesCampaigningWatching Tv Author:Dick Morris
“The job is exactly the same, it just goes on for longer on TV. Most feature films are 35-40 shooting days. This has 10 parts, with different directors for each block. We shoot with two, sometimes three cameras.” TwoDifferentSometimesJobsFilmThreeTvsGoes OnDirectorsCamerasBlockShootingFeatures Author:Charles Dance