“It's very hard to watch comedy for me, when I'm doing a comedy show, because I either watch a show and I love it, and I'm jealous, or I watch a show and I see all the problems with it, and I'm angry that I watched it.” HardShowsProblemWatchesComedyAngryJealousComedy Shows Author:Amy Poehler
“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
“I've always been shocked that people that I'm actually flying with say, 'Oh, I feel safer on the plane with you.' I'm thinking, 'You must not watch the show because everybody around me gets killed.'” PeopleThinkingFeelsShowsWatchesFlyingPlanesShocked Author:Kiefer Sutherland
“I don't have TiVo, but I watch a lot of 'Judge Judy' - it makes me happy about my life when I see what the people on that show do.” PeopleShowsWatchesJudgingMake Me HappyJudge Judy Author:Kellan Lutz
“So many people are are using the Internet now to watch movies and TV shows online.” PeopleShowsWatchesTvsInternetOnlineTv ShowsWatch Movie Author:Luke Pasqualino
“My mum - and my granny and I - would close the curtains, turn on the TV and snuggle up and watch 'Come Dancing.' It was actually my granny who was the biggest fan; she loved the show, and she passed on her passion for it to me. I loved the dancing but also the frocks and the glamour.” ShowsTurnsPassionWatchesFansTvsDancingMumCurtainsGlamourTurn-onGrannyBiggest Fan Author:Cherie Lunghi
“I never watch MTV. I don't have time to watch TV. And when I do, I'm watching the Discovery Channel. 'Deadliest Catch: Crab Fishing in Alaska,' that's my show.” ShowsWatchesTvsDiscoveryFishingAlaskaMtvCrabs Author:Carly Schroeder
“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'm an HBO subscriber, and I watch a bunch of great shows on HBO.” ShowsWatchesBunchHbo Author:Reed Hastings
“I think that, honestly, people's censorship issues are personal but I disagree with most of those personal choices that I see others make. You know, I watch television and there's a grotesque amount of violence on almost every show that you would watch that comes on past 8:00 pm. And I think my dirty brand of humor is far less destructive to a child's mentality.” PeopleThinkingChildrenShowsChoicesWatchesIssuesViolenceTelevisionAmountHonestlyBrandsDirtyDestructiveDisagreeCensorshipMentalityGrotesquePersonal Choice Author:Seth Rogen
“I didn't watch the Emmys because - well, for one, I have been to awards shows, and I understand how it works. For another, sour grapes. Actually, that's probably number one.” WellsHas BeensShowsNumbersWatchesAwardsGrapesSourEmmysAward ShowsSour Grapes Author:Kurt Fuller
“I get emails every day from people saying, "I never heard your music. I don't know anything about you. I just happened to watch this on Netflix. I hope you're feeling better. More power to you." It just shows you, I don't know, how generous and wonderful people can be.” PeopleKnowsShowsFeelingsWatchesKnow HowWonderfulHappenedHeardGenerousFeel BetterEmailNetflix Author:Kathleen Hanna
“Not watching TV gets me in a lot of trouble in my household because my wife and daughter have a lot of shows they like to watch.” ShowsWatchesWifeTroubleTvsDaughterMy WifeHouseholdWatching TvWife And Daughter Author:John Jeremiah Sullivan
“Mostly, what I watch are reality shows and documentaries.” ShowsRealityWatchesDocumentariesReality Shows Author:Chris Lilley
“If you watch the evening news, Dr. Kissinger is very often brought on to sort of be the statesman of his age and to reflect dispassionately on world events. And so a film challenging his legacy, a film that assesses charges that are quite grave against him, is something that is touchy for the media to show.” IfsWorldShowsAgeFilmChallengesWatchesMediaEventsNewsGravesEveningLegacyDrsStatesmenTouchyKissingerWorld Events Author:Eugene Jarecki
“I have a really, really hard time sitting down and watching a TV show, except I'm apparently willing to watch the same episode of 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,' like, seven times.” HardShowsWatchesWillingTvsSittingDown AndSevenHard TimesEpisodesTv ShowsSunnyPhiladelphiaSitting DownAlways SunnyAlways Sunny In PhiladelphiaSunny In Philadelphia Author:Shane Carruth
“If you want proof that Catfish was real, just put me in an audition room and watch me fall apart. I can't pretend. I'm really bad at it. That's partly what makes me good at hosting a reality show.” IfsWantI CanRealShowsRealityFallRoomsWatchesProofAuditionsFalling ApartReality ShowsWatch MeCatfish Author:Nev Schulman
“I can't watch shows like 'The X Factor,' for instance. I just squirm for the people involved, for the way they're being used. It's the cruellest, most ridiculous show on television. It's ruined music, ruined everything.” PeopleWayI CanShowsUsedWatchesTelevisionInvolvedRidiculousFactorsInstanceRuined Author:John Simm
“Buy or borrow self-improvement books, but don't read them. Stack them around your bedroom and use them as places to rest bowls of cookies.Watch exercise shows on television, but don't do the exercises. Practice believing that the benefit lies in imagining yourself doing the exercises.Don't power walk. Saunter slowly in the sun, eating chocolate, and carry a blanket so you can take a nap.” BelieveBookSelfUseShowsLyingWalksWatchesPracticeSunTelevisionExerciseBenefitsEatingSelf ImprovementImprovementChocolateBowlsBedroomCookiesBlanketNapsEating ChocolateImagining Yourself Author:Sark
“I watch a lot of TV. I love nothing more than having a good TV show on DVD, to just plow through.” ShowsWatchesTvsTv ShowsDvds Author:Seth Rogen
“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
“If you can't get your core audience to watch the show, it's very hard to then pull in enough people outside of your fan base to your network. The networks are just so branded now; USA can't really do a dark despairing drama and FX can't do a blue-sky show. People watch the networks they watch.” PeopleIfsHardEnoughShowsDarkWatchesAudienceSkyFansDramaBlueCoreUsaBlue SkyBranded Author:Warren Leight
“The problem is these days people don't watch television together. The husband is downstairs watching The Game and the wife is upstairs watching The Good Wife. They don't need a show they can watch together. What family dramas are on now that are working?” PeopleNeedsShowsProblemTogetherGamesWatchesWifeTelevisionDramaHusbandThese DaysFamily DramaUpstairsGood Wife Author:Warren Leight
“You watch the country-music awards that they show on the television, and you see country music has reached about 1985. It's all huge processed drum sounds and chiming chorus guitars and programmed synths bobbling along in the background.” CountryShowsSoundWatchesTelevisionHugeGuitarBackgroundsAwardsChorus Author:Andy Partridge
“My show is sort of a short-film anthology, and I'm able to tell little stories that don't necessarily carry a whole episode in terms of narrative. I like the audience not being sure what they're getting. I think it's more fun to watch something when you're discovering it as you go along.” ThinkingLittlesWholeStoriesShowsAbleFilmFunTermWatchesAudienceNarrativeDiscoveringEpisodesAnthologyShort Films Author:Louis C. K.
“I think that most of the action in religion is around the home, is in families, and is in individual lives, and they can go on their own searches, watch their own TV shows, read their own books, form their own groups and discuss it, but that's where the action is - on the home front.” ThinkingBookShowsHomeActionFormIndividualWatchesGroupsFrontsTvsGoes OnTv ShowsIndividual Life Author:Bruce Feiler
“I've never seen most of the fashion reality shows. The only one I've seen is 'Project Runway,' which is great, but I don't watch television.” ShowsRealityWatchesFashionTelevisionProjectsReality ShowsRunwayProject Runway Author:Kelly Wearstler
“I have to force myself to get angry. But I want to show the world that there's another side to me, that I am capable of deep, deep anger and fury. They better watch out for how I'm treated.” WorldWantShowsForceSidesWatchesCapableAngryTreatedFury Author:Stan Lee
“I mostly make R-rated movies. To make a movie that one day if I have kids or my nephews want t watch, I can show them without being put in prison. It would be really nice.” IfsWantI CanShowsWould BeKidsWatchesNiceOne DayPrisonReally NiceNephew Author:Jonah Hill
“I am always surprised when I watch the weather report on German television. First they show the map of Europe and then the camera moves to the right. Then comes Kiev, then Moscow and then everything stops. This seems to be the West's view of us - of a wild Russia that begins past Moscow, a place one prefers not to see. This is a big mistake. The West must pay closer attention.” FirstsShowsBigsSeemsPastMovingViewsPayAttentionMistakeWatchesTelevisionEuropeCamerasWestRussiaWeatherReportsMapsMoscowBig MistakeKiev Author:Vladimir Sorokin
“I started to watch Damages and all of these amazing, female-driven shows, and it was something that was always in the back of my mind. Then, once I had my daughter, I realized that I was done living the romantic lifestyle, and nothing offers that more than television.” MindDoneShowsWatchesTelevisionOffersDaughterFemaleDrivenI RealizedLifestyleDamageMy DaughterOf My Mind Author:Sarah Michelle Gellar
“Harrison Ford is a great actor and he's and lovely man and a great father and all of these things, I got to just meet him as a person and someone I respect as an actor.I'd never seen any 'Indiana Jones' movies or 'Star Wars' movies. My husband made me watch the Indiana Jones trilogy, I just was like fanboy Comic-Con geeked out. It was amazing I didn't show up to set with a whip and a hat.” MenPersonsMadeWarShowsActorsFatherStarsWatchesHusbandLovelyComicHatsMy HusbandWhipsGreat ActorsIndianaGreat FatherTrilogiesComic ConWar MovieStar Wars MovieLovely ManIndiana Jones Movie Author:Blake Lively
“If you like standup and decide that it's overtaking your life and want to hate it, watch 1,000 standup comedians who are trying to get on a TV show.” IfsWantTryingShowsHateWatchesTvsComedianTv ShowsOvertaking Author:Adam DeVine
“I think the power of the short film is incredibly underrated. It is way easier to get someone to watch a 15-minute film then a full-length feature. In those 15 minutes you have the opportunity to express your voice as an artist and hopefully connect with your audience. If you are trying to be a first time feature director then a short film that demonstrates you have a grasp on the themes and concepts of the movie you want to direct is a no-brainer. Whether they are collaborators or potential investors, filmmaking is a visual art form so you obviously need visuals to show them!” IfsThinkingWayWantNeedsTryingFirstsArtShowsFilmFormArtistOpportunityVoiceWatchesAudienceMinutesEasierDirectorsConceptsFirst TimeDirectHopefullyFeaturesThemeVisualsLengthInvestorsFilmmakingVisual ArtCollaboratorsUnderratedShort FilmsNo Brainer Author:Nicholas Ozeki
“I think television has become such an interesting place for characters and for incredible storytelling. Half of what I watch are television shows that I've become obsessed with. I just think that it's opened up so much, to be such an interesting and creative medium, and so many wonderful directors and actors are moving to television because it is a great medium for telling stories and for creating a character over a long period of time.” ThinkingLongCharacterStoriesShowsMovingActorsInterestingHalfWatchesCreativeWonderfulTelevisionPeriodsDirectorsCreatingIncrediblesStorytellingMediumsObsessedTelevision ShowsTelling StoriesLong Periods Of TimeInteresting Places Author:Elijah Wood
“I think that people want to go to the movies and watch shows on TV or in theaters that make them feel good and music really does that. Not only can you watch something and connect to dialogue, but when you listen to a song, it gives a whole other element of connection and you get that feeling like you want to stand up and dance and sing.” PeopleThinkingWantGivingFeelsDoeWholeShowsFeelingsSongWatchesTvsLike YouElementsConnectionsTheaterDialogueFeel Good Author:Brittany Snow
“I think a lot of people who watch TV don't realize when they're watch TV shows and it says 'produced by' and producer, producer... there are all these producers. What the hell does a producer do? It's funny how much you have to worry about as a producer.” PeopleThinkingDoeShowsRealizingWatchesWorryHellTvsProducersTv Shows Author:Demetri Martin
“There are shows, a lot of small cable shows like Breaking Bad, where in the general population nobody watches them really, but everybody in Los Angeles in the industry watches them, and to get a small role on a show like that actually, in some respects, advances your career more than having a huge hit role on a genre show because they are somehow dismissed as a secondary market in this industry” ShowsCareersRolesWatchesHugeIndustryPopulationGenreLos AngelesCablesSmall Roles Author:Misha Collins
“Has anyone seen me on Letterman? Two million people watch that show and I don't know where they are. You might have seen this next comedian on the Late Show, but I think more people have seen me at the store. That should be my introduction. "You might have seen this next comedian at the store," and people would say "Hell yes I have!"” PeopleThinkingKnowsShouldTwoShowsHumorMightFunnyNextWatchesMillionsHellLateStoresComedianHaving FunIntroductionLetterman Author:Mitch Hedberg
“If you want a show to succeed, you're going to have to have a certain amount of people watch who are non-black and non-Latino. If you can't cross over, you don't belong on TV. That's not just me saying it. That's just the way it is.” PeopleIfsWayWantShowsCertainBlackWatchesTvsAmountSucceedCrossesOver YouLatino Author:George Lopez
“Me and my friends get together all the time for girls night, or watch rock of love on the couch. I end up going out to a lot of shows, and surfing with my folks is always high on the priority list.” EndsShowsTogetherNightGirlWatchesRocksMy FriendsFolksListsPrioritiesGoing OutSurfingCouchesGet TogetherGirls Night Author:Tristan Prettyman
“I'm not into those shows like "hey everybody, gather round the TV, let's watch The Simpsons!" I'm not one of those guys: "I gotta get home, man, Family Guy's on! I gotta race to my TV before I miss the episode of Family Guy!" I'm not one of those guys.” MenShowsHomeGuyRaceWatchesMissingTvsRoundsHeyEpisodesFamily Guy Author:Pablo Francisco
“No matter how much we're on our phones, going to the show is the goal - you look at things online and watch videos and read blogs and comment, all so that you can go in person and see it yourself, and meet these people in real life, and then so you can go home and talk about it again on your screen.” PeopleLooksPersonsRealMatterShowsHomeGoalWatchesPhonesScreensReal LifeVideoOnlineCommentBlogs Author:Darren Criss
“You literally can shoot someone in the face on television and a 7-year-old can watch it. But you can't show the slight of a man's hip, because dear God, someone might think of sex. And while we all hope our kids grow up to have sex, we do not hope they grow up to shoot someone in the face.” ThinkingMenYearsShowsMightKidsFacesSexGrowsWatchesGrowing UpTelevisionDearHipsDear God Author:Shonda Rhimes
“I think I'm someone who is really prone to melancholy, and the super heavy, thick shows kind of spiral me out into not being able to be as happy a person as I think I deserve to be, so I tend to watch things like 30 Rock and The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Anything Tina Fey's involved in. And Parks and Rec. I love comedies!” ThinkingKindPersonsShowsAbleWatchesComedyRocksInvolvedDeserveHeavyParksMelancholyThickSpiralsUnbreakableFeySchmidtParks And Rec Author:Sara Bareilles
“I got a chance to listen to and watch Thelonious Monk and his quartet play two shows a night, for six weeks. It was a great education. There was my university, man.” MenTwoPlayShowsNightChanceWatchesWeekSixUniversityMonkGreat EducationQuartets Author:Chick Corea
“Television viewing has become for me a completely different experience, because I don't watch shows on a weekly basis. I wait until the DVD or I TiVo everything and wait until the end of a season and watch it all over a weekend. For me that's a really satisfying experience, like reading a book.” BookDifferentEndsShowsReadingWaitingWatchesTelevisionSeasonsBasesSatisfyingWeekendDvdsDifferent Experiences Author:Alan Ball
“You've got to do something to fill up your day. And I can only play so much guitar and watch so many TV shows. It fulfills me. There are two things about it I like: It makes me happy, and it makes other people happy.” PeopleI CanTwoPlayShowsWatchesTvsGuitarTwo ThingsTv ShowsMake Me Happy Author:Stephen King
“I don't usually see what I've done. I don't often watch the film or watch the show. It's really about that experience on-set and within the scene. Because later, when the film comes out or the show comes out it's the editor's realm or the director's realm. But that moment on set, that's that electricity between me and another actor, and that's really what excites me.” DoneMomentsShowsFilmActorsWatchesSceneDirectorsRealmsThat MomentEditorsElectricity Author:Jennifer Beals
“The beauty of when you watch good television or films is that, yes, you may have a multi-cultural cast but those roles could be anybody - they could be white, they could be black. To show the world that we have more in common than we have different with each other is to me the ultimate goal of all of that. It does help unite in people's mind the thought that people are the same. Yes, there's going to be cultural differences, but for the most part, we are all in the same gang as human beings.” PeopleWorldMindHumansMayDoeDifferentHelpingShowsFilmGoalBlackDifferencesHuman BeingsWhiteCommonRolesWatchesTelevisionUltimateCastsGangUltimate GoalCultural Differences Author:Mekhi Phifer