Television Quotes - Page 11

• Television in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used to be.

  Jeff Daniels

  Years, Lasts, Tvs

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• In the 1970s when I started in the art world, no self-respecting artist would have stood in line to try to get on a television show. It never would have happened.

  Jeffrey Deitch

  Art, Self, Trying

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• My generation remembered going to the movies as an event. We would see these things, we would bring them home, and we would think about them for years because it would take a long time before they would go on television where you could re-experience the fun that you had when you watched them.

  Joe Dante

  Fun, Home, Thinking

  "24 hours of horror with Joe Dante". Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. October 31, 2012.

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• There's so little difference between television and features as far as you make the film. I mean, you have less money and it's a little quicker, but the concept is all on television.

  Joe Dante

  Mean, Differences, Littles

  "Joe Dante Talks Making 'The Hole' & Updates Status On Future Films 'Monster Love,' 'Paris, I'll Kill You' & More". Interview with Benjamin Wright, www.indiewire.com. September 28, 2012.

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• I personally don't have a problem with naked bodies on television.

  Lesley-Anne Down

  Naked, Body, Problem

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• I'd love to star in a television series of my own. I love the idea of living with a character for a number of years, watching him grow.

  Michael Dorn

  Stars, Character, Years

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In 1962 I was 17, so I was definitely watching the dance shows on television.

  Micky Dolenz

  Shows

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• Sometimes in television, if there are storylines that are oft-told, people can be hypercritical of them.

  Patrick Dempsey

  People, Sometimes, Storyline

  "‘Parenthood’: Behind Adam And Kristina’s Season 4 Cancer Battle With Peter Krause". Interview with Jaimie Etkin, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 11, 2012.

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• Even though the vast majority of my work was outside television, the amount of creation and inventing that went into the TV shows was non stop and, unknown to me, a great strain.

  Paul Daniels

  Tv Shows, Majority, Tvs

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• As I went to college, I went into radio and television. Now I suppose most people think that's one step ahead of basket weaving as a major in college, but it was part of the journalism department.

  Sam Donaldson

  College, Thinking, People

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• I didn't come east of the Mississippi for the first time in my life until I was 26 years of age, but I knew. I read magazines, I listened to radio, I watched television. I knew there was something out there, and I wanted a part of it.

  Sam Donaldson

  Years, Age, East

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• I'd like to continue doing movies, clubs, concert halls and television. I like something about each one.

  Tommy Davidson

  Clubs, Concerts, Halls

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• I worked in television; I'm the Failed Pilot Queen, I've done so many television shows, pilots, theater ... when you do it for so long, I'm telling you, you get to the point where it becomes varied because you take what's available for a number of reasons. It's just an occupational hazard.

  Viola Davis

  Queens, Numbers, Long

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• Somehow, by just continually pestering the general public by appearing on television, they accepted me and wanted more.

  Chris Elliott

  Accepted, Wanted, General Public

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• Rather than disliking theatre, I've expressed a preference for television because it tends to deal in its small way much more with issues and is able to reach a broader church of people than theatre.

  Christopher Eccleston

  Issues, People, Church

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The money is better in films and television. But in terms of acting, theatre is more rewarding.

  Christopher Eccleston

  Theatre, Acting, Film And Television

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Especially while television I think is going through some growing pains or is in need of - I think current comedy is a bit, uh, not happening, you know?

  Jenna Elfman

  Pain, Thinking, Needs

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I just think it's fun to remind people that good television has exited and it can exist again and just to give them pleasure and enjoy it and make them laugh.

  Jenna Elfman

  Fun, Thinking, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There's a power in women being women. There's a role for men, but we don't have to be men, because we're women. I think that representing that on television is a cool thing.

  Jenna Elfman

  Men, Thinking, Roles

  Interview with Lila Holland, www.tv.com. June 14, 2006.

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• The Sixties were different in an isolated place. We got two television channels if the wind was blowing in the right direction. The radio stations went off at sundown. Then you picked up Chicago and heard the teenage music you really yearned for.

  Charles Frazier

  Teenage, Wind, Two

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• Sometimes doing a movie for a short period of time is better than committing eight months to a television show.

  Jenna Fischer

  Eight, Months, Sometimes

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• I studied theater in college, and I really wanted to be an actress and play a lot of different roles. Then I made landing on a television comedy my main focus.

  Jenna Fischer

  College, Play, Focus

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. July 22, 2011.

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• I was a massive fan of 'Twin Peaks.' Massive. I don't know how any of us grew up in this age of television and weren't astounded, and saying that, I'm still shocked that that was on network television.

  Michelle Forbes

  Age, Fans, Twins

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• Live television drama was like live theater, because you moved without thinking about the camera. It followed you around. In film you have to be more aware of what the camera is doing.

  Louise Fletcher

  Drama, Thinking, Cameras

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think the Emmy obviously is very prestigious and is the gold standard obviously in terms of television. But the Oscars go beyond that. I believe children, when they're growing up, dream of holding that Oscar.

  Brad Grey

  Dream, Children, Growing Up

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