Television Quotes - Page 17

• The idea of being on a show where each season stands alone, and you can come back the next year and show an entirely different aspect of your personality or your talent or your anything is an enormous gift that you rarely get in television.

  Sarah Paulson

  Years, Ideas, Personality

  "Sarah Paulson on the twisty second season of American Horror Story". Interview with Todd VanDerWerff, www.avclub.com. January 24, 2013.

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• We have entered a time when a writer's first idea is his best idea, when the first thing a reporter hears is the first thing that she reports. We live in a time now when we have seen major television networks take video off of YouTube and broadcast it to millions of Americans without verifying whether the video had been fabricated or not.

  Scott Pelley

  Ideas, Firsts, Video

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• Obviously I love working in film and television, but I started in theater and I'd love to be on Broadway.

  Adrianne Palicki

  Film And Television, Broadway, Theater

  "Adrianne Palicki: I fell in love with the script … and the costumes!". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. September 20, 2010.

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• One of the benefits to television is that you're with these characters for years, you know them so well.

  Aleksa Palladino

  Character, Years, Benefits

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• I know so many people who actually just watch television on their computers now and don't even really watch their TV anymore.

  Busy Philipps

  People, Watches, Tvs

  "Busy Philipps Exclusive Interview JASON NASH IS MARRIED". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 25, 2010.

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• Television moves fast, and you don't have the indulgences you have when you're shooting movies of so many takes because there are tight deadlines.

  Dev Patel

  Moving, Shooting, Deadline

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Well, I've been a professional racer for nine years. And if I could get it to pay me as much as acting, I'd give up all the rest in a second. Working in television, however, has made me accustomed to a certain lifestyle that I'd like to maintain.

  Jason Priestley

  Giving Up, Years, Acting

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• The censorship is such on television in the U.S. that films like mine don't stand a chance.

  John Pilger

  Chance, Censorship, Film

  Interview with David Barsamian, progressive.org. July 16, 2007.

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• I hate those people who say 'I don't own a television' - I own one and I watch it whenever I can.

  Martha Plimpton

  Hate, People, Watches

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• There are so many brilliant women on television right now.

  Martha Plimpton

  Brilliant, Right Now

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• See, I don't watch reality television anymore. I watched a little bit of it for awhile, but I found it turned my soul into a black sludge, and I just did not find it healthy or good for me at all, because I would watch it and be disgusted, disgusted.

  Martha Plimpton

  Reality, Healthy, Soul

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• If I can go through what I've been through and do a television show with my son and then be a boy from the hood making records for the people I make records for, that's reality.

  Master P

  Son, Boys, Reality

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• Television is not like making records. I wanna tell all you kids, do not try this at home, 'cause it's hard. It takes a lot of hard work, a lot of practice, and a lot of different takes.

  Master P

  Kids, Hard Work, Home

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• After studying in Sheffield, I went down to London to do my post-graduate degree at the National Film and Television School, embarking on the movie that would eventually become 'A Grand Day Out.

  Nick Park

  School, Degrees, Film And Television

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• One of the real worries I had before the first season of 'Treme' aired was that, man, people in New Orleans really hold movie and television shows up to a high standard in how they depict the city.

  Wendell Pierce

  Real, Men, New Orleans

  Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. April 19, 2011.

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• Television in the '80s was very limited. There was no Food Network.

  Wolfgang Puck

  Food Network, 80s

  "Q&A: Wolfgang Puck, Now of Top Chef". Interview with Eric Vilas-Boas, www.esquire.com. November 29, 2012.

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• I'm bringing what I've always wanted: film quality work on television. That's the way it should be.

  Maggie Q

  Quality, Way, Film

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• I don't think you can be successful in television without appealing to women. I don't think it's possible. I think that men like women. It doesn't really matter what they do - they love anything. But women don't necessarily like every woman, so I think that's a challenge to get the female audience to not only relate to you but also like you.

  Maggie Q

  Successful, Men, Thinking

  "Comic-Con: TV's 6 Most Wanted Women". Interview with Lacey Rose and Borys Kit, www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 19, 2011.

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• I love it when television is shot in a cinematic way and I think to aspire to that is no bad thing.

  Matthew Rhys

  Thinking, Way, Shots

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• At thirteen I began modeling, doing my first television commercial in ninth grade for Pizza Hut.

  Donna Rice Hughes

  Television Commercials, Firsts, Ninth Grade

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• I stared at the television in shock, watching as my private life was revealed to the world.

  Donna Rice Hughes

  World, Shock, Private Life

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• Since it was too difficult to get into the Screen Actor's Guild in New York, I moved to Miami in 1982 and started a successful career as a television commercial actress, obtaining my SAG card there.

  Donna Rice Hughes

  New York, Successful, Television Commercials

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• If you know me, you know that nothing embarrasses me. Anything could happen to me on live television, and I sincerely don't care.

  Giuliana Rancic

  Care, Know Me, Sincerely

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• Listen, a cable series is a beautiful thing because there's such amazing writing happening on television, and it's a schedule that allows you to do a play or two. There's a reason everybody wants that job!

  Lily Rabe

  Beautiful, Jobs, Writing

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

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• TV was my life, growing up. I ran home from school to watch television, and even did my homework with the TV on - my mom had a rule that as long as my grades didn't fall, I was allowed to. So it was my dream to work in television.

  Melissa Rauch

  Mom, Dream, Growing Up

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