Tv Shows Quotes - Page 24

• 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.

  Adam DeVine

  Hate, Comedian, Trying

  "Adam Devine on How to Throw a House Party". Interview with Emily Zemler, www.esquire.com. October 24, 2013.

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• With a film, you know the beginning, middle and end of your character's arc. But on a TV show, you have no idea where they're going to end up.

  Michael Eklund

  Character, Ideas, Beginning Middle And End

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• Whether it's a lower or higher budget project, a TV show or a film, the words on the page are the same to me and I approach the work in the same way. My job is to lift the character from the page, whether it's a TV or film script.

  Michael Eklund

  Jobs, Character, Pages

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• All of a sudden Mindy [Kaling] was writing on The Office and had sold a TV show. When we'd try to write shows, we'd jokingly call the word documents "Hit Show." We just couldn't crack the code.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Writing, Office, Trying

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Oliver North says he is very upset that John Walker could come back to this country and cash in on his celebrity status. He hates to see someone who did something wrong get rewarded by writing a book or getting a TV show out of it.

  Jay Leno

  Country, Hate, Book

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• A hit show takes Hollywood magic indeed, but it also takes a lot of math and science, plus the study of polls and trends to make and sell a TV show.

  Kristoffer Polaha

  Math, Magic, Hollywood

  "Kris Polaha Goes Intergalactic to Make Life Unexpected a Hit". www.eonline.com. September 21, 2010.

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• I liken actors and movies and TV shows to football teams. We all have our favorite ones.

  Kristoffer Polaha

  Football, Team, Actors

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• Like the rabid fans of sports, the same goes for fans and their actors, TV shows and movies. You love what you love, and it bonds you with others who love the same thing.

  Kristoffer Polaha

  Sports, Fans, Actors

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• I rarely watch TV, and in the past two years, I've done three TV shows. It's quite interesting.

  Oliver Jackson-Cohen

  Past, Years, Two

  Source: collider.com

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• You should never be mean to other girls. I don't care what grade you're in. Be nice to people until you're my age... and you have your own TV show.

  Chelsea Handler

  Funny, Girl, Nice

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• I was once asked if I had any ideas for a really scary reality TV show. I have one reality show that would really make your hair stand on end: "C-Students from Yale".

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Reality, Hair, Yale

  Kurt Vonnegut (2011). “A Man Without a Country”, p.99, Seven Stories Press

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• The only thing worse than a crappy TV show which Paddy Chayevsky couldn't have conceived in his worst nightmare is two megacorps fighting over who thought of the crappy show first.

  Judd Apatow

  Fighting, Two, Worst Nightmares

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• I think comedians should focus on what makes them happy, what art form fulfills them the most. Don't be calculated about it and say, 'Okay, I'm gonna tweet, and I'm gonna podcast, and I'm gonna do standup, and one of those things is going to lead me to my own TV show.' I don't think that should be the goal.

  Scott Aukerman

  Art, Thinking, Goal

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• You hope for that with anything, but with a TV show, the writer and the actor being the right mix are more important than the actual writing of the pilot because you hope it's something that can have a long life.

  Jake Kasdan

  Writing, Long, Important

  "Exclusive: Director Jake Kasdan Talks BAD TEACHER, FRIENDS WITH KIDS, THE NEW GIRL and Dewey Cox". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 21, 2011.

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• Basically, growing up, and being a teenage kid, I've always been interested in charity. And one of the benefits of being on a TV show and having a fan base, you kind of have the power to spread news around.

  Gregg Sulkin

  Teenage, Growing Up, Kids

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• I don't want to be a TV star for the sake of being on TV. I want to have a TV show that's based around my comedy.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Stars, Want, Sake

  Source: www.vulture.com

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• I'm just saying stupid, funny things when I'm hanging out on the TV show. When I'm making music I'm in a completely different zone.

  Chanel West Coast

  Stupid, Funny Things, Tvs

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• I think there are a lot more writers who are actors than you know; they just don't have roles on famous TV shows that you recognize.

  Danny Strong

  Thinking, Actors, Tvs

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• When you're a guest star on TV shows - particularly in the 1960s - you're always the villain.

  Robert Vaughn

  Stars, Guests, Tvs

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• Well, it was very interesting to play a character and stretch it over such a long time - 12 episodes. I had never done a TV show before, so week to week it was unclear what we would be asked to do.

  Nick Stahl

  Character, Play, Interesting

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• I don't have a fear factor. Well, not much of one. And I'm willing to risk quite a lot - as a comedian, you're always risking a lot. You're risking failure, especially if you're improvising and going on TV shows trying to make comedy out of thin air. That is quite a risky business.

  David Walliams

  Air, Risk, Comedian

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

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• People think I am America's party girl, which is just stupid. I have done 24 movies and I am creating my own TV show.

  Tara Reid

  Girl, Stupid, Party

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

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• Yeah, my dad was in the foreign service. We lived in India, Indonesia and Africa, and we traveled a lot from those places. I was 10 when we moved back, and I felt like the odd guy out. It wasn't until later that I appreciated it. But coming back I didn't know any TV shows or music, which was even worse.

  Dylan Walsh

  Dad, Guy, India

  "Dylan Walsh Talks ‘Unforgettable’ Role, Working With Poppy Montgomery" by Nicki Gostin, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 07, 2012.

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• If, for some reason, everyone knew who I was without me having to have my own TV show, that's what I would do. That way, I could do less shows a year.

  Jen Kirkman

  Years, Way, Tvs

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• When you have a TV show or when you are running a magazine, you have to remember that your audience isn't rich. They're not made of money.

  Greg Gutfeld

  Running, Magazines, Tvs

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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