TV's sameness has destroyed many things, such as the American urge toward independent thought.
Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
What was bizarre, when I was younger, I never watched TV. I would rather watch a movie 100 times than to watch a TV show, just to find another nuance. I can't tell you how many times I've watched 'On the Waterfront', just to find a flaw so that I can learn and try to improve my thing.
Studies have shown people listen to TV than watch it.
I like to talk on TV about those things that aren't worth writing about.
I like relationships on TV between men and women, when they're not just flirtatious and sexual.
People behave differently to TV stars and film stars; it's to do with the scale of the medium. Film stars get hushed awe, TV stars get slapped on the back. Neither is good for you. Famous people don't hear the word 'no' enough.
It will never be perfect, but perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring on live TV.
Compared even to the development of the phone or TV, the Web developed very quickly.
I don't see a film industry in Germany. They have a great TV culture, but how many German films are really exciting?
Going from college to being on national TV almost fresh outta school, it happened really fast.
My father was very funny, so I grew up with humor in the house. And I was always really attracted to comedies on TV. I was always really attracted to comics.
It used to be you did TV or you did film. Now it's like a media blitz.
Bit parts in Mediocre TV shows won't develop your acting chops.
What is qualified? What have I been qualified for in my life? I haven't been qualified to be a mayor. I'm not qualified to be a songwriter. I'm not qualified to be a TV producer. I'm not qualified to be a successful businessman. And so, I don't know what qualified means.
There are actually quite high profile British TV star cameos in it that you probably wouldn't even notice, that the British wouldn't even notice, let alone the American audience.
In network TV, you have to present the box before you can step outside it.
I love watching reality TV, but being part of making it was just demoralizing.
A TV show is constant work, which is the great thing about it.
It used to be only on TV that women could lead, that a show could be based on a woman
I'm sort of obsessed with the news. That is a syndrome. But I don't watch a whole lot of TV.
I can now focus on a huge audience through TV, books, cookware and foods.
Basically what they're saying is, if you want to be on TV, if you want to be a credible candidate, you've got to buy ads. And if you're not buying ads, you're not a credible candidate, we don't cover you.
You don't realize how little accuracy there is in network TV reporting until they cover a story in your hometown.
I was born in 1950 and watched science fiction and horror movies on TV and was always really fascinated by them.
