Tv Series Quotes - Page 3

• I enjoy the TV series 'Dexter,' where there's a reason for every kill. Quentin Tarantino is a favourite, and a 'Kill Bill' action-packed movie would be up my street. I'd love to be India's first scream queen!

  Bipasha Basu

  Queens, India, Would Be

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• The phone rings and there's another Broadway show or another TV series or a movie. That's the gamble you take.

  Jamie Farr

  Phones, Tvs, Broadway

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• I read as much as I could, but really just spoke to Chris Chibnall and asked all the pertinent questions. That made me feel like we weren't going to do an off-the-peg Camelot, which has been touched upon in many films and TV series before. I really just picked his brain and, in doing so, I got fired up by tackling Merlin in a fresher angle.

  Joseph Fiennes

  Pertinent Questions, Brain, Tvs

  "Joseph Fiennes, Tamsin Egerton & Exec. Producer Chris Chibnall Interview CAMELOT". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 1, 2011.

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• When I need to relax, I love to go to the movies or watch a good TV series. I also practice a lot of sport, mostly tennis and swimming.

  Delphine Arnault

  Sports, Swimming, Practice

  Source: wwd.com

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• The character and the actor in a long-running series slowly become one. I think there must be funny stories about actors who, in the pilot for a TV series, did some weird thing with their eyes, or some speech impediment or something, and the next thing you know, it's eight years later, and they're still doing that freaking gag.

  William H. Macy

  Running, Character, Eye

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• A long-running TV series is a beast in that it demands you stick to one character over a long haul.

  Grant Bowler

  Running, Character, Long

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• And people are always saying: 'Well, you go to Hollywood and you get yourself a film career or a TV series, and then you can do anything you want. Because then you've got the clout.' That had always sounded like a lot of hooey to me, but now I think it's true, unfortunately.

  Kathy Bates

  Thinking, Careers, People

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• Most people, you do a TV series, it ends three, four, five years later; it's a relic.

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Years, People, Tvs

  "'Seinfeld' cast yearns for the days of puffy shirts". www.today.com. November 22, 2005.

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• One of the first movies I ever saw was 'Batman,' based on the TV series with Adam West and Burt Ward.

  Peter Jackson

  West, Saws, Firsts

  "Peter Jackson: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 11, 2009.

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• I'm like John Wayne. I only play good guys. Describing his cameo role on a TV series.

  Oliver North

  Play, Guy, Roles

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• I tried to write a TV series, and then I discovered first of all that I love writing more than anything on this earth, and that you could write exactly as well as you want to.

  Joss Whedon

  Writing, Firsts, Tvs

  IGN interview, www.ign.com. June 23, 2003.

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• That's great because I know as a teenager, I didn't relate to a TV series where all people do is cheerlead and drink sodas on the weekend. So I think it'll be great if it can be seen by a few people at least.

  Caroline Dhavernas

  Teenager, Thinking, Weekend

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• These days, you can do a TV series for five years and all of a sudden be on top of the business. Features don't even run in theaters very long anymore before going right to television.

  Tom Berenger

  Running, Years, Long

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'd been offered TV series over the years and never had any interest in doing television. I'm not a TV guy.

  Edward Burns

  Years, Guy, Television

  "Ed Burns, Lead Singer for the Indie-Rock Movies of Our Time". Interview with Matt Sullivan, www.esquire.com. December 22, 2011.

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• I'm a workaholic. I love every movie I've been in, even the bad ones, every TV series, every play, because I love to work. It's what keeps me going.

  Karl Malden

  Play, Tvs, Workaholic

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• I don't think the women in the TV series are really like that. It's certainly not my personal experience of New York women.

  Kyle MacLachlan

  New York, Thinking, Tvs

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• The whole thing of doing a TV series, I find it very daunting not knowing where the story's going.

  Danny Huston

  Knowing, Stories, Tvs

  "Danny Huston on playing villains, Nick Cave, and more". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. November 12, 2012.

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• I've got quite a big gay following. I played a lesbian prostitute in the TV series 'Band Of Gold' but I think my following really grew when I played one in the film 'Imagine Me & You,' with Piper Perabo.

  Lena Headey

  Gay, Thinking, Gold

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• As an actor, I like as much time with the material as possible and given the opportunity, time spent with the other actors in the scene. But that is a rare luxury in working in any TV series.

  Vincent Piazza

  Opportunity, Luxury, Actors

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• They all matter to me, whether I'm working on a Sam Jackson film for a week or I'm the star of my own TV series - I take it all very seriously, and I have a healthy respect for the work in general, despite the role.

  Anthony Michael Hall

  Stars, Healthy, Roles

  Interview With Ken P., www.ign.com. June 12, 2002.

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• Well, TV series tie you up. You can't do films while you're doing a TV series.

  Noah Hathaway

  Ties, Tvs, Film

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• It's that TV thing. You can be in the biggest film of the year and it will still not have the kind of impact a TV series has. Once you're in people's living rooms, that's it. There's no hiding place.

  Kelly Macdonald

  Years, Impact, People

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

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• I turned down all the requests for the rights to the books, for years, mostly because they wanted the rights to the characters, and to turn it into a TV series. This would have allowed them to do anything they wanted with the characters, and that just wasn't an option for me.

  Louise Penny

  Book, Character, Rights

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• My choices in projects have all been character or role-based, and on a financial level, it's obvious: as an actor on a TV series, I get a wonderful paycheck, and a consistent paycheck, which doesn't always happen when you're doing theater or movies.

  Jim Parsons

  Character, Choices, Roles

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

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• If you do an American TV series, before the audition you sign away the next five years of your life.

  Dominic West

  Years, Next, Auditions

  "Dominic West: 'People seem to think I'm Satan'" by Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. May 30, 2011.

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