British Television Quotes

• I grew up watching British television because I lived so close to Canada.

  Keegan-Michael Key

  Television, Canada, Grew Up

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• [British television series] Hammer House of Horror. I used to really enjoy these one-off stories where often there would be an incredibly cruel twist. A good example is the episode with Burgess Meredith and there's a nuclear war and he drops his glasses. To this day, you can show that to anyone and they'll go "Bwrrrrrrrr!" You know, sort of wander away shuddering.

  Charlie Brooker

  War, Glasses, House

  "The Man Behind Netflix’s “Black Mirror” Is Maybe a Little Too Good at Predicting the Future". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. October 14, 2016.

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• I was in Britain that year [1963] and some music publishing people in Denmark Street in London suggested me to the BBC. So I found myself in front of a British television show, which was a nice surprise.

  Gordon Lightfoot

  Nice, Years, People

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• After college I funded my short films with acting roles in film and TV. I learned my craft through the great opportunities British television gave me as a director.

  Justin Chadwick

  Opportunity, College, Acting

  "INTERVIEW | “The First Grader” Director Aims to Uplift and Make You Think". Interview with Nigel M. Smith, www.indiewire.com. May 10, 2011.

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• To this day it cracks me up to think that my debut on national British television as a reporter ends with me turning a trick.

  RuPaul

  Thinking, Cracks, Television

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• The trouble with the British is that they are not interested in ideas. If Jesus came back today and offered to speak for an hour on British television, they would say, "What! Another talking head?

  John Cleese

  Jesus, Talking, Ideas

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• I've always been conscious of the fact that there aren't enough Irish voices on British television compared to the amount of Irish people who live there.

  Chris O'Dowd

  Voice, People, Television

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I came to Los Angeles and did auditions for television. I made a terrible mess of most of them and I was quite intimidated. I felt very embarrassed and went back to London. I got British television jobs intermittently between the ages of 23 and 27, but it was very patchy.

  Michael Fassbender

  Jobs, Age, Television

  "Fassbender on Fire" by Pamela McClintock, www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 17, 2012.

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• Much of what passes for quality on British television is no more than a reflection of the narrow elite which controls it and has always thought that its tastes were synonymous with quality.

  Rupert Murdoch

  Reflection, Quality, Television

  Rupert Murdoch's address to the Edinburgh Television Festival, 1989.

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• Astonishing times. Who would have imagined that the Crazy Gang would yield a Hollywood film star (Vinny Jones), a British television ever-present (John Fashanu) and now a televised African dance champion?

  Giles Smith

  Soccer, Football, Stars

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