Live Television Quotes

• There really is no foolproof or even optimal way of dealing with White House emissaries who tell whoppers on live television. On the one hand, there's value in hearing what our government has to say about its actions and vision for the future. On the other, news organizations are responsible for the factual hygiene of their product. In some cases, those two imperatives just aren't compatible.

  Erik Wemple

  Hygiene, Organization, Two

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I was writing for live television. And I said to myself, someday, soon as I can, I have got to do a situation comedy.

  Norman Lear

  Writing, Television, Comedy

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• To the question of writing at all we have sometimes been counselled to forget it, or rather the writing of books. What is required, we are told, is plays and films. Books are out of date! The book is dead, long live television! One question which is not even raised let alone considered is: Who will write the drama and film scripts when the generation that can read and write has been used up?

  Chinua Achebe

  Drama, Book, Writing

  Chinua Achebe (2012). “Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays”, p.83, Anchor

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• I want to stick in live television. And I'm hoping to continue on in a second season of Rock Star. Plus, I've got my 'Barely Brooke' swimsuit line with Venus USA and my new calendar is coming out.

  Brooke Burke

  Stars, Rocks, Usa

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• Oddly enough, I have really bad stage fright - getting up in front of people. And I made a living going on live television.

  Bill Hader

  People, Television, Enough

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• Live television is always stressful and the more you do it, the more you realise what can go wrong.

  Alan Hansen

  Television, Stressful, Realising

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• The thing that's helped me from wrestling is sometimes when you do live television, things change immediately, so you can be immersed in one story and then the story shifts. Ultimately, if you just get the point of what you're trying to accomplish, if you know the story, then you can put forth a good product.

  John Cena

  Wrestling, Trying, Stories

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• I miss the comraderie of live television - the fact that you were on the set, you worked closely with the director and the cast, that I miss. But, no, I'm happy, I'm happy doing film.

  Rod Serling

  Missing, Directors, Television

  Source: www.rodserling.com

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• Essentially, the scripts are not that different. Let's say, in literary terms, it's the difference between writing horizontally and writing vertically. In live television, you wrote much more vertically. You had to probe people because you didn't have money or sets or any of the physical dimensions that film will allow you. So you generally probed people a little bit more. Film writing is much more horizontal. You can insert anything you want: meadows, battlefields, the Taj Mahal, a cast of thousands. But essentially, writing a story is writing a story.

  Rod Serling

  Writing, Differences, People

  Source: www.rodserling.com

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• I existed before Star Trek. I started in live television. I was there when the cameras were as big as a table, had internal fans that were whirring and tubes that, because of the heat, had to come right up to our face for a close-up. Now, we are talking about green screen and putting us in locations that we'll never visit. What has happened to us is a miracle, and the miracle is our inventiveness. The tragedy of our lives is also our inventiveness.

  William Shatner

  Stars, Talking, Miracle

  Source: collider.com

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• I did some professional radio acting as a teenager, and I essentially put myself through college with radio acting in Montreal. When I graduated, I got jobs in professional theatres, repertory, and stock theatres in Canada for a couple of years. And then I went to Stratford, Ontario, where I spent three years with a Shakespeare company. We took a classical play from Stratford to New York City, and I got some good notices there and essentially stayed and did live television. And that brings you to the beginning of filming.

  William Shatner

  New York, Jobs, Couple

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I'm familiar to people. They feel comfortable with me. I started in live television. I perform live all the time. I sing with the piano. I sing with a symphony. I can sit and ask questions. I can listen. I'm very comfortable in most situations.

  Florence Henderson

  Symphony, Piano, People

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• I have never used Auto-Tune in a live television performance, and I have never used Auto-Tune in any of my concerts. That is a promise.

  Taylor Swift

  Auto Tune, Promise, Tunes

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• It's amazing I won. I was running against peace, prosperity, and incumbency." —George W. Bush, June 14, 2001, speaking to Swedish Prime Minister Goran Perrson, unaware that a live television camera was still rolling.

  George W. Bush

  Running, June, Cameras

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

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• I don't like live television, the only tip I have is just pray.

  Lana Del Rey

  Trust No One, Television, Praying

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• Fortunately, I happened to go east at a time when live television was centered in New York.

  Roddy McDowall

  Easter, New York, Television

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• Live television drama was like live theater, because you moved without thinking about the camera. It followed you around. In film you have to be more aware of what the camera is doing.

  Louise Fletcher

  Drama, Thinking, Cameras

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

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• I started in live television and I've done a lot of live TV and that's really the thing that I love best. I love flying by the seat of my pants.

  Florence Henderson

  Love Is, Flying, Done

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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

  Television, Care, Know Me

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• I mean, there's definitely a difference between film and live performances or live television. But at the same time, it's just performing. No matter what, it's performing.

  Kenny Wormald

  Mean, Differences, Television

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• The only TV I would be interested in exploring would be live television. There's no substitute for a team of artists performing at their peak live when failure is possible. It's a high-wire act. That excites me.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Team, Artist, Wire

  "Francis Ford Coppola: There Should Only Be One 'Godfather'". Interview with Josh Horowitz, www.mtv.com. December 3, 2012.

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