Television Quotes - Page 26

• Similar to the telescope or the telephone, television enables us to see or hear things we never dreamed of. When you look at the details, a concrete scene between people is really something incredibly unlikely, something subtle that requires extended description.

  Alexander Kluge

  People, Details, Looks

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• In television you don't have a lot of time to spend with the role or the script. Typically you get a script a week prior to shooting. Sometimes it's even less time, not enough time to dream about the role.

  Chadwick Boseman

  Dream, Enough Time, Roles

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Money is tighter now, with the advertising dollar spread a lot more thinly across a whole range of media because of the Internet. It means the television networks have less power to produce shows, and TV is where most Australian actors make their money.

  Grant Bowler

  Mean, Media, Tvs

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• There is a certain moment in the film when the son is in the nursing home and he goes to the television and turns it off because he sees himself in the image.

  Atom Egoyan

  Home, Son, Nursing

  Interview with Ron Burnett, rburnett.squarespace.com.

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• There is no doubt that directing television has helped hone my directing skills. What television teaches you is to be efficient and to think on your feet. You have to adhere to strict deadlines and budget constraints.

  Emilio Estevez

  Thinking, Skills, Feet

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• It saddens me to see the reality-television shows that are getting so much fanfare that are a celebration of stupidity and the degradation of women. And those women are consistently wearing too short, too tight dresses. I hope the trend of aging gracefully returns.

  Prabal Gurung

  Reality, Stupidity, Trends

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'm basically a movie actor now, and my big roles are mostly horror movies - unless I'm doing a guest star or something - and occasionally I try to get back into television.

  Robert Englund

  Stars, Trying, Roles

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I am uninterested in appearing in newspapers and on television. Many people think I am striking a pose - that I want to create a sense of shyness. But it's just not something I want to do. I overdosed.

  Agnetha Faltskog

  Thinking, People, Want

  "Abba set for reunion as Agnetha admits, 'I have a dream'" by Alex Duval Smith, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2011.

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• One substitute for the disappearing Evil Empire (The Soviet Union) has been the threat of drug traffickers from Latin America. In early September 1989, a major government-media blitz was launched by the President. That month the AP wires carried more stories about drugs than about Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa combined. If you looked at television, every news program had a big section on how drugs were destroying our society, becoming the greatest threat to our existence, etc.

  Noam Chomsky

  Latin, Media, Government

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• She grew up hard and she grew up fast, in the age of television.

  Tom Petty

  Art, Media, Age

  Song: All The Wrong Reasons

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• Television, as you know, can kind of jettison you into a whole new world.

  David Caruso

  World, Kind, Whole

  "David Caruso talks 'CSI: Miami'". Interview with Paula Zahn, www.cnn.com. September 23, 2002.

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• A message I've been telling myself: the cinema is very conservative, and unless you have a story that satisfies you, that is within the unchallenging zone, but you love it, you can't do it as cinema. Otherwise, you better go do it for television, which is more daring now.

  Jane Campion

  Cinema, Stories, Messages

  "Ten Questions for Bright Star’s Jane Campion: 'I’ve Never Made a Crap Film'". Interview with Anne Thompson, www.indiewire.com. December 10, 2009.

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• Television has a conscience. It is how we disseminate our value system.

  Lauren Zalaznick

  Value Systems, Values, Conscience

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• Recently I've been participating in radio and television talk programs doing broadcasts and conferences, and shooting my mouth off and really going to town.

  Peter Maxwell Davies

  Shooting, Mouths, Radio

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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, London

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

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• You're required to be outspoken in journalism, and in television you're exposed anyway, because everyone watches it.

  Peaches Geldof

  Watches, Journalism, Outspoken

  Interview with Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. January 10, 2009.

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• There are moments when television systems are young and haven't formed properly, and there's room for lots of original stuff. Then things become more and more top-heavy with executives who are trying to guarantee the success of things.

  Terry Gilliam

  Trying, Guarantees, Stuff

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• Anything that's on television as often as someone on 'The X Factor' is what's successful. That doesn't mean that I condone that or think that it's right. To be honest, I'd be the first to say I think it's a shame. But if that's the way it is then that's the way it is.

  Paloma Faith

  Mean, Successful, Thinking

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• Devices are getting smarter - your television, your car - and that means more data spread around. There needs to be a fabric that connects all these devices. That's what we do.

  Drew Houston

  Mean, Data, Car

  "How Did This 28-Year-Old Frat Boy End Up Worth $600 Million? A Dropbox FAQ". Interview with Nicholas Carlson, www.businessinsider.com. October 18, 2011.

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• I definitely have to admit that I am fairly ignorant, not just to 'Tron,' but almost any pop culture thing that I should know, at my age. I grew up without a television and rarely got to see a movie, so I didn't really see any of that stuff, and I haven't been able to catch up since.

  Tricia Helfer

  Ignorant, Age, Culture

  "Tricia Helfer Talks TRON: UPRISING and Her TNT Pilot SCENT OF THE MISSING". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 4, 2012.

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• It's funny, like 15 years ago when I was a kid doing all the John Hughes movies, I remember Bruce Willis was the only guy who was transitioning from television into film.

  Anthony Michael Hall

  Kids, Years, Guy

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• They say that theater is the actor's medium, television is the writer's medium and film is the director's medium, and it's really true.

  Charlie Hunnam

  Directors, Actors, Film

  "Charlie Hunnam Talks FRANKIE GO BOOM, the Success of SONS OF ANARCHY, His Desire to Direct, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 13, 2012.

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• It's very rare to have rehearsal time on a television show: You get scripts, you show up, and you do it.

  Tony Hale

  Rehearsal, Scripts, Shows

  "Tony Hale Talks Being a Body Man in ‘Veep’ and the Return of Buster Bluth" by Sam Adams, www.indiewire.com. April 26, 2012.

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• I want to do television, film, music and designing. I want to do it all!

  Chanel Iman

  Design, Film Music, Want

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• I want to make smart television.

  Michael Ironside

  Smart, Want

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