I think television's become a downright dangerous thing. It has no moral barometer whatsoever. If you want to talk about something that is all about money, just watch the television.
Tom Petty
Related I think television is a big commitment, so it has to be something that you're really excited abo... DANIELLE PANABAKER I think what's going to happen with linear television is it's going to become more linear. I... TED SARANDOS When you decide you want to become a television writer, you naively assume it's going to be like... JEFFREY KLARIK The funny thing about television is that once you start to do it you never get time to watch it. KEVIN SORBO There's something about being at the tournaments that you don't really get on TV, although g... BILL PAXTON If there's something decent going in television, the mediums now are kind of equal. Television h... PENELOPE ANN MILLER You're allowed to make things for women on television, and there's not like... you don't... CALLIE KHOURI If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about... MARLON BRANDO Radio used to be dominated by Tom Petty and artists like that. If Tom Petty came out today, he'd... CHARLES KELLEY As a viewer of television if there's something I don't like or find offensive, I just don... DAVE NAVARRO I think that in order for anything to work on television, you have to have conflict. Nothing can be ... CARRIE PRESTON Television was supposed to be a national park. Instead it has become a money machine. It's a com... FRED W. FRIENDLY I just believe if you don't believe in God, then where is your moral barometer? That's just ... STEVE HARVEY I watch an awful lot of television, and I get a little tired of what I see... We have about six tele... BILL COSBY I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself. STEPHEN FRY I want to make something that's respectful and respected. And I think you can make something for... CALLIE KHOURI You know, it is a terrible thing to appear on television, because people think that you actually kno... DAVID ATTENBOROUGH If I talk about something I either talk about it or I DO it... the minute I talk about it it's l... CAROL CHANNING I think the amazing thing about 'Twin Peaks' was that it completely changed television from ... MADCHEN AMICK I think the least stereotypical gay character on television is probably Matt LeBlanc on 'Episode... ADAM PALLY This whole thing about reality television to me is really indicative of America saying we're not... STEVEN SPIELBERG If you really think about it, when watching television, you have product placement all the time. JAY CHIAT Don't you ever, EVER talk that way about television. DAN CASTELLANETA I was a witch with my children, truly, about television. I used to say you can watch a half hour of ... TERESA HEINZ KERRY If you watch kids looking at something on television, even something that's produced for them an... BILL COSBY You're allowed to make things for women on television and there's not like... you don't ... CALLIE KHOURI You know, it is a terrible thing to appear on television, because people think that you actually kno... DAVID ATTENBOROUGH What I don't like so much is people who - how do you say this? - who make judgments over the gen... JOHN DE MOL, JR. To be a Southern Ground artist, you have to be a lifer. It's not about winning a karaoke contest... ZAC BROWN I missed the television train at some point. I don't know what happened, but now I've create... DAKOTA JOHNSON Television is much more complex, brain-challenging and involved than it used to be. It's almost ... ALEX TABARROK The thing that everybody loves about the 'Burnett Show' was that you felt like you were real... VICKI LAWRENCE The great thing about television is that if something important happens anywhere in the world, day o... FROM "TAXI" When you're watching television, you don't want to watch a show where everything just works ... CANDICE ACCOLA You know, I don't watch television! Sorry! I actually don't even have a television. I don... BROOKE SMITH Money's really - you know, song writing, yes, there's money to be made and things like that.... KID ROCK I just think 'Broad City' - Comedy Central's answer to 'Girls' - is the best thi... MACKENZIE DAVIS We just learned about this fetish where guys just give women money and know that they are spending t... NIKKI GLASER It's important to me that I look good on television because, let's face it, I'm single, ... CAMRYN MANHEIM It's about avoiding reality through various escape routes that become addictions and lead to Hel... ELLEN BURSTYN What I find frustrating about scripted television is that it's rare that you are surprised by ho... MIKE WHITE I ended up with my life slanted toward television, and I just accept that. I think you play the hand... EFREM ZIMBALIST, JR. It's about the power of design and the power of the human spirit. It's above paying anybody ... GENEVIEVE GORDER You just found out about it today. Don't you guys watch television? Don't you guys listen to the rad... TED KOPPEL If you think a child is going to be your accessory... it's not like a micro pig. It's not ab... TORI AMOS It makes it harder to write if I watch a lot of television, because television is not like a written... AVI That's the thing about film acting and television acting. You just release yourself and do what ... DAVID SUCHET If you want to talk about a subject that is important to women, romantic fiction is the place to tal... CHARLOTTE LAMB There's something about prime time television and the way the song is going to come off on the a... JON SECADA I think television has always been one to replicate when something's successful. I don't thi... TOM SELLECK One of the things that's, I think, hard in television is that there's a certain sameness to ... CARLTON CUSE The one thing about program television that's absolutely incompatible with any concept of art is... ALEXANDER KLUGE My favorite television show of all time is 'Hill Street Blues.' I think it's the show th... LENNIE JAMES We talk about globalization today as if it's some great big new thing, that we've all just d... JACQUELINE WINSPEAR I am uninterested in appearing in newspapers and on television. Many people think I am striking a po... AGNETHA FALTSKOG Netflix shook it up, brought this whole new generation of people who said, 'I watch things when ... MIKE COLTER If you're different, or if you think something about you is just weird and out of the ordinary, ... KYLIE JENNER I don't even own a television. I don't watch network television. JACK FALAHEE I don't think you can really make television based on what you think audiences want. You can onl... DICK WOLF If there's anything about longevity in television, it's about knowing what to take and what ... ANNE ROBINSON The thing about rigging is, you can learn it if you become a master rigger but there's no book o... RICHARD SERRA Television was supposed to be a national park. Instead it has become a money machine. It's a commodi... FRED FRIENDLY If you don't like something, talk about something else that's great and maybe someone else w... ELIZABETH OLSEN There's something about somebody who does something special in the UFC that they're allotted... TYRON WOODLEY I long for an audience. I ache for it. I think that's one of the hardest things about the televi... BRIDGET REGAN In China, we think that if you want something to happen, you don't talk about it. So I will keep... ZHOU XUN If there's something I want, I go for it. I just think about how I'm going to go for it. DAVID SCHWIMMER It's money that was here that is no longer here. You're talking about money at the gate, television ... DAVE MAGGARD If someone who is poor says, 'I may not have much money, but for me, what's really important... SENDHIL MULLAINATHAN I do think deception... There's something kind of odd about tricking people for a living, but ul... RICKY JAY You wake up thinking you might hear about it in the news. Sometimes, I'll go on the Internet or watc... MICHAEL OLOWOKANDI I think interactive television is doomed. It's a dead end. BRENDA LAUREL It costs a lot of money to deliver newsprint. It's so much easier to do it through the air, Inte... FRANK DEFORD I think people are so immersed in the anti-Scientology mindset by consuming tabloid media and storie... LOUIS THEROUX No movie or television actor is doing theater for the money. It's about other kinds of satisfaction. JED BERNSTEIN I don't watch much British television at all. I mean, it's ironic because I used to work in ... E. L. JAMES Television is the original social network. Consumers love great television, but they also love talki... MICHAEL K. POWELL I don't think 3D television gets huge adoption until the consumer experience is no different tha... CASEY WASSERMAN I really think this is my calling. I'm excited about it. When I retired, television was something I ... RUSTY WALLACE If the project has good writing and is something I get excited about, then I'll do the role. And... GBENGA AKINNAGBE For film and television, it's interesting how fans feel that their particular ways of manifestin... CARRIE BROWNSTEIN The great thing about being a broadcaster is you have this incredible responsibility to the people t... BILL WALTON I just think 'Law & Order' is the gold standard. History is going to show that it's ... DENNIS FARINA Network television is all talk. I think there should be visuals on a show, some sense of mystery to ... DAVID CHASE I purposely don't talk about money, because people are already skeptical about TV preachers. But... JOEL OSTEEN I lost my innocence with Johnny Cash. I used to watch the 'Johnny Cash Show' on television i... NICK CAVE I watch movies, and if I get the chance to watch television, I'm usually prone to watching somet... BILLY BURKE Fashion is a funny thing to talk about. I think what you wear is definitely an extension of you, but... TESSA THOMPSON The one thing I think I've noticed about shows that are supposed to be funny on television is th... ALAN ALDA The thing about all my food is that everything is a remembered flavor. Maybe it's something I ha... INA GARTEN There's something about a holiday that isn't all about how much money you spend. HILARIE BURTON In terms of representation, television is reflecting an era that has passed. It's the wrong time... BENEDICT WONG So no one should rely on television either for their knowledge of music or for news. There's jus... KURT LODER It's the first villain that I've played in a movie that has absolutely no vulnerability and ... DARYL HANNAH When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise. His whole behavior is so... LAUREN BACALL If you want to learn about America, watch 'The Wire.' It's a profound piece of entertain... SAM NEILL People have said that I said I hate television. I never did say that. What I said was that I hated a... DAVID CHASE If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their p... MARLON BRANDO It's not just about getting a song on the radio or appearing on television. It really is about h... YOLANDA ADAMS If I look at the one thorn that is in my side, of all my life, it is my weight. I fret about it, I... DEBORAH MAILMAN
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