I would never want my name on something that I did not write most of. Part of television is you get rewritten.
I made a rule for myself that the only television things I would do would be my own stories.
My first pilot gig, in fact my first job in television, was 'Freaks and Geeks,' and the experience of directing that pilot was probably the single most formative of my directing life.
The dialogue and conversation about food is everywhere - television, chat rooms, social media outlets and among everyday conversations.
I'm just kind of taking a break now and enjoying the freedom of making my own choices. When you're on a television show for six years, they run your schedule.
It is to TV that I owe my freedom from bondage of the Latin lover roles. Television came along and gave me parts to chew on. It gave me wings as an actor.
This country was founded on a core set of family values. These values should not be discouraged and blatantly undermined by the airing of offensive material on broadcast television and radio.
My first introduction to television, and really just the business in general, was working with David Lynch, with his incredibly open, creative mind that was not following any rules.
There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation of show business, and especially situation comedy.
Activists are generally doers - rather than watching television and thinking about the world they will put there energies into doing something 'active' to change the (political) situation.
The government would have preferred not to take a stand, but the constant presence of the Israeli-Arab conflict on our television screens made it an issue that could no longer be avoided.
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.
It gets so boring at home. After all, how many reruns of Abbott and Costello movies can a guy watch on television?
Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home.
I live in New York City, so there's so much stimulation when you walk outside, it does not require a television in the home.
Because I was a television writer for many years, I write very conversationally. I put things straight, and with a lot of humor.
Over the course of television's history, I think fans have done more to save shows and support them than ruin them.
Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it is censored by their elders.
It is truly a privilege to be able to support all women's causes on a global level. It is remarkable that something as simple as television can empower us to create change and awareness in the world.
I think there are certain technical things about acting that change between working in film and television. Everything definitely slows down and we have more time in film.
I would love to explore film seeing as I have prominently been on television. It would be nice to change it up and focus on film a little bit.
