Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it operated on a license which is not the same as a government grant.
I like the idea of being out there regularly with an audience and with a funny gang of people. That's what I grew up with - doing television, doing shows every week.
George Clooney had the web of celebrity from television and doing 'ER,' and he's able to parlay that into films. God willing, I'll be up there in a few years.
It's not listed in the Bible, but my spiritual gift, my specific calling from God, is to be a television talk-show host.
Television is actually closer to reality than anything in books. The madness of TV is the madness of human life.
I play a bad boy on television, but in real life I have a passion for nature and nature conservancy, specifically bird rehabilitation.
The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn't know what war is except from television.
I still do television. I don't care. I just want to work. I love to work. I want to do 500 movies.
I would love to be able to play some characters on television that are similar to some of the indie film roles I've done, that have been so close to my heart.
I'm very crafty! One time I made a television set out of a cardboard box - Everybody thought it was a lark! This was the beginning of a love affair with the arts.
'Young Indiana Jones' was one of the happiest times I ever had, so I love television.
'Fringe' is one of my favorite television shows, from its inception. I absolutely love all of the science fiction of it, the mystery of it, and the science in it.
I love movies, I love television and I know that the kind of stuff I love to watch and that's what I want to do.
When you're making a television show, it's about the story and arc of the show rather than any particular episode or director.
I was a pretentious child. I grew up without a television. I read a lot of books and I loved Shakespeare. Still do.
Somehow, by just continually pestering the general public by appearing on television, they accepted me and wanted more.
It's very interesting to know what people are doing while you're working on late-night television.
Theater is a lot more interactive, more of a cohesive unit. With television, it can be a different director every episode.
If you listen to 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,' by Gil Scott-Heron, that album is dripping with rage.
Late night television is ready for someone like me... standards have gone to an all-time low.
There's an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You.
