I understand the process of politics and the game of television.
I do not watch television, never have.
No, I worked a lot for European television, doing documentaries in Brazil.
Film people are coming into TV, because they can't get any work.
When you work in TV, it's such a group effort, it's not about you.
It used to be only on TV that women could lead, that a show could be based on a woman.
I look at him with the nostalgic affection men are said to feel for their wars, their fellow veterans. I think, I once threw things at this man. I threw a glass ashtray, a fairly cheap one which didn't break. I threw a shoe (his) and a handbag (mine)...
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Oliver Queenan: We have a question: Do you want to be a cop, or do you want to appear to be a cop? It's an honest question. A lot of guys just want to appear to be cops. Gun, badge, pretend they're on TV. Dignam: Yeah, a lot of people just wanna slam...
In the age of television, image becomes more important than substance.
Television makes so much at its worst that it can't afford to do its best.
In the early '90s, there was such a limited idea of what you could see on TV.
The theater is a tough place. It's not cushioned the way it is in film and television.
I tell my children to avoid theatre and go into cinema and TV.
I steer away from episodic TV; it burns you out.
The U.K. and the U.S. are very different countries, and it really shows in the television.
The whole tone now of TV is under 35 and directed toward males.
Television has made dictatorship impossible but democracy unbearable.
Studies have shown people listen to TV than watch it.
I like quiet. No television cameras. I'm not the Hollywood type.
TV writing is different than other mediums, involving the writer.