It's not common for a woman on television, especially if she's the mom of the family, to be funny. She's usually a straight man or foil.
The average family spends 30 hours in front of a television, and they say they don't have the time to have a balanced, integrated life.
Television is more of a business. You can't take as many risks, because there's so many channels now, and the advertising's dropping.
I'm not an extravagant person. You don't get a chance to spend money when you're working on a TV show.
I feel lucky to be doing TV right now because I get another chance every day.
I don't really get a chance to watch much television. I mostly watch BBC Worldwide and repeats of Seinfeld and Everybody Loves Raymond.
Mass communication, radio, and especially television, have attempted, not without success, to annihilate every possibility of solitude and reflection.
Being a good television screenwriter requires an understanding of the way film accelerates the communication of words.
The secret of doing well on TV is to understand that it's not too important. A lot of people watching doesn't change anything.
I think if you open the door to government control of television, then you let in a host of questions about rights.
I sit on my duff, smoke cigarettes and watch TV. I'm not exactly a poster girl for healthy living.
Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I'd rather be out playing.
I combined theatre and films with live TV, such as 'The Royal Variety Show,' performing sketches opposite Bob Hope and Maurice Chevalier.
I've been reading a lot of books on history, and watching a lot of educational TV. Wikipedia too, even though it is not reliable.
One of the things that was probably to Dad's discredit was that he was never a fund-raiser. But he didn't live in an era of TV ads.
I want my kids to see me as Dad, for God's sake, not a television personality.
If something doesn't work in my house - TV, phone, stereo, anything - I just call my dad, and he knows the answer.
Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds.
I'm a great admirer of 'The Simpsons.' It's very surprising because it's backed by a right-wing television company in the U.S., and quite often it's poking fun at the people who would be its audience.
I love watching great TV, whether it's to educate myself more on my craft or to just simply be entertained.
There's definitely a wave of Brits doing great work on American television, and I wouldn't mind being one of them!
