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 didn't grow up in a home that glorified Hollywood. We didn't watch TV. We didn't have a lot of magazines around.
I don't usually have time for TV. When I get home at night, I just want to fall asleep.
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.
We have to keep our fans watching not just at home on TV but here at the racetrack too. This is where you sell people on the speed and excitement of racing.
I am not much of a TV addict, and if I have a day off, and I'm pottering around at home, I will always listen to Radio 4.
I've got an article where my mum says that I used to run home from school to watch the Stones on TV. Right from when I was at college I wanted to be in that band.
Because I was a television writer for many years, I write very conversationally. I put things straight, and with a lot of humor.
Harrison Ford was pretty content as a carpenter who thought it would be nice to work on TV and ended up being the biggest film star in the history of cinema.
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.
I can live without endless television programmes and films just centered around computers. I can sort of live without that.
We're one of the forces that causes actors to fasten seat belts before they take off chasing the bad guy in the car... or removes some of the cigarette smoking on television.
That is where the irony of the film comes off, in terms of the language it employs - where he tries desperately to be a 'TV Dad,' to give advice and it's so pat it becomes ridiculous.
I remember tap-dancing and singing in front of the TV when I was a kid, telling my dad to stop watching Ed Sullivan or Milton Berle and watch me.
