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Television Quotes

I gravitated toward being a funny guy. I liked the radio comedians. I lived in the Golden Age of radio, and the Golden Age of television came along when I was still in my early teens Picture Quote #1

I’ve just seen really, really funny guys, and if I didn’t know them, I wouldn’t know they were funny from the television. I don’t know what it does, it just sucks it away Picture Quote #1

Sitting around with funny people, banging out jokes and creating a television show. I have no hobbies, no outside interests. I’m fine with spending 14 hours a day putting a show together with tape and string Picture Quote #1

I always felt that it was easier to take a funny person and teach them to write television than to take somebody who was a television writer and make them funny. And I discovered a lot of great writers that went on to do a lot of great shows like ‘Seinfeld,’ ‘Friends,’ you know, ‘Three and a Half Men.’ Picture Quote #1

It’s not surprising that you wouldn’t see that side of me on television, but in real life I find the world to be quite a funny place Picture Quote #1

That is the thing I’m most grateful for in this industry to be able to spin in those different mediums, with television, film and the stage - at this stage of the game Picture Quote #1

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Television is not my favorite medium, my favorite form of entertainment. Certainly game shows aren’t. I don’t watch reality shows at all Picture Quote #1

Television has changed. There’s obviously the generic shows, but on HBO and AMC, there are some really great series, so I’m not closed off to television. If there’s an amazing role with amazing people and a great story, I’d definitely be open to it Picture Quote #1

Pope John Paul II was a great presence on the stage. Pope Benedict is a much more gentle and refined person, and I think he benefits greatly from the television close-ups because he wants to engage in a dialogue, in conversation. He wants to put forward his views in a measured, eloquent, rational way Picture Quote #1

I’m married now, so I have a life. I had to get a life. That’s one thing I really had to do, you know. You do that kind of work on television series after television series and you don’t have a life. So, that’s part of what I did while I was gone, I got a life Picture Quote #1

My cartoon life is in my office, and it’s very separate and getting very in my own head. My television life is I’m begging one of the actors to say the line in the way I’d like them to Picture Quote #1

When I did my first price guide in 1979, publications weren’t interested in mentioning it. Now I get phone calls weekly if not daily from publications and television shows who want to know what’s hot, how to get started in antiques, and the best way to buy antiques Picture Quote #1

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It’s a really weird thing, modern divorce. I found out I was getting divorced on television. That was kind of weird Picture Quote #1

Whenever I have endured or accomplished some difficult task -- such as watching television, going out socially or sleeping -- I always look forward to rewarding myself with the small pleasure of getting back to my typewriter and writing something Picture Quote #1

We don’t see the people who are doing real things getting enough props. We often see politicians who are everywhere but nowhere at the same goddamn time. You know the kind of person: You see them everywhere on television but nowhere in front of your face Picture Quote #1

That’s the weirdest thing about television for me is that you’re getting feedback in the middle of the work Picture Quote #1

I don’t use the big video screens that a lot of other artists use because personally, I think it’s kind of a crutch. I think sometimes it’s like watching television as opposed to really getting involved with what is happening onstage and the people in your section Picture Quote #1

I had a brief theater background and loved the backstage world there’s more backstage work in television, so I saw a job advertised and applied, and got it. That was back in 1977, when getting jobs was easy Picture Quote #1

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There’s tons of creative people in television that have one failure after another, and they just step up higher. I could never get over that. When I had a failure, there was no such thing as just getting over it Picture Quote #1

You don’t get as invested in someone in 90 minutes as you do over 13 hours of television show Picture Quote #1

I wrote my own play, ‘The Westie Monologues,’ about where I’m from in Australia, and it was very successful. From that, I started getting offers from television Picture Quote #1

The letters that say ‘I’m getting the messages you’re sending me through the television screen’ are not great. But those are few and far between, thank God. I get wonderful letters, and people send me artwork Picture Quote #1

I think that’s one of the most important gifts we have in television - the ability to heal through laughter Picture Quote #1

I think it’s very rare that you see girl friendships on television. It’s always cattiness and all that drama Picture Quote #1

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There needs to be more variety on television so young girls growing up don’t feel pressured to look one specific way. Tall, thin, curvy, short, whatever you are, you are beautiful Picture Quote #1

I once met a man who was a billionaire, and I said to him: ‘Are you a self-made man?’ - and he turned around and said: ‘No man is self-made;’ and certainly, if you want to make films or get into television or even theatre, the amount of help that you need, the amount of people who need to give you a helping hand is extraordinary Picture Quote #1

When I ask people to give, I can’t be on television if they don’t; I can’t help people, if I don’t - I mean, it takes money Picture Quote #1

Glen Cove. [Referring to Glenn Close on a movie review television show] Picture Quote #1

If there’s something decent going in television, the mediums now are kind of equal. Television has become much higher quality Picture Quote #1

When I was six, God was a white man with a big beard riding on a white cloud. That’s the image television pumps Picture Quote #1

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I gravitated toward being a funny guy. I liked the radio comedians. I lived in the Golden Age of radio, and the Golden Age of television came along when I was still in my early teens. (Television Quotes) I’ve just seen really, really funny guys, and if I didn’t know them, I wouldn’t know they were funny from the television. I don’t know what it does, it just sucks it away. (Television Quotes) Sitting around with funny people, banging out jokes and creating a television show. I have no hobbies, no outside interests. I’m fine with spending 14 hours a day putting a show together with tape and string. (Television Quotes) I always felt that it was easier to take a funny person and teach them to write television than to take somebody who was a television writer and make them funny. And I discovered a lot of great writers that went on to do a lot of great shows like ‘Seinfeld,’ ‘Friends,’ you know, ‘Three and a Half Men.’ (Television Quotes) It’s not surprising that you wouldn’t see that side of me on television, but in real life I find the world to be quite a funny place. (Television Quotes) That is the thing I’m most grateful for in this industry to be able to spin in those different mediums, with television, film and the stage - at this stage of the game. (Television Quotes) Television is not my favorite medium, my favorite form of entertainment. Certainly game shows aren’t. I don’t watch reality shows at all. (Television Quotes) Television has changed. There’s obviously the generic shows, but on HBO and AMC, there are some really great series, so I’m not closed off to television. If there’s an amazing role with amazing people and a great story, I’d definitely be open to it. (Television Quotes) Pope John Paul II was a great presence on the stage. Pope Benedict is a much more gentle and refined person, and I think he benefits greatly from the television close-ups because he wants to engage in a dialogue, in conversation. He wants to put forward his views in a measured, eloquent, rational way. (Television Quotes) I’m married now, so I have a life. I had to get a life. That’s one thing I really had to do, you know. You do that kind of work on television series after television series and you don’t have a life. So, that’s part of what I did while I was gone, I got a life. (Television Quotes) My cartoon life is in my office, and it’s very separate and getting very in my own head. My television life is I’m begging one of the actors to say the line in the way I’d like them to. (Television Quotes) When I did my first price guide in 1979, publications weren’t interested in mentioning it. Now I get phone calls weekly if not daily from publications and television shows who want to know what’s hot, how to get started in antiques, and the best way to buy antiques. (Television Quotes) It’s a really weird thing, modern divorce. I found out I was getting divorced on television. That was kind of weird. (Television Quotes) Whenever I have endured or accomplished some difficult task -- such as watching television, going out socially or sleeping -- I always look forward to rewarding myself with the small pleasure of getting back to my typewriter and writing something. (Television Quotes) We don’t see the people who are doing real things getting enough props. We often see politicians who are everywhere but nowhere at the same goddamn time. You know the kind of person: You see them everywhere on television but nowhere in front of your face. (Television Quotes) That’s the weirdest thing about television for me is that you’re getting feedback in the middle of the work. (Television Quotes) I don’t use the big video screens that a lot of other artists use because personally, I think it’s kind of a crutch. I think sometimes it’s like watching television as opposed to really getting involved with what is happening onstage and the people in your section. (Television Quotes) I had a brief theater background and loved the backstage world there’s more backstage work in television, so I saw a job advertised and applied, and got it. That was back in 1977, when getting jobs was easy. (Television Quotes) There’s tons of creative people in television that have one failure after another, and they just step up higher. I could never get over that. When I had a failure, there was no such thing as just getting over it. (Television Quotes) You don’t get as invested in someone in 90 minutes as you do over 13 hours of television show (Television Quotes) I wrote my own play, ‘The Westie Monologues,’ about where I’m from in Australia, and it was very successful. From that, I started getting offers from television. (Television Quotes) The letters that say ‘I’m getting the messages you’re sending me through the television screen’ are not great. But those are few and far between, thank God. I get wonderful letters, and people send me artwork. (Television Quotes) I think that’s one of the most important gifts we have in television - the ability to heal through laughter. (Television Quotes) I think it’s very rare that you see girl friendships on television. It’s always cattiness and all that drama. (Television Quotes) There needs to be more variety on television so young girls growing up don’t feel pressured to look one specific way. Tall, thin, curvy, short, whatever you are, you are beautiful. (Television Quotes) I once met a man who was a billionaire, and I said to him: ‘Are you a self-made man?’ - and he turned around and said: ‘No man is self-made;’ and certainly, if you want to make films or get into television or even theatre, the amount of help that you need, the amount of people who need to give you a helping hand is extraordinary. (Television Quotes) When I ask people to give, I can’t be on television if they don’t; I can’t help people, if I don’t - I mean, it takes money. (Television Quotes) Glen Cove. [Referring to Glenn Close on a movie review television show] (Television Quotes) If there’s something decent going in television, the mediums now are kind of equal. Television has become much higher quality. (Television Quotes) When I was six, God was a white man with a big beard riding on a white cloud. That’s the image television pumps. (Television Quotes)

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