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I don’t have real big aspirations to be a movie star. I would love to be on a long-running hit TV show. You end up playing a defining role Picture Quote #1

I actually am grateful for Freddy Krueger, because the big surprise to me - with that sort of double punch of science fiction TV series and then the ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ phenomenon - was that I got an international celebrity out of it Picture Quote #1

Every girl on TV, in real life, sure you want to meet that soul mate and fall in love and have the big thing, but until that happens, you gotta kiss a lot of frogs Picture Quote #1

It was such a bigger picture [ Westworld] than what I thought it was. It’s more of a revolution than a TV show Picture Quote #1

Difference is always the biggest challenge for humans. That’s why we do enjoy reading or watching movies or watching TV. It’s a personal challenge to get close to people that we never get close to Picture Quote #1

The biggest difference between British TV and American TV is money. But what money doesn’t do on American TV, which I thought it would, is buy you time. You don’t get more time. You get more toys Picture Quote #1

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My biggest dream is to be able to be in a movie or some great TV show where I get to dance, and it’s about a contemporary dancer of some kind Picture Quote #1

TV directing is fine because you can come in and do a TV show in a relatively short period of time, and that can pay the bills Picture Quote #1

People are trying to figure out how to pay bills and make ends meet. They don’t want to turn on the TV and say, ‘What is this crap?’ Picture Quote #1

On ‘State of Affairs,’ we’re going after some names that you wouldn’t think would traditionally do TV. A show that shoots in Los Angeles is such a rare bird in hand that I think we’re gonna have the pick of the litter Picture Quote #1

It’s a very strange and quite terrifying experience to watch yourself on TV. I never like to do it with other people Picture Quote #1

Tennis legend Bjorn Borg appeared in a Swedish TV ad urging Swedes to have more sex to solve the country’s falling birth rate. America can help. This is a perfect opportunity to name Jesse Jackson ambassador to Sweden Picture Quote #1

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I’d always vaguely expected to outgrow my limitations. One day, I’d stop twisting my hair, and wearing running shoes all the time, and eating exactly the same food every day. I’d remember my friends’ birthdays, I’d learn Photoshop, I wouldn’t let my daughter watch TV during breakfast. I’d read Shakespeare Picture Quote #1

I think the days of putting your feet up when you’re pregnant are long gone. Women who are nine months pregnant now have to work till the bitter end - they don’t get to be on TV Picture Quote #1

Have I got a black book? Yes, it’s called a mobile phone. I do get offers. There is no shortage of people if you want to go on dates - working in TV, living in L.A., it is there if you want it Picture Quote #1

When you look at me you don’t immediately imagine a very very glamorous icon, so it’s only in the theater that I get to do these experiments. I’ve been an actor about 51 years now. I’ve played everything from an 8-year-old black boy to a 72-year-old French matriarch, and they hardly hire you to do that on TV Picture Quote #1

Back when I was helping put the swing into the swinging 60s, I used to hang out with Cathy McGowan. We’d be doing ‘Ready Steady Go!’ on T.V., and Biba used to make our dresses. We’d be in the flat in Cromwell Road on Friday night, just before the live show, and they’d still be sewing Picture Quote #1

I love... anything in black and white. Just put it on the TV, I’ll watch Picture Quote #1

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Black Mirror,’ I read that, and I had another offer for a movie at the same time that was a bigger movie, an actual film as opposed to TV, but I said, ‘No, it has to be Black Mirror.’ And it hadn’t been sold to Netflix, hadn’t gone abroad at that point - but it’s just good work - that’s all there is to it Picture Quote #1

Indians are the second largest population in the world, but we’re invisible on TV - everything is either black or white Picture Quote #1

I read that prior to the advent of color TV, most people dreamed in black and white Picture Quote #1

What you do in your art - TV, music, film stuff - touches people. And they want to touch you. So that’s a blessing. I’m okay with it Picture Quote #1

Blind Date’ was based on an Australian show called ‘Perfect Match’, which I first saw when I was on tour there. And I couldn’t understand why it wasn’t on British T.V Picture Quote #1

T.V. found me. I was offered jobs. It came in handy when I started having babies. Just one night’s work, and then I could go home. I loved ‘Surprise Surprise’, but it was hard work. ‘Blind Date’ was a doddle by comparison Picture Quote #1

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I’m not going to blow up just for the sake of it, because it’s on TV. That’s not the issue Picture Quote #1

I just want to keep writing characters who are interesting and complicated people and interesting roles for women, in TV or film or in theater. I think that’s like my ‘Blues Brothers’ mission Picture Quote #1

I love ‘Top Chef.’ I think it rewrote the book on how food shows are presented on TV Picture Quote #1

I’m happy to see book clubs on TV. Talking about books has always been an important and invigorating part of reading them, and it’s nice that that is getting attention from the media Picture Quote #1

... people in the newspaper industry saw the web as a newspaper. People in TV saw the web as TV, and people in book publishing saw it as a weird kind of potential book. But the web is not just some kind of magic all-absorbing meta-medium. It’s its own thing Picture Quote #1

Turing was always a legend among computer/geeky kids. He was such an outsider in his own time, and because of that, he was able to see things differently. It was a story that had been well told in books, onstage and on TV, but never on film Picture Quote #1

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I don’t have real big aspirations to be a movie star. I would love to be on a long-running hit TV show. You end up playing a defining role. (Tv Quotes) I actually am grateful for Freddy Krueger, because the big surprise to me - with that sort of double punch of science fiction TV series and then the ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ phenomenon - was that I got an international celebrity out of it. (Tv Quotes) Every girl on TV, in real life, sure you want to meet that soul mate and fall in love and have the big thing, but until that happens, you gotta kiss a lot of frogs. (Tv Quotes) It was such a bigger picture [ Westworld] than what I thought it was. It’s more of a revolution than a TV show. (Tv Quotes) Difference is always the biggest challenge for humans. That’s why we do enjoy reading or watching movies or watching TV. It’s a personal challenge to get close to people that we never get close to. (Tv Quotes) The biggest difference between British TV and American TV is money. But what money doesn’t do on American TV, which I thought it would, is buy you time. You don’t get more time. You get more toys. (Tv Quotes) My biggest dream is to be able to be in a movie or some great TV show where I get to dance, and it’s about a contemporary dancer of some kind. (Tv Quotes) TV directing is fine because you can come in and do a TV show in a relatively short period of time, and that can pay the bills. (Tv Quotes) People are trying to figure out how to pay bills and make ends meet. They don’t want to turn on the TV and say, ‘What is this crap?’ (Tv Quotes) On ‘State of Affairs,’ we’re going after some names that you wouldn’t think would traditionally do TV. A show that shoots in Los Angeles is such a rare bird in hand that I think we’re gonna have the pick of the litter. (Tv Quotes) It’s a very strange and quite terrifying experience to watch yourself on TV. I never like to do it with other people. (Tv Quotes) Tennis legend Bjorn Borg appeared in a Swedish TV ad urging Swedes to have more sex to solve the country’s falling birth rate. America can help. This is a perfect opportunity to name Jesse Jackson ambassador to Sweden. (Tv Quotes) I’d always vaguely expected to outgrow my limitations. One day, I’d stop twisting my hair, and wearing running shoes all the time, and eating exactly the same food every day. I’d remember my friends’ birthdays, I’d learn Photoshop, I wouldn’t let my daughter watch TV during breakfast. I’d read Shakespeare. (Tv Quotes) I think the days of putting your feet up when you’re pregnant are long gone. Women who are nine months pregnant now have to work till the bitter end - they don’t get to be on TV. (Tv Quotes) Have I got a black book? Yes, it’s called a mobile phone. I do get offers. There is no shortage of people if you want to go on dates - working in TV, living in L.A., it is there if you want it. (Tv Quotes) When you look at me you don’t immediately imagine a very very glamorous icon, so it’s only in the theater that I get to do these experiments. I’ve been an actor about 51 years now. I’ve played everything from an 8-year-old black boy to a 72-year-old French matriarch, and they hardly hire you to do that on TV. (Tv Quotes) Back when I was helping put the swing into the swinging 60s, I used to hang out with Cathy McGowan. We’d be doing ‘Ready Steady Go!’ on T.V., and Biba used to make our dresses. We’d be in the flat in Cromwell Road on Friday night, just before the live show, and they’d still be sewing. (Tv Quotes) I love... anything in black and white. Just put it on the TV, I’ll watch. (Tv Quotes) Black Mirror,’ I read that, and I had another offer for a movie at the same time that was a bigger movie, an actual film as opposed to TV, but I said, ‘No, it has to be Black Mirror.’ And it hadn’t been sold to Netflix, hadn’t gone abroad at that point - but it’s just good work - that’s all there is to it. (Tv Quotes) Indians are the second largest population in the world, but we’re invisible on TV - everything is either black or white. (Tv Quotes) I read that prior to the advent of color TV, most people dreamed in black and white (Tv Quotes) What you do in your art - TV, music, film stuff - touches people. And they want to touch you. So that’s a blessing. I’m okay with it. (Tv Quotes) Blind Date’ was based on an Australian show called ‘Perfect Match’, which I first saw when I was on tour there. And I couldn’t understand why it wasn’t on British T.V. (Tv Quotes) T.V. found me. I was offered jobs. It came in handy when I started having babies. Just one night’s work, and then I could go home. I loved ‘Surprise Surprise’, but it was hard work. ‘Blind Date’ was a doddle by comparison. (Tv Quotes) I’m not going to blow up just for the sake of it, because it’s on TV. That’s not the issue. (Tv Quotes) I just want to keep writing characters who are interesting and complicated people and interesting roles for women, in TV or film or in theater. I think that’s like my ‘Blues Brothers’ mission. (Tv Quotes) I love ‘Top Chef.’ I think it rewrote the book on how food shows are presented on TV. (Tv Quotes) I’m happy to see book clubs on TV. Talking about books has always been an important and invigorating part of reading them, and it’s nice that that is getting attention from the media. (Tv Quotes) ... people in the newspaper industry saw the web as a newspaper. People in TV saw the web as TV, and people in book publishing saw it as a weird kind of potential book. But the web is not just some kind of magic all-absorbing meta-medium. It’s its own thing. (Tv Quotes) Turing was always a legend among computer/geeky kids. He was such an outsider in his own time, and because of that, he was able to see things differently. It was a story that had been well told in books, onstage and on TV, but never on film. (Tv Quotes)

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