Television quotes
306 television quotes, film quotes, movie lines, taglines- La trovi in History of Cinema in Quotes
“The networks had essentially thrown in the towel on good drama. It's like changing the direction of an ocean liner. But 'Sopranos' did it. They changed the game.”
“Tone is everything in TV.”
- La trovi in Actors and Politics
“I have as much artistic freedom in my television work as I have in my films.”
- La trovi in History of Cinema in Quotes
“What people don't understand now about television is that we used to do about five shows a day.”
- La trovi in History of Cinema in Quotes
“When I came to England at the very beginning of commercial television it was easy for me because I was only doing one or two shows a week at most. It was really a holiday.”
- From the movie: Renaissance Man
“He wrote plays. Plays? You know, like TV without the box.”
- From the movie: Diner
“Is this show in color, or is there something wrong with the set?”
- From the movie: Home Alone
“Guys, I'm eating junk and watching rubbish! You better come out and stop me!”
- From the movie: Oldboy
“The tv is both a clock and a calendar. It's your school, your home, your church, your friend... and your lover. But... my lover's song is too short.”
- From the movie: Ali G Indahouse
- From the movie: See Spot Run
“Why don't you watch television or something? And keep it on cartoons, don't try to get smart!”
- From the movie: Videodrome
“North America's getting soft, patrón, and the rest of the world is getting tough. Very, very tough. We're entering savage new times, and we're going to have to be pure and direct and strong, if we're going to survive them. Now, you and this cesspool you call a television station and your people who wallow around in it, your viewers who watch you...” (continue)(continue reading)
- From the movie: Rookie of the Year
Sorry, I've never been on “Oprah”.
- From the movie: The Stepford Wives
“- Bobbie Markowitz: Add it up. All the women around here are perfect sex-kitten bimbos. All the men are drooling nerds. Doesn't that seem strange?
- Joanna Eberhart: Not to me.
- Bobbie Markowitz: Why not?
- Joanna Eberhart: I work in television.” - From the movie: 28 Days
“I only work every fifth day. Hell else am I supposed to do with my time?”
- From the movie: Looker
“Television is the American ideal. Persuasion without coercion. Nobody makes us watch it. Who could have predicted that a free people would voluntarily spend one fifth of their lives sitting in front of a box with pictures?”
- From the animation: Bolt
“If the dog believes it, the audience believes it.”
- From the movie: Semi-Pro
“- Jackie Moon: Brought a secret weapon. It's going to make us look extra cool on Tv.
- Bee Bee Ellis: What the hell is that?
- Jackie Moon: It's eyeliner dummy. Now who's first? Monix?
- Monix: Oh yeah... let me get a fresh Maxi-Pad outta my purse.” - From the movie: Bowling for Columbine
- From the movie: Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
“- Michele Weinberger: I'm the Mary, and you're the Rhoda.
- Romy White: You're the Rhoda, you're the Jewish one.” - From the movie: Can't Hardly Wait
“- Stoner Guy: You know who else I like, who never got much play? Is Velma, from Scooby-Doo
- Watermelon Guy: Rooby Rooby Roo!
- Stoner Guy: She, right, she was also a cool... she was a hip, hip, lady.
- Watermelon Guy: Hip Chick.” - From the movie: Idle Hands
- From the movie: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
- From the movie: The American President
Highlights
