#television

I was very sad to hear of the death of Ronnie Barker, who was such a warm, friendly and encouraging presence to have when I started in television. He was also a great comic actor to learn from. ↗

— John Cleese

#also #barker #comic #death #encouraging

I messed around in high school, but I pretty much put it away until I did a television show in San Francisco. ↗

— Gary Cole

#away #did #francisco #high #high school

Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking. ↗

— Nat King Cole

#i #i can #me #people #smoking

My feeling is that if you can cook, I can teach you how to do television. ↗

— Bobby Flay

#feeling #how #i #i can #teach

You can't do television shows caring whether or not the network picks you up. You can only do them enjoying the work, because if you're always on pins and needles about whether you'll be picked up, you'll lose your mind. I learned that the hard way. ↗

— Jon Cryer

#always #because #caring #enjoying #hard

Live television drama was like live theater, because you moved without thinking about the camera. It followed you around. In film you have to be more aware of what the camera is doing. ↗

— Louise Fletcher

#around #aware #because #camera #doing

If vaudeville had died, television was the box they put it in. ↗

— Larry Gelbart

#died #had #put #television #vaudeville

In television, women can really run anything. It can be a comedy, it can be a drama, it can be genre, it can be anything. But in films, women are still getting to the top. ↗

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

#comedy #drama #films #genre #getting

Television is not vulgar because people are vulgar; it is vulgar because people are similar in their prurient interests and sharply differentiated in their civilized concerns. ↗

— George Gilder

#civilized #concerns #differentiated #interests #people

I don't have anything from the television series. I treasure the videotapes from Columbia House. ↗

— Mark Goddard

#columbia #house #i #series #television