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Television Quotes


"The shows are either 11 or 22 minutes and they move pretty quickly, and that's part of the charm of them - so it was just trying to keep that in mind and keep the energy of the story moving, even though we were dealing with a longer format."


"He who is created by television can be destroyed by television."


"Television? The word is half Greek, half Latin. No good can come of it."


"Gleason became like a mentor of mine. I had Gleason helping me on television, Godfrey on radio."


"When I played Bobby Fischer, my opponent fought against organizations - the television producers and the match organizers. But he never fought against me personally. I lost to Bobby before the match because he was already stronger than I. He won normally."


"Savvy observers occasionally note television's resemblance to the weather: Everybody loves to complain about it, but nobody can do anything to fix it."


"Supermodels are over, and the new picture girl has become the television actress."


"So what I do is supervise the boarding process trying to get the shows the way I'd like them to be. And in some cases I've completely redone a board myself even though I'm not credited for it."


"I personally don't have a problem with naked bodies on television."


"I do still like television very much, but the theatre does really have something special about it."


"I told them I belong to the same organizations and clubs Mrs. Roosevelt belongs to, but with a few brave exceptions, I was still unable to do films or television for the next seven years."
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