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And I thought, my God, there's an off chance that they will say something that's really worth preserving and there is one way to do that and I knew what it was because I come from television.

— James Lipton

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

There's a lot of writing in television that can sound like it's taken out of a package, and the way to get around that is to not allow yourself to deliver it that way.

— Ben Bass

Television is a thing that people get very familiar with. They want to hear your voice in their head.

— Damon Wayans, Jr.

The thing about television is that you can't fake it. Your sense of discovery must be genuine; you can't pretend to be surprised.

— Trevor McDonald

For a long time, censors have been cutting my works. This makes me so sad, because many times they will tell me, 'Television won't like, so we have to cut, cut, cut!'

— Dario Argento

I would never want my name on something that I did not write most of. Part of television is you get rewritten.

— Matthew Weiner

If you make compelling television, they will come.

— Henry Winkler

Television, as you know, can kind of jettison you into a whole new world.

— David Caruso

There's something to be said about sitting in front of the TV and being removed from your own life and just pushed into another one.

— Crystal Reed

You need to tell the truth to the audience, or they will throw a brick through the TV. They'll turn you off.

— Bryan Cranston

✗Opposing Perspectives

They'll say, That's funny, but you can't do that on TV.

— Shawn Wayans