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I grew up completely overwhelmed by TV, and part of the reason why I have gone into television is as a way to justify to myself all those wasted hours of watching TV as a kid. I can now look back and say, 'Oh, that was research.'

— Matt Groening

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Do some research on the effects of television and your brain, and I promise you you'll have a decision to make when it comes to television, especially with what you watch.

— Angus T. Jones

When I was a kid, I just devoured TV 24 hours a day. Now that it's actually available 24 hours a day, I'm usually busy doing other stuff. But I do watch TV when I can.

— Luke Perry

It just seems there's better things to do in your life than be on television if it's not interesting, if it's not challenging, if it's not fun. You know? When it stops being those things for me, I'll stop making television.

— Anthony Bourdain

Television has done a lot for me, and I can never stay away from it.

— Ram Kapoor

We didn't really have television when I was a kid. Around 30, I discovered films and started systematically catching up. I collect interesting documentaries and films, and watch a few nights a week.

— Bjork

I haven't had television since 1991, and it definitely influences me. As a child of the 1970s, I couldn't hold a narrative in my head; I was lucky if I could hold a joke in my head, because every time you turn on television or radio, it wipes the slate clean - at least in my case.

— Chuck Palahniuk

In some ways, you could argue, television is doing far more interesting work than the movies. It's more fulfilling.

— William Boyd

✗Opposing Perspectives

I grew up without a television. It meant that I read lots of books and entertained myself.

— Emily Watson

I have to admit, I never watch television; once in a while I'll see things, but I grew up without it. I had a father who said, 'I hate television;' it came into being when he was a kid, and he didn't have it, so he didn't think I needed it.

— Robert Knepper

I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book.

— Groucho Marx