Quotes for All
The standardization of world culture, with local popular or traditional forms driven out or dumbed down to make way for American television, American music, food, clothes and films, has been seen by many as the very heart of globalization. Fredric Jameson
The only time I was really surprised was the reaction to the [shoot dedicated to the] BP oil [spill in 2010]. I didn’t expect it at all. It was for the August issue, perhaps one of the less relevant months, but there was so much buzz. It was picked up all over the American television, … Read more
I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Even though I’m English, I’ve all my life been heavily exposed to American television and culture in general. Dominic West
The days of television as we knew it growing up are over. You have a bigger, wider world audience on the Internet, larger than any American television series. People don’t watch television in the same context as before. Nowadays they watch their television on the Internet at their convenience. That’s the whole wave, and it’s … Read more
American television constantly tries to co-op British comedy and create their own version of it. Most of the time it doesn’t work; obviously, in the case of ‘The Office,’ it did. But a lot of times, it doesn’t really work. Chris Hardwick
American television really is pathetic. Brian Eno
I make my living doing freelance directing for North American television shot in Toronto, series like Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Twilight Zone, and so forth. Atom Egoyan
American television is very much created by the writers, just the volume of it. The writers are so key. You’re just trying to do something that serves that script. And in general, film isn’t all about the script, really. Richard Ayoade