Hector Elizondo Quotes

There is a lot of territory out there still to explore TV-wise, show-wise, movie-wise, everything.

I didn't watch much TV as a kid and I don' t watch it now. I don' t find anything beautiful or unique to the medium, and the only thing you can do on TV that you can't do in film is make a continuing story - which is so cool!

I see TV as a picture medium rather than a narrative medium.

I've come up in the scripted world, and I have wished there were more time slots for us to tell compelling scripted stories and not fill the airwaves with a lot of fluff and tabloid entertainment.

I think I'm sort of locked into the sitcom genre.

I guess working on 'Mad Men' turned me onto AMC and really got me watching the network, and so with that I got a good idea of the type of show they like to produce.

You know, we've got so much on Bravo and coming up on Bravo, and I think we have so much more going on than 'The Real Housewives.' And I think 'The Real Housewives' is a great, you know, great addition to the portfolio. I think it brings a lot of viewers under our umbrella. And I think they stay and sample other shows.

I've never seen 'Seinfeld', never seen 'The Cosby Show'; I just don't watch it. I saw half of 'Oprah' one time. I'd rather read.

I never have liked detective dramas. I try to watch all of them to see what's going on, but I don't like them.

I would consider a half hour sitcom if the script was good.

I was attached to 'Sharp Objects' before 'Big Little Lies,' actually.

I do more films than television, and in Mexico, they are more situational comedies - not the typical telenovela.

Television is going through a transformation where you're basically able to do big, long movies in television.

I'm an actor, and so of course I want to see TV companies making good dramas. I want that to be a priority.

A lot of the best stories are now being told on television.

Channel 4 always do really great stuff; they do great comedies.

I don't know much about British TV. Actually me, I'm looking more at American ones.

TV isn't like films; you can't rest on your laurels.

I'm obsessed with 'The Americans.' It's one of my favorite shows. I also love 'Baskets' - low-brow, high-art comedy.

If I could wave a wand, I would order another season of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' That's a show with a real voice.

With a strong foundation in scripted programming firmly established by 'Army Wives' and 'Drop Dead Diva,' Lifetime is aggressively expanding its drama series development plate with powerful programs from creative auspices who have strong pedigrees in producing stand-out programming.

I've got 'Lost' and '24' on TiVo. And I'm an 'American Idol' fan.

I was the King of Twinkie-Vision one day, the King of Jiggle TV the next, thanks to Farrah Fawcett and 'Three's Company.'

I don't have a lot of time for television because I am making it, so it's really hard for me to sit down. But when I do get a chance, I try to catch up on 'Scandal,' 'Empire' and 'black-ish.'

I'm a big TV show guy.