Charlotte Ritchie Quotes

I don't really get a chance to watch much television. I mostly watch BBC Worldwide and repeats of Seinfeld and Everybody Loves Raymond.

I don't watch cop movies much. I TiVo shows. I watch every Larry David show.

Pretty much every show that comes on, I'll try to watch at least one episode of it. For me, there are three different levels. I watch the first episode, and if I love it, I'm lockin' it in for the rest of the season. If I'm not too sure about it, I will maybe tune in the next week. It it's just terrible, then I'm done.

Of all the programs, I watch sporting events live and I watch 'Survivor' live. Everything else I TiVo.

I don't really watch TV. I've got the box set of 'Downton Abbey,' which I'm enjoying.

Alison Carr on 'Homeland.' She was such great character to play, so clever and full of surprises. I was sad to see her go.

I love characters who can rile an audience so much - it means you've done your job well.

I always cry when Mufasa dies in 'The Lion King.' I just can't handle it.

I watch box sets. I worked my way through 'Breaking Bad' and 'Prison Break.'

I look at 'Friday Night Lights' as one of my all-time favorite series finales, and that is what you want. After all the roads you've traveled with these people, you just want to know that they're going to be happy. I'm a big believer in shows that make that choice.

We breathe life into a role, and it's overwhelming to receive positive feedback.

That's the difference between even the best video game and what's going on in books. Video games can inspire a reaction, but not the emotions.

Perhaps there's a lot of quality television that's not right for the individual who needs questions answered in each episode, and perhaps reality television may be a better option. With the integrity of HBO and their drive to tell stories, it takes time to arrive at any sort of answers.

For me, the first thing is script. When I heard 'Mom''s script, it really touched me and moved me. I felt really nice about the story. That's the reason I did the movie.

I want stories where you either hate it or love it. I want to do movies like that, where it's not show and tell, where it's not, 'This is it, and now you reveal the ending, and that's that.'

In film, there's always this looking for the 'If you lay down and burst into tears, you did a good job.'

You don't want to watch a film for two hours that depresses you or makes you think so much it evokes a negative reaction.

Cinema has to move people.

Going as far back as 'Dexter's Lab,' we've always had these sequences with no dialogue. The interesting thing is those sequences got the biggest reactions.

When I make a film, the yardstick is my mind. If I laugh at the jokes and feel sad at the serious undersides, then the subject works.

When any character gets killed, there's always a sadness about that, because they're part of the family in a way.

I don't think that 'No Man's Land' is a comedy. I think that it's a serious film with a good sense of humour.

Wrestling and sports entertainment is not about the moves, it really isn't. It's about being able to evoke emotion in one facet or another.

It is very touching that you are able to create some kind of impact through a character.

A lot of horror movies just look at how they can scare people, and no matter which character dies, you don't ever really feel enough to actually care.