Stockard Channing Quotes

I never like to stick to one media; whether it's a TV series or feature film, I enjoy it and I like changing constantly.

I got to draw monsters, robots and write funny stories. I loved doing that stuff and working with the actors. But it got to be less and less that stuff and more about trying to be everywhere and not being able to do one thing very enjoyably.

I am old enough to have grown up glued to a screen offering only three alternatives, each of which was an all-powerful national network that seemed permanently ensconced in the entertainment stratosphere.

I love being able to do a bit of theatre, do a bit of telly, and do a bit of film.

TV is a level playing field, and you're competing for eyeballs.

People don't really see television shows and movies as different anymore. They expect the same quality.

Acting is just another facet and it will not affect my output as a music director.

I don't need to do only one thing, you know? Even in the entertainment industry, nobody's 'just a singer.'

Commercials led to TV, and TV led to movies here and there.

I do admire a lot of artists now who are completely multi-faceted - they're doing seven different jobs all at once and it doesn't seem to faze them whatsoever. It just astonishes me completely and I have nothing but admiration for them.

It's ridiculous that we let broadcast and cable shows compete against each other at the Emmys. They are not the same animal.

I have a Masters and a technology degree already. When I'm not in film or television, my wheels are spinning full time.

In every writers' room I've been in, the first 15-20 minutes of the day are spent discussing water cooler moments from last night's big shows.

At the end of the day, television is an entertainment platform and we are here to entertain the masses.

The Amazon lot are perfectly reasonable, level-headed people who just want to make TV programmes. I don't think they are the enemy of the BBC or the other way round. It's not a war; these things can coexist. We can have Amazon and Netflix and the BBC and BT Sport, and people can make choices. That's what modern life is all about.

I think we're past the point in entertainment where you can have one thing and explode. If you have one thing, people ask, 'All right, what else?' You have to be multihyphenate.

I think I have balanced hosting and acting pretty well.

We have got offered some shows in America, but really dopey shows - like reality shows.

I think TV is evolving, but on the other hand, there is a presence of regressive shows happening, but I choose to ignore that because I am part of a very different and challenging soap.

MTV and video games have solved that problem as far as most of humanity goes. That, and telly, as it were.” “Telly?” Who was that? He grunted in amusement. “Television, of course. Don’t you speak English?” “You sure don’t,” I muttered. Shaking his head, he frowned at me.

TV has made us get down to the nub and new films will begin to live up to what the medium can be.

The art helps, between the acting gigs. I feel that if I can sing in Mamma Mia! then goddammit, I can hang a few paintings, give people lots of cocktails, and have a good time.

I went from having three little jobs that I strung together to being on the road full-time; having some savings that my managers told me to spend. You fly all over the country opening for these other people. You pay a publicist to get some press while you're establishing yourself and you will be solvent in this career forevermore.

I would like television to produce some itching pills rather than this endless outpouring of tranquilizers.

Do we really require so many gardening programmes, makeover programmes or celebrity chefs?