Ralph Macchio Quotes

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!

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

I barely watch TV apart from the news. Most of it is rubbish. There's all this reality nonsense and dross. I think there's a market for a well-produced, well-written melodrama like 'Dallas.' It's pure entertainment.

I'm not setting 'Jericho' up to be anything other than what it is, which is, you know, a piece of good, well thought-out, well put-together TV and entertainment.

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.

Generally, I am losing faith in telly, as we do have good dramas but not as many as there should be.

I think you know, to not open your mind to television is silly because there's so much good work happening on television.

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

I think there's a lot of interesting stuff on TV. I feel much more optimistic about TV than I do about movies. There will always be good movies but I think, for the most part, it's always going to be a huge fight to get those movies made. TV is the best place to be as a writer, I think.

It's how the '70s were for movies, the 2000s are for TV. I think it's a phenomenal time for TV and to be involved in it.

I wasn't a huge fan of reality shows, because I'm like 'they're taking away from the actors,' but sometimes mindless is just wonderful.

If people are going to watch TV, let's give them something coherent with actual dialogue.

I mean, there are some amazing storytelling being done on the small screen right now. That's what so cool about being in television right now. Studios, networks are starting to throw more resources, better writers, more production values... and to be part of that is awesome.

If there's something decent going in television, the mediums now are kind of equal. Television has become much higher quality.

I love television. Television is a great medium; I'm fortunate enough to direct amazing television.

Television in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used to be.

Audiences are so much more sophisticated than they've ever been. They expect a lot more. I don't think because it's an hour of your Thursday night rather than an hour and a half of your weekend that you should be gypped at all in quality.

I think it's really important to have good quality drama on TV.

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

It feels as though, with all of these cable series or Internet shows or limited series events that are only 10 or 13 episodes... the quality is really rising.

We are in this amazing age of television where there's an incredible amount and an incredible quality of television, of long-form narrative.

Shows with good content are important, and not the genre.

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

The good thing is that I really think that American television is in kind of a second golden age. Even though there's a lot of reality and all those contest shows, which aren't my kind of shows, the scripted stuff that's going on is so good right now because of basic cable. Everyone has stepped it up and realised that people like quality.

The highest-caliber dramatic work produced for TV - not just in cable but something like 'The Good Wife' at network - is consistently great.