Rounding Up Notable Press Tour Quotes
Hilarious, brilliant and nitwit quotes collected over the
previous three weeks during the Television Critics Association Summer Press
Tour in Beverly Hills:
"I'm not ashamed. … It's the future in your hand."
- Jerry Trainor, a star of Nickelodeon's "iCarly,"
on his iPhone fetish.
"He was in a coma. What does he know?"
- VH1 Classic host Mark Goodman, when "Sopranos"
cast member Steve van Zandt was asked about the ending of that show.
"Some people see the glass half full. Some people see
the glass half empty. I see half a glass of poison."
- Chi McBride, imitating "Pushing Daisies" director
Barry Sonnenfeld.
- "Jekyll" writer Steven Moffat on doing
television.
"That's Curtis Armstrong playing the role of the zit."
- A Disney Channel executive, after a clip from the new "Wizards
of Waverly Place."
"The CBS people are back there shitting themselves."
- A cheerful James Woods, after making a run of
politically incorrect comments in a press conference.
"Jericho is a town in a world where people need to
be able to die, and we need to understand that it's a dangerous world. And we
also need to keep the audience guessing."
- "Jericho"
producer Carol Barbee on the death of a major character in season one.
"It used to be like three good shows and one giant
piece of doo-doo. This is actually four good shows."
- "Scrubs"
producer Bill Lawrence, comparing NBC's Thursday night comedies to its past
great lineups.
"Caroline in the Shitty." - Lawrence,
naming one of the bad shows.
"Like they're not going to print that." - Zach
Braff.
"I like to think of him as America's
favorite serial killer."
- Showtime exec Robert Greenblatt on "Dexter."
"I lost 20 lbs in my divorce - because that's what a
soul weighs."
- Comedian and "Big Shots" star Christopher
Titus.
"I wonder if Jane Alexander was just grateful to be
asked."
- A critic, on the 67-year-old former NEA head's sex
scene in HBO's "Tell me You Love Me."
"I was afraid there was going to be some kind of Tonya
Harding incident."
- "Jeopardy" champ Ken Jennnings on being targeted
by other game show champs on GSN's "Grand Slam."
"I cant imagine anything worse than watching people
who actually have sex have sex on camera."
- David Duchovny, after being asked if wife Tea Leoni
would guest on his "Californication."
"I think knowing a lot about your character is only
necessary if the writing sucks."
- Ted Danson of FX's "Damages," on acting.
"Crime isn't very green."
- Producer Dick Wolf on the chances of "Law & Order"
participating in NBC's upcoming pro-environment Green Week.
"Plus if they turn off their TVs, think how much
energy that will save."
- Producer Greg Garcia of "My Name Is Earl,"
same topic.
"I am not digging the bunk beds."
- Contestant on CW's upcoming reality show "Crowned."
"There's a lot of red tape in hell."
- Producer on CW's "Reaper."
"We should have gone with our original title,
'People Hanging Out.'"
- Producer asked about the laborious central conceit of
"How I Met Your Mother."
"Do not think for a moment that only defense lawyers
are sleazy. They're all lawyers."
- Denis Poncet, executive producer of a Sundance
doc called "Sin City Law."
"Narcissism pretending to be altruism."
- "Back To You" producer Steve Levitan on news
anchors.
"I am charming and delightful, and I'll come down
there and fucking show you how."
- "Gilmore Girls" creator Amy Sherman Palladino
when a reporter suggested that she talks a lot.
"I don’t think death is morbid really. I suppose it
is by definition. But I find it fascinating."
- "Pushing Daisies" creator Bryan Fuller.
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