I grew up with a very romantic, idealized vision of New York, probably because of all the books I read and the movies I watched.
You know, I watched the original ‘Same Time, Next Year’ on DVD about ten times this year, and I cried all ten times.
I watched my daddy play that guitar, and whenever I could, I would pick it up and strum on it.
Back in the day, years ago, in 1988, the only TV I watched was ‘Doctor Who’ because I had children and two full-time jobs, and ‘Doctor Who’ was the exact length of time it took to do my nails, so I would watch ‘Doctor Who’ once a week!
I make sure I do only audience-friendly films that can be watched with children and the elderly crowd.
I have to say that when I first started singing, I didn’t think it was a very noble profession. I worked for people like Robert Kennedy and I thought: ‘Wow, that’s what it’s about. That’s how you change the world.’ And then I watched that disintegrate in front of my eyes, and it was very discouraging.
My mother, sister and I watched through the windows as my father gambled.
When they set off for their first day at their new school, I will never forget that winter morning as I watched our girls, just 7 and 10 years old, pile into those black SUVs with all those big men with guns.
The language has changed. When I grew up and watched the campaigns of John Kennedy, even with Richard Nixon, there was a lot higher level of civility. Now we describe a disagreement as an attack.
When I was growing up, I was the most pretentious person I have ever met. I only read obscure books and watched obscure movies and only listened to obscure music.
I’d watched every episode of ‘True Blood’ from the very beginning. The show’s characters were in my blood, so when I started, I was really prepared. I made sure I wasn’t the new guy asking stupid questions on his first day.
I’ve known Emma Watson since she was 9, we’ve watched each other grow up, formed this sort of brother/sister bond, and suddenly I’m leaning in to kiss her. Well, it felt completely wrong… but, you know, you try to sink into the character and divorce yourself from it. We ended up laughing hysterically afterwards.
I watched ‘Mighty Ducks.’ ‘Slapshot’ when I was a little older.
Watched Star Wars in 77 and that’s when I got into watching films. I was just blown away by it.
As soon as they sent me an email saying that ‘Stranger Things’ is having an audition and they’d like you to come in, I just thought, ‘Oh boy, this might be fated.’ I hadn’t really watched the show, but I binged it and fell in love with it.
I watched the first people walk on the moon, and to me, it was just an obvious thing – I want to somehow turn myself into that. But the real question is, how do you deal with the danger of it and the fear that comes from it? How do you deal with fear versus danger?
Whatever I watched, whatever I loved in 36 years of life on Earth, probably had some influence on me.
The Secret Service once watched for people who fit the popular profile of dangerousness: the lunatic, the loner, the threatener, the hater.
When I was young, I had a favorite movie star. One day, I saw one of his movies, and it was bad, and he was bad in it. I could tell he didn’t care and only did it for the money. I felt betrayed. I never watched another one of his movies again.
I watched children dying. That will be the image that will stay with me.
I was always interested in comedy, like when I was 5 years old. I watched ‘I Love Lucy’ and ‘Benny Hill.’ I would always joke around with my sister. My mom was into comedy, too. She would go to the video store and get a couple of movies and some stand-up comedians’ tapes.
In 1958, my father invested everything he had in a business venture and became the largest automobile dealership in Chicago for Ford’s new Edsel line. But Edsel sales plummeted and my father fell into bankruptcy. I watched him struggle; working long hours to protect us from poverty.
If I met Jack Nicholson, I would probably get a little flustered. Not going to lie. I’ve watched his movies since I was so young. Such a fan.
You don’t know when you’re being watched. That’s one of the weird things about celebrity. It’s my least favorite part of acting, celebrity.
When I watched Ellen come out in ’97, my jaw was on the floor. I thought, There are some people who break the doors down, hold them open, and some people who walk right through.
I have two sisters, so we watched all of the Disney films. I think I still know the lyrics to them all.
I have been a fan of Yoo Ah In’s for a long time. Every time I watched one of his films, I would think to myself, ‘How does he act like that?’ and greatly admired his acting abilities. I felt that I would be able to learn and improve a lot as an actor, just by observing.
I don’t care if it was 2 o’clock in the morning after a night game. I had to break down the film by myself before I watched it with the team. I wanted to see everything I did wrong and did right or I wouldn’t be able to sleep.
Thierry Henry is one of my heroes; he is one of the players I watched when I was younger. When I was 17, I changed position to be a forward, and he, along with the Brazilian Ronaldo, were the two players I tried to mirror my performance on, so I would watch how they scored goals.
I watched my parents. My dad worked nights, and I was aware of how much he was doing for us. My mom was a Tupperware lady and also worked at the school. I always felt that I couldn’t let them down. And I had a natural discipline from early on. I was always training for something.
I was shot when I think it was number one. That was the catalyst for the interest in the show. Certainly it went on for a long time after that but that’s what really kicked it off. Of course a lot of people watched it just because of the novelty of the situation.
For me, I can’t see Liverpool without him because he’s just been there since I was a kid. I had him on the back of my shirt. He’s always been on the team every time I’ve watched Liverpool. It’s going to be really weird next season, a Steven Gerrard-less Liverpool side.
I have a film called ‘A Lonely Place For Dying,’ which is the most watched film on the Internet, over 3 million hits, more than any of Hollywood’s films.
‘Hometasking’ was genuinely a team effort. Because we were all in lockdown and didn’t have anything to do, the team watched lots of videos and passed them on to me. It was a really nice way to spend a few months and feel like you’re actually helping other people.
I’ve never watched an entire episode of ‘American Idol’. It’s too mean.
Most of my friends are dead. I watched friends die in my arms at 5, 6, 8. When I grew up, the rest of my friends died of AIDS.
I only watched ‘The Vampire Diaries’ because my friends who loves vampires was like, ‘Just watch it.’ I was like, ‘No, I don’t want to watch ‘Gossip Girls’ with teeth.’
In 1981, when I went down to visit Georgia Tech, I watched Michael Jordan play and literally get ridiculed for taking a jump shot in the championship game that went off the backboard, and they won. People are forgetting that Michael was just one of the players when they went to the Dream Team.
What I do know is that writing is the thing I am best at, and I don’t have the stomach, the ability, the strength or the courage to enter the political arena. And I think writing can be a political act, if only to let those people accountable know they are being watched. Literature can be a conscience.
It wasn’t until I was 14 that I finally saw her films. We found an old 16-millimeter projector in the attic, put up a bedsheet – I ironed it myself – and watched reels that were given to her by Paramount.
I’ve had a lot of people tell me they watched ‘Old Dogs’ with their kids and had a good time.
I have done a few roles that I’ve never watched, and if I happen to be flicking through channels and one pops up, I quickly move on. It’s hard enough to sustain some self confidence without being reminded of things we’d rather not revisit but, in the end, it comes with the territory.
Honey, I conquered Netflix. I watched ’em all.
I’ve become completely obsessed with Netflix original programming. ‘House of Cards’ and ‘Orange is the New Black’ are two of my new favorite shows. I also love having access to such an amazing library of film and television and have watched some truly enlightening documentaries.
I’m a horror movie fan; I’m an avid fan and have been since I was five years old. My father and I watched horror movies, so this is a genre that is very close and very important to me.
I saw a lot of operas from backstage and watched a lot of rehearsals – my parents were singers.
Honestly, I try to think about when I first got into wrestling, and I remember Wrestle Mania VI being the first time that I watched Wrestle Mania as it happened.
I watched a couple of really bad directors work, and I saw how they completely botched it up and missed the visual opportunities of the scene when we had put things in front of them as opportunities. Set pieces, props and so on.
‘Breaking Bad’ is the best, the greatest, the most amazing thing I have ever watched on television.
As anyone who has watched Time Team will know, the context is all in archaeology.
I was a big fan of Shia LaBeouf and ‘Even Stevens’ and was like, ‘Oh, man. I would love to be on Disney Channel and have a show,’ because it was what I watched.
