I did 'The Frank Skinner Show,' and they gave me a little jukebox-shaped CD player, which looks nice in the kitchen.
I look back on our productivity in the 'Mr. Show' days, and think, 'We probably could have worked harder.'
My introduction to acting was through theatre, so I actually saw a couple of Broadway shows that made me want to be an actor.
The end of shows are a nightmare for everybody because there is so much pressure to satisfy everyone, which of course you can't do.
Fans of the 'Inbetweeners' like the show because it is about four normal people, average guys or lower than average losers.
I think that by ignoring the show you're ignoring the audience who put you there.
I don't think this show would have come to me 10 years ago. It continues to be this wonderful miracle.
CBS's halftime show during the 2004 Super Bowl was a new low for television.
I'm scared of watching a TV show about vampires. I can't fall asleep.
Optimists move through life with a happy exterior. What happens on the inside shows up on the outside.
When I was a rapper, the groupies didn't have to try too hard with me. Just show up at the hotel.
What's fun now is that I have a show at USA that I co-wrote called 'Benched.' I'm completely behind the scenes and not the actor at all.
It's tricky to do a serialized show and not lose viewers along the way because you really have to watch every episode.
Network shows shoot so fast, so you kind of have to just go with your instinct.
That's the heart of it: My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people.
I tell people to be thankful that Madonna is showing that it's possible to be ageless - people should applaud and celebrate that. Anybody who criticises her is just jealous!
You were doing a TV show - you don't realise that you're also making social commentary at the same time.
We do not show the Negro how to overcome segregation, but we teach him how to accept it as final and just.
I had played many gay characters before, but they were finite - guest characters in TV shows or characters in plays.
Shows like 'Seinfeld' and 'Friends,' they have, like, one or two damn characters throughout the whole series that are minorities.
The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people.
