I made a conscious effort to focus on television so I could stay in Los Angeles, so I wasn't on a location all over the world doing movies.
Hal Holbrook was in one of my first television movies when I was about 18 or 19. He'd made such a strong impression on me and a lasting one in terms of what being an actor was.
Despite the impression you may have from watching too much TV, movies are not about reproducing reality. They're about telling stories.
So I do have to work, you know, and I find as many movies and TV shows that I can, because otherwise I wouldn't have an income.
I'm used to American actors who have a movie career thinking television acting is beneath them.
I think some people think that being on television makes you a sitting duck, but you have the right to remain private.
When you're on TV, you come into people's homes. In theater and film, they go to you - to the temple of the cinema or theater. And it's very different.
I talk, watch TV, spout opinions, schmooze, negotiate, talk some more, play games, and have a little cocktail.
A lot of high school students on TV and in Broadway are played by people in their late 20s and even early 30s. That seems weird to me.
I've done shows that aired on American TV, but none of them proved to be successful, so yes, no one here knows who I am.
That's where my passion was ignited, on the set of 'Pobol Y Cwm.' I loved it and I've had such a passion for TV and films. I can't do anything else.
With it adult political audiences abandoned cinemas. In their place appeared a void. That previous political audience migrated to the seats in front of their TV.
There should be more on television that uplifts people and shows them how to better prepare themselves for earning a living.
Look at the declining television coverage. Look at the declining voting rate. Economics and economic news is what moves the country now, not politics.
These days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new religion a long time back and the media has taken over.
Coming back to 'New Girl' was a real reminder of how lucky I am to be on a popular network TV show.
When you're with a big TV channel, there's a sense of having to behave in a certain way in order to get audience figures.
Life is better than any movie or TV show. In real life there is no plot and there are billions of characters.
The only people who do plays in LA are people who can't get jobs in TV shows.
It's really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to create this whole backstory.
I get really nervous when people are like, 'I saw you in a trailer! I saw you on TV!' Genuinely, my cheeks get red.
