It seems to realize itself to be some of the most exciting TV and films that are made. Sci-fi just has that ability.
I believe in the importance of sincerity and emotion and honesty in TV, even when it's goofy comedy.
I would never want my name on something that I did not write most of. Part of television is you get rewritten.
I've sold scripts in the past, and also a TV pilot that didn't get made, to Fox. But yeah, I've been writing for a while.
I made a rule for myself that the only television things I would do would be my own stories.
I might have to go on breakfast TV, which would mean getting up early.
Is it just me or is this like a bad TV sci-fi show?
My first pilot gig, in fact my first job in television, was 'Freaks and Geeks,' and the experience of directing that pilot was probably the single most formative of my directing life.
I love 'Top Chef.' I think it rewrote the book on how food shows are presented on TV.
The dialogue and conversation about food is everywhere - television, chat rooms, social media outlets and among everyday conversations.
I'm just kind of taking a break now and enjoying the freedom of making my own choices. When you're on a television show for six years, they run your schedule.
If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all.
This country was founded on a core set of family values. These values should not be discouraged and blatantly undermined by the airing of offensive material on broadcast television and radio.
When you go in and guest-star on a TV show, they already have their family - everybody pretty much knows everybody, and everyone sort of has that base already formed.
I never thought I'd be making a living off of acting - it's still kind of a shock for my family and friends to see my face on TV every Wednesday night.
The TV business is like the produce section of the market. Today everything is fresh and glistening and firm. And tomorrow, when they find a bruise on you, they toss you out.
The theater business has allowed me, in a way the movie and TV business has not, to do very, very interesting work. So that's what I do.
I will never do another TV series. It couldn't top I Love Lucy, and I'd be foolish to try. In this business, you have to know when to get off.
My first introduction to television, and really just the business in general, was working with David Lynch, with his incredibly open, creative mind that was not following any rules.
There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation of show business, and especially situation comedy.
You can think of Hollywood as high school. TV actors are freshmen, comedy actors are maybe juniors, and dramatic actors - they're the cool seniors.
