(On being recognized for his Friends episodes) I did Friends usually always while I was doing another movie. I would literally have to get off the set and rush to Warner Bros. and look at the script and have to do it right there in front of an audience. I...
Giovanni Ribisi
[On her character "Darla" on "Angel" (1999)] "I didn`t expect them to write such a beautiful ending. I really think it was one of the most beautiful gifts I`ve ever received as an actor. The last three episodes of her life are so wonderful. They were such...
Julie Benz
My parents were as much under the thumb of everyone else [and the network, and all the people that are part of the Hollywood machine] as I was. I have worked on episodes of Diff`rent Strokes" (1978) 15 hours straight. And everyone was looking the other wa...
Gary Coleman
I did `Batman` for two reasons, one of which was the salary. The other was that, after the first few episodes, `Batman` became the in-thing to do. Everybody...would either play a villain or appear as himself in that cameo showcase where a celebrity would ...
Burgess Meredith
I thought, `What am I doing here? I`m running around with two pieces of wire coming out of my head. I must be crazy. -- recalling his thoughts after four episodes of "My Favorite Martian" (1963).
Ray Walston
It was such a fabulous role that I can`t be at all surprised, let alone upset, that people still mention it. We were very lucky to have 13 episodes in which to dramatize Evelyn Waugh`s novel, and one reason for the series` impact is a combination of time,...
Anthony Andrews
When they approached me about who I would want writing `Get Smart,` I suggested B.J. The episodes that he`s written walk the line between intensely funny and slightly offensive. But they always fall on the side of being funny. I also suggested him because...
Steve Carell
Doing the second one was interesting, because I`d never had to go back to play a character again. It was three years between the two episodes. It was a bit easier because I was more used to the technical demands. In other films you rehearse, crack the sce...
Ewan McGregor
You know, everyone says that South Park" (1997) is satire and political satire and whatever, but really when you look at a season, there`s rarely more than a couple episodes per season that are political satire".
Trey Parker
[On his first season of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (1990)] "I was trying so hard. I would memorize the entire script, then I`d be lipping everybody`s lines while they were talking. When I watch those episodes, it`s disgusting. My performances were horr...
Will Smith
On how Gene Roddenberry would have felt about digitally remastering all the "Star Trek" (1966) episodes: "You know what? He wouldn`t have been bothered by it at all. Gene did the best work he could at the time, but he was also all about the future. I thin...
Majel Barrett
Playing a character that develops from within was very attractive to me. In playing this part, it is challenging to find the mind, body, and spirit for the role of John Smith. I do watch Star Trek episodes a lot more closely now! (on why he chose the char...
Anthony Hall
George felt that it was just and proper. When he made Empire, we hadn`t met, and he didn`t have a particular idea of who would play the Emperor or how the character would develop. And he had no notion that he would do the back-story - Episodes I, II, and ...
Ian McDiarmid
I quit a year and a half ago and I turned into a werewolf. I went nuts. I`ve been smoking since I was in junior high school. I did a couple of episodes of The West Wing two years ago and I was in the middle of one of these psycho things and turned around ...
John Goodman
What they told us about `The Next Generation` when we first started was that we were guaranteed 26 episodes, so that was the longest job I`ve ever had. And that was basically it - we didn`t know what the premise of the show was going to be and we waited, ...
Marina Sirtis
[on being cast as Spike in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)] "The character was supposed to die in three to five episodes. We did three and I didn`t die. We did two more and I didn`t die. In the script for the fifth episode, I got conked on the head with...
James Marsters
You do these Canadian independent movies, you build up a name, and then you`ve gotta do shitty TV episodes just to pay your bills. It`s hard to build your career when you keep on having to backtrack to do crappy things to pay for what you`re doing. So it`...
Katharine Isabelle
When I started out on "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995), they had to tell me everything about Star Trek, because I knew nothing about it. I had never seen the original series, I had never seen "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987). I think I`d seen a couple o...
Jeri Ryan
I`m a ridiculous sci-fi fan. In fact, I admit it freely; my manager is horrified. I just recently bought seasons two through five of Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) on DVD. And I`ve watched all the episodes, half on the plane and a few of them as I...
Emma Caulfield
Why should I ever get fed up talking about my father? He was a brilliant, colorful man who left us with thousands of memories. Most people remember his films, but I`ve got anecdotes and advice and episodes of real life tucked away inside my head. I`m alwa...
Danny Huston
Well, honestly when I started this role, there was no time to do much of anything but get my script, learn my lines, and show up to work. It happened that fast. But during the first few episodes I was able to talk to some FBI agents as well as the other c...
Jamie Luner
You know, it takes a while to get used to - it`s a whole group of people with all these ideas and after you sort of navigate your way through the first few episodes it becomes collaborative and creative.
Josh Duhamel
You don`t have a lot of time; you have to get it right. It`s amazing how they create these episodes in such a short amount of time. They lavish a lot of care and money on each episode, and they just look terrific.
Margot Kidder
When the show started out, it was like all of a sudden we had to do 35 episodes and we had just a month and a half to write them, and it took me a while to realize that I was in charge.
Mike Judge
When I auditioned for the show, I didn`t realize it was an MTV production, which is going to make for really good tunes during the episodes, if nothing else.
Neil Harris
What`s in the hatch is so intense/cool/complicated that it actually takes three full episodes to fully understand it. Fortunately, these are the first three episodes of the show, so the wait is over!
Damon Lindelof
What`s in the hatch is so intense/cool/complicated that it actually takes three full episodes to fully understand it. Fortunately, these are the first three episodes of the show, so the wait is over!
Damon Lindelof
[modestly, on being promoted to a full cast member after working 45 episodes as a guest star:] "That was a complete surprise."
Andy Hallett
