I directed a half hour comedy pilot, 'Upgrade,' and had…

[on making the transition from the comedy "Mary Tyler Moore" (1970) to its dramatic spin-off series "Lou Grant" (1977)] We were really worried about…

— Ed Asner

I've done a number of these My Name is Earl shows. I play Earl's father. It's a half-hour comedy. And I'll be doing some…

— Beau Bridges

Honestly, one-hour drama is the hardest format there is. I think it's harder than movies, and it's harder than half-hour comedy.

— Alexis Denisof

It's so hard to make a comedy pilot and have a cool idea.

— David Walton

The stuff I did in 'Rescue Me' was great. It gave me the opportunity to play comedy, and Denis Leary was the first one…

— Kevin Chapman

With any half-hour comedy, it kind of takes on its own life and finds itself.

— Seth MacFarlane

But my problem was that I did an hour for Comedy Central and nobody seemed to care.

— Neal Brennan

I really like the half-hour comedy. I really do. I know people that are in movies all the time and they, you know, they…

— Matt LeBlanc

I wish people would understand that comedy is an art form, and that the same thing that makes a Picasso painting is the same…

— Godfrey

I find it pressurising coming to the Voodoo Rooms to do my hour of comedy.

— Dominic Holland

I think comedies should be short. I don't want to be self-indulgent; I don't want a two-hour comedy.

— Ricky Gervais

'Breaking In' is a very different office comedy and a caper comedy. Aside from 'Chuck,' there is no half-hour comedy that does stuff like…

— Adam F. Goldberg

Half-hour comedy shows are like a play, one night a week.

— Luke Perry

You'd think they could spit out shows better than 'Champs' and 'High Incident' with the pool of talent involved, unless they're just throwing money…

— Adrian Pasdar

One of my goals here in Congress, being the youngest member of the California delegation, is to really try and get the institution to…

— Eric Swalwell