I've avoided doing network shows because I don't think…

I've avoided doing a network comedy, because I wouldn't get my own way. Even though it would get more viewers, it wouldn't be mine.

— Ricky Gervais

Before Disney, I did other shows so I was aware of the business. They're all the same in that they're a professional environment. The…

— David Henrie

I've avoided situations where I wouldn't have creative freedom.

— John Cameron Mitchell

Thank God I've always avoided persecuting my enemies.

— Adolf Hitler

With network, shows are pulled half the time after three episodes whether they're good or they're not good. It's a numbers game. With cable,…

— Valerie Cruz

I've always avoided sequels, unless I felt there was something fresh.

— Ridley Scott

Cable series have more time to focus on characters, and a structure that allows for a development in character as you go along. Network…

— James Frain

I do prime time network shows like 'Blue Bloods.' I've done 'Fringe,' I've done 'The Good Wife,' done a lot of 'The Mentalist.'

— John Polson

“I realize that you've always avoided all but the most rudimentary involvements with men, and, I might add, you've been wise.”

— Tom Robbins

I've avoided the press and a lot of stuff that would have made me more visible just because it's not my style.

— Leon Russell

I've avoided success artfully.

— Harry Dean Stanton

Network shows shoot so fast, so you kind of have to just go with your instinct.

— Natalie Dormer

As with real families, my fictional family on 'Life Goes On' had its ups and downs, and as part of the fictional downers, the…

— Kellie Martin

All of us from The Waltons still love each other. I think were closer than some real families.

— Michael Learned

Very much in my books people find not surrogate families because they are real families. We've got families that we're related to by blood…

— Jackie French