I'd never done a sitcom until the 'Michael J. Fox Show.' I'd never even guest starred in one until then. So it… — Betsy Brandt Copy Share Image
ABC's intelligently hilarious sitcom 'Modern Family' depicts a gay-male marriage in which both partners are refreshingly dimensional, believable human beings. The writers… — Tom Shales Copy Share Image
I don't know, on a sitcom, and in theatre especially, you have to really be listening to an audience. And if you're… — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image
I'd like to explore the more abstract side of people's minds, as opposed to the usual sitcom stuff. I don't want to… — Harland Williams Copy Share Image
The difference between doing a live show and a sitcom is that a sitcom can live on. If you do it well,… — Ant McPartlin Copy Share Image
CBS really wants me on TV. That's their aim. My aim is to have an all-gay sitcom someday, with heterosexuals as token… — Harvey Fierstein Copy Share Image
People are too lazy and too stupid to think for themselves that we've got sitcoms with canned laughter that lets you know… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
In sitcoms, the women are so beautiful, understanding and well-bred. They have humor, but sort of display it with a twinkle of… — Bea Arthur Copy Share Image
There's still formulaic stuff on network television, but there's also more of an opportunity to have your way with storytelling, especially in… — Amy Hill Copy Share Image
Sitcoms are incredibly limiting. When you do a sitcom and it becomes a signature part for you, it's harder to do something… — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
Basically, after an ABC sitcom I did, I ended up with a holding deal with 20th Century Fox. Absolutely cool. It pays… — Nathan Fillion Copy Share Image
It's the opposite on a sitcom. People crave the character to not learn from their mistakes. They want to just see the… — Ty Burrell Copy Share Image
Americans continue to suffer from a notoriously short attention span. They get mad as hell with reasonable frequency, but quickly return to… — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
The striking thing about New Girl is that under all the comedy, theres something about the emotions and reactions that feels very… — Elizabeth Meriwether Copy Share Image
My very first job was something called Nobodys Watching, that Bill Lawrence who created Scrubs, it was his pilot. It was my… — Mircea Monroe Copy Share Image
I really set out to do this traditional looking and traditional sounding multi-cam sitcom, but then make the world as elastic as… — John Mulaney Copy Share Image
Especially on television, it's not so much a patriarchy; it always seems that there's a smart, strong woman calling the shots, and… — Jake Weber Copy Share Image
Canadian comedians are generally more well-rounded... They have to do a lot more. In order to have a career in this country,… — Scott Thompson Copy Share Image
When I came out to Hollywood in 1985, I thought that I would be sitcom star. I'm a tall, skinny, goofy guy.… — Doug Jones Copy Share Image
I love the breadth and space you get to explore character in so-called serialized TV, the novelistic element of maybe being able… — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share Image
Beguiled by George S. Bush's easy smile and casual indifference to the details, we are on the brink of electing him to… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I think a challenge with every sitcom is, how do you maintain things that people are attached to without becoming so reiterative… — Zach Woods Copy Share Image
I can remember when I was a baby and my mother was there watching the show. I went and bought 100 episodes… — Mike Epps Copy Share Image
The TV schedule is fantastic. It allows you to have a life. Theater actors are so disciplined - especially if you're doing… — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image
When I did a sitcom and played a postman, I was brought to tears playing that postman, because I felt like one.… — Andrew Dice Clay Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll read things in the script and think, "That's not how humans behave," or "I don't understand how to do that… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I don't deny people their fantasy life, but I do think that we desperately need to start realizing just how complicated our… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I did a sitcom, and I really enjoyed looking for different ways to be funny - lifting that off of the page… — Yannick Bisson Copy Share Image
The fact that 'Mom' is not joke, joke, joke - and is investing in these characters and their lives, things that really… — Allison Janney Copy Share Image
In comedy writing, a sitcom plot is basically the same thing: What's the worst thing that could happen? But you're playing it… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
I would love to play a main character and then play different characters as well. I would want for it to be… — Brandy Norwood Copy Share Image
In my twenties, I thought it was getting a sitcom. Then I got a sitcom pilot in my early thirties, and realized… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
I can't imagine doing an hour-long dramatic series because it's so much work. A sitcom is a wonderful gig. You work from… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
Even before I got on 'SNL' I assumed I would do some type of sitcom; I kind of thought that was how… — Casey Wilson Copy Share Image
My desire for my own sitcom began as a little girl - I spent hours lying on my belly on the shag… — Judy Gold Copy Share Image
I watched some serious '80s television. 'Alice,' 'Good Times,' 'The Jeffersons,' 'Family Ties,' 'Cheers'... every night it was eat dinner, watch 'Cheers.'… — Summer Sanders Copy Share Image
I'm ridiculously fortunate to get a chance to experience the sitcom world. The schedule is extremely easy, and you get fed as… — Andrea Anders Copy Share Image
I had not met Tina Fey before I auditioned for '30 Rock'. Some people think we're old friends from 'Second City' days.… — Judah Friedlander Copy Share Image
Feature-length film comedy is harder to pull off than the episodic sitcom - it doesn't have the same factory machinery up and… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
People are too lazy and too stupid to think for themselves that we've got sitcoms with canned laughter that let's you know… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
