Big Quote by Daniel Rigby

Certainly 'Blackadder' with the first series didn't go to very much, and I was told most of my stuff wouldn't have been a success…

— Paul Whitehouse

A lot of the commercials that I was doing were very slice-of-life, emotional, documentary-style, not big and cinematic and ultimately like the kind of…

— Dan Trachtenberg

Within the space of a year, I worked on three TV shows, and the first one was directed by Martin Scorsese, the second one…

— Nia DaCosta

I spent a long time trying to make it in the commercial world hoping that commercials would then lead to movies. That was a…

— Dan Trachtenberg

I saw the general-market world, the white world. I felt that it was my mission to see to it that black talent had an…

— Don Cornelius

And it's ironic that in my career I've done the black shows from 'Moesha' to 'Fresh Prince' to 'Hangin' with Mr. Cooper,' and then…

— Dante Basco

I started in this industry [television] as a kid doing commercials. Ever since I was introduced to it, I loved it.

— Kofi Siriboe

I think once 'Empire' hit, there was a lot of bad black TV that followed, because we work in the business of hit-seekers and…

— Lena Waithe

I was a Fry & Laurie fan, I was a Blackadder fan, I was a House fan and he [ Hugh Laurie]s a pleasure.

— David Mandel

'Black Sails' was an amazing experience, but it was a really tough show for me to do. After four years, it was pretty exhausting…

— Toby Stephens

I started with commercials - for shampoo, pancakes, insurance, Volvo. I did a Lux soap commercial with Sarah Jessica Parker. And I got a…

— Stephanie Szostak

I had been a fan of Gene Wilder's for many years, but the first time I saw him in person, my heart fluttered -…

— Gilda Radner