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If you can write and create original characters, do your own show, develop your own material, it gives you more power than just waiting…

— Molly Shannon

When the show started out, it was like all of a sudden we had to do 35 episodes and we had just a month…

— Mike Judge

At one time, whenever the hell it was, they wanted a character to come in and stir up the pot. They brought me in…

— William Devane

At the end of the day, it's really, really difficult to make a brand-new show, to write a pilot where you have to introduce…

— Missy Peregrym

It's so great to come in and do something where you know how strong the format of the show is and you're working with…

— Miranda Otto

There's something really satisfying if you've created a bunch of characters that have withstood 25 episodes.

— Jonathan Tropper

Characters make a show.

— Lorne Greene

Well, it was very interesting to play a character and stretch it over such a long time - 12 episodes. I had never done…

— Nick Stahl

When you sign up for a TV show, you don't know if it's going to be for a pilot or for the rest of…

— Gabrielle Anwar

I think you can find yourself on one of these shows for a long period of time and think that all you'll ever be…

— William Petersen

To a large extent: it's about economy of space. You have so little real estate when you're writing a half hour show. It's really…

— Jonathan M. Goldstein

I was participating in acting and writing for other shows and I knew that eventually I wanted a sitcom of my own.

— Quinta Brunson