Audience Quote by James Belushi

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 10 to…

— John Lithgow

Comedies are often half-hour programs and then drama and action series are often an hour.

— Lucy Lawless

To get on a show where you're acting day in and day out for many, many hours - 15-16 hours sometimes - it hones…

— Lela Loren

It takes a week to do a sitcom in Hollywood. I do a show a day in my studio, three or four shows a…

— Tyler Perry

An average show is two hours. And that's usually right up to the curfew or the union triple time. I always feel like I…

— Tom Petty

Sitcoms are like summer stock. You put it up in three days, and then you do it in front of an audience, so it's…

— Susan Egan

In TV, you're basically shooting an episode in 10 to 14 days; 14 days is a luxury situation. And in film, you have anywhere…

— Chadwick Boseman

If you're doing an hour-long show, you're working movie hours, doing a 12-15-hour day. We work three or four hours a day, and get…

— Eric McCormack

Shooting for a TV show is not very different from shooting for a movie. We work for long hours in both the mediums. The…

— Nikitin Dheer

Apparently, sitcoms are like the dream job, I've been told. The hours are great, apparently.

— Phoebe Dynevor

Sitcoms are incredibly limiting. When you do a sitcom and it becomes a signature part for you, it's harder to do something else; but…

— Aunjanue Ellis

The ones [comedies] that I always liked, whether it's Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News, or Fast Times of Ridgemont High, they were all about…

— Judd Apatow