Actor Quote by Lauren Ash

If you work on network TV, they want to pick your casts, dictate your story and how your show works. It just becomes creativity…

— Judd Apatow

You can't do television shows caring whether or not the network picks you up. You can only do them enjoying the work, because if…

— Jon Cryer

As a television actor, when we work in TV, what we're doing is making a product so that networks can sell ad space.

— Busy Philipps

The network shows tend to be run, in general, in my experience, by committee, and it's hard for actors and writers to do their…

— Hope Davis

As the lead actor, you naturally get involved with a show.

— Melina Kanakaredes

There are some actors who see a show as something to do before going out.

— John Tiffany

TV is an interesting business. You audition with a couple of little papers in your hand, and if you're lucky, you get to say…

— Susan Blommaert

If you're a serious actor, you wouldn't put yourself up for one of those shows in case you got bumped off the first week…

— Elaine Paige

TV gives people a chance to establish as an actor.

— Ishita Dutta

You work with seasoned actors, and sometimes you realize that they phone it in.

— Oliver Jackson-Cohen

The first heart you win over is that casting director. In first meetings, they'll be the ones who see your pitch for the character.…

— Michael Mosley

I've done network shows. A director will call me and say, 'Do you want to do this with me?' and I'll say, 'Sure,' but…

— Paula Malcomson