Characters Quote by Tina Fey

“Pilot scripts are particularly difficult to write because you have to introduce all the characters without it feeling like a series of introductions. You…

— Tina Fey

Pilots are so hard because you have to introduce all these characters, you have to hook an audience, and an audience has such a…

— Max Greenfield

I'm extra harsh on pilot scripts, which is difficult because pilots, generally, are not that great. You have to imagine the whole series instead…

— Lizzy Caplan

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

Writing pilots is such a specific thing. It's not even really writing TV shows. A pilot is its own beast.

— June Diane Raphael

I read a lot of pilots and I've tried to write some of my own - it's very hard.

— Janelle James

Oh, I had an idea for a pilot of my own at the time, and then Carl sent me about eight scripts and simply…

— Dick Van Dyke

When you're doing a pilot, you're doing it in this bubble that almost works against the creative impulse. You don't have time to get…

— Josh Gad

In terms of the pilot, you have to introduce a lot of characters in a very short period of time, and you have to…

— Jack Davenport

The pilot is a sales tool; it introduces you to the characters and might set the template for what the show is meant to…

— Michael Spiller

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

You read a million scripts during pilot season, and most of them are not very good, so the good ones really shine.

— Caitlin Fitzgerald