Sitcom Quotes - page 4

I like playing characters that are complex, that are intriguing, that come from left field, that do things that are unexpected. I don't like people who just follow one line and that's it - that's why I could never be in a sitcom, I don't think. They're not intriguing enough for me. (Pete Postlethwaite)
Good actresses can often accomplish miracles, and it is possible to be someone you've never been or will be. But in a sitcom, there's no time. View quote
Patricia Richardson
I think it is very sad that 'sitcom' has become a pejorative term. View quote
Penelope Keith
I started writing sketches with Dennis Kelly, who I ended up writing 'Pulling' with. We entered a BBC competition and did quite well, then started writing bits for other people's shows. You wheedle your way in, write pilots and eventually you end up writing a sitcom. View quote
Sharon Horgan
My experience tells me that any time you hear people laughing on a sitcom, it's the writers who happen to be closest to the microphones - not the audience. View quote
Steven Weber
It would be interesting if this sitcom works, so I could be doing one thing all the time instead of going back and forth between all this different media which I sort of thrive on, I'm a bit of a moving target in that way. View quote
Stockard Channing
I watched some serious '80s television. 'Alice,' 'Good Times,' 'The Jeffersons,' 'Family Ties,' 'Cheers'... every night it was eat dinner, watch 'Cheers.' I was actually on 'Jeopardy' with Rebecca Lobo and Dot Richardson, and we were laughing because I was just nailing every random '80s trivia question - sitcom, theme music, movie, you name it. View quote
Summer Sanders
Canadian comedians are generally more well-rounded... They have to do a lot more. In order to have a career in this country, you have to do everything. And in the States you can narrow-cast, you can be just a sitcom performer or a stand-up comedian or a sketch performer. View quote
Scott Thompson
If I could live a parallel life, I would be a sitcom star; being in front of a live audience would be great. View quote
Scott Wolf
I did this TV show, which was my first job ever. It wasn't a real acting part. It was like this promo for this sitcom and the main actress was meeting three different real people and then she was going to decide who was going to be on the episode. View quote
Sean William Scott
Sitcom hours are silly easy compared to drama. Whenever an actor on a sitcom complains, I feel like smacking them! (Tricia Helfer)
I was only 11 when we filmed the pilot. The idea of a rapper being a star on a sitcom just wasn't heard of. View quote
Tatyana Ali
If you're on a network show, it's either some wacky sitcom or a drama where you're servicing a procedure. View quote
Mark Feuerstein
In 1977, at age ten, I was cast on the TV sitcom 'Good Times.' My character was Penny, an abused child in desperate need of love. I really didn't want to do the show. I didn't want to be away from my family. View quote
Janet Jackson
I didn't want to do the sitcom thing, but I didn't know what else to do. View quote
William Shatner
The key to sitcom success is miserable people. If you see a happy couple, it's just gone, like when Sam and Diane got together on Cheers. View quote
Matthew Perry (actor)
I would really like to do a really cool one-hour show, maybe on, like, HBO or something like that; or something that I've spent a couple of years developing so it would be exactly the character and exactly in with a huge push behind it; or I would maybe want to do a sitcom; something light and funny. View quote
Jennifer Love Hewitt
When I was younger and studying acting, I never ever saw myself in the sitcom world; it was drama that really turned me on and still does. View quote
Matt LeBlanc
When 'Family Guy' started, we wanted to make it more like a sitcom. And there was very little music. View quote
Seth MacFarlane
I'm just starting to realize the type of work that I want to do. Not everyone can fit into the sitcom world because it's so fast-paced, but it feels comfortable to me. View quote
Brooke Shields
The only thing I miss from the sitcom format is that immediate gratification of when you're, if we're talking about comedy, of the live audience. (Ray Romano)
It always makes me laugh when people ask why anyone would want to do a sitcom in America. If it runs five years, you never have to work again. View quote
Twiggy
I had developed a sitcom with UPN, but it wasn't picked up. View quote
Charisma Carpenter
Zombie books were going to be my passion projects, but certainly not pay the bills. I thought I was going to have to get a real job on a sitcom or something, and have my zombie books to remind myself I was still a writer at heart. I never thought I could actually pay my bills and write what I wanted. View quote
Max Brooks
I got into stand-up to get on a sitcom. View quote
David Spade