Quotes About Television

I've always wanted to be an actress, ever since I was a little girl. I've always played the mom and I play my sister as the daughter. I wanted to be an actress on television and movies instead of just around the house.

On 'The Guiding Light' I enjoyed working with Jamie Goodwin and Ellen Parker, who played my sister. I loved working with Jerry Ver Dorn and Jay Hammer. I mean, there's some great fun people that I've really enjoyed.

I was fortunate enough to book a pilot, and we just got picked up for a midseason replacement for ABC. It's called 'Romantically Challenged,' and I'm going to be playing Alyssa Milano's little sister. The other actor in it is Kyle Bornheimer from 'Worst Week' - he's hilarious.

I didn't realize I was the 'fat' sister until I went on TV and the media started saying that about me.

I always wanted to entertain. When I was little, I would sing in front of the mirror with a hairbrush or my sisters and I would make shows. I always wanted to be on TV.

I like 'Mad Men,' and I think 'The Killing' is pretty great too. I like 'Brothers & Sisters.'

For almost five years on 'Happy Days,' I have had a mom and pop and a brother who give me advice and help me just as my own parents and brothers and sisters do at home.

I am very excited about doing 'Shastri Sisters.'

I am happy that I have landed 'Shastri Sisters' because I was always wanted to be a part of Colors family.

Two things happened - One, I was already in search of a positive role for a long time when I came across 'Shastri Sisters.' Two, I missed being a part of Hindi television.

A sitcom. I hate that word.

I had developed a sitcom with UPN, but it wasn't picked up.

You have to ask yourself if you want to be the kind of actress who's interesting, or the kind of actress who's meant to play the pretty-but-uninteresting wife of a chubby guy on a network sitcom.

On network TV, I'm still Phoebe to people, and it would be hard to convince them otherwise in the bright lights of a sitcom.

I do feel that there is a little confusion in people's minds between the real me and sitcom Miranda. I am pleased that people identify with the character, but I think they want me to be her and are disappointed that the real Miranda doesn't actually fall into graves or be that rubbish at life.

I'm not of the ilk that there's something immoral about doing an unfunny sitcom - it just gets boring and unchallenging.

Well, usually, when you're doing a sitcom, you get a script and every word or for the most part, is written. So, you know, if it's a 30-minute sitcom, then it's a 35-page script or something like that.

I wouldn't consider myself a traditional sitcom actor or someone you'd even think would be in a sitcom.

I would never do another sitcom. It was so boring I wanted to pull my fingernails off.

I've been very busy working on the ABC Family sitcom, 'Baby Daddy.'

I always wanted to be on a sitcom.

I think I'm sort of locked into the sitcom genre.

I'm a huge fan of stuff like 'Planet Earth' and the American sitcom 'Everybody Loves Raymond.'

Everyone told me that British sitcom was dead. Then I looked at 'Seinfeld' and 'Frasier' and thought, 'No it's not, it just needs more gags.'