Quotes About Entertainment

Writing a screenplay is an act of faith. First, that it's interesting enough that anyone would want to make it. Secondly, that anybody would want to watch it, let alone enjoy it.

I see a lot of people who just want to get on the TV screens, no matter if there is talent or not.

My father was a screenwriter, and I kind of grew up in that world.

I started acting when I was really young. I knew I wanted to be in the industry in other ways. I knew that I wanted to do more than just act. I don't know that I knew it was screenwriting, but I just knew that I wanted to be involved.

I still talk incessantly about 'SCTV,' and I say, 'Screw the kids!'

What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.

It doesn't help anybody to put out a bad script.

Often in television, you read a script and you're amazed that you get the scene given to you.

I want to create and write scripted and unscripted shows, digital shows, stage shows.

Reality in America is heavily scripted, very edited, and they have a say in what goes on TV and what doesn't.

Most scripts are bad. I read a lot of them.

There are some great women's roles in television... so much more interesting than what I was reading in film scripts.

I don't read that many books - I tend to read scripts for projects.

A lot of scripts are written with an eye on what will be popular or what will titillate or what this actor can do well. I don't think those kinds of scripts ever work.

Writing is the life blood of everything in Hollywood. Without writers, there are no scripts, no acting work.

There aren't enough good scripts.

The majority of scripts I get are in the comedy genre.

This isn't just 'Scrubs' with new actors. 'Cougar Town' has a heart to it that's all its own.

When I did 'Scrubs', we were able to always do one as scripted, and then we got to play a little bit and do some stuff. I thought that was pretty loose, but then coming on 'Happy Endings,' it's even looser.

I did a musical episode of 'Scrubs.'

I'm always in search of those books where you don't want to stop reading, and 'Me Before You' is at the top of that list.

I've never been on a show that's run for more than a season.

I watch mediocre shows that have been on for three or four seasons, and feel angry at them.

When you start as an actor, you can only hope you'll be able to act at all - let alone on a show that lasts seven seasons.