Sitcom Quotes - Page 2

• The Simpsons was pretty experimental at the time, but it attracted a lot of sitcom writers that felt confined by the limitations of live-action sitcoms in the '80s.

  Eric Andre

  Action, Felt, 80s

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Actors are embracing a new aesthetic, which is leaning more toward truthful and simple and direct, as opposed to what we would normally call sitcom acting.

  William H. Macy

  Simple, Acting, Actors

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• There's this cornucopia of potential, and it can't be realized until someone works their ass off for it. Even on a Nickelodeon sitcom.

  David Krumholtz

  Ass, Nickelodeon

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• The strangest thing about writing a sitcom, is never knowing if it will become anything but words on a page.

  Pippa Evans

  Writing, Knowing, Pages

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• If you had of told me age 10 that in 19 years time I would be on a stage in Salford performing with Les Dennis in a sitcom I had written, I would have believed you.

  Pippa Evans

  Years, Age, Would Be

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• We did monologues and scenes, and New York I did a scene from Amadeus and a monologue from Pounding Nails in the Floor With My Forehead by Eric Bogosian, and then in L.A. I switched the scene to This is Our Youth and did the same monologue. I was spiky-haired, super skinny. A lot of people were like, "You should come here and do a sitcom." That was the feedback that I got. Obviously it was quite a different journey than the one I've actually had, but I just listened to people.

  Zachary Quinto

  New York, Journey, People

  Interview With Patrick J. Adams, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 18, 2016.

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• I did five episodes of Townies as Jenna Elfman's boyfriend. I was a guest star, but it was the first time I really got to play laughs in front of a sitcom audience.

  Eric McCormack

  Stars, Play, Laughing

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• As much as I loved [Al] Pacino and [Robert] De Niro and wanted to be a dramatic actor, I also grew up on sitcoms.

  Eric McCormack

  Actors, Als, Dramatic

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I grew up on M*A*S*H and All In The Family and Cheers. And then around this time, this would have been '95, '96, I was so into Friends and Mad About You, the idea of being on a sitcom became a very real thing that I wanted. It was not so much a relief. It was really exciting. It's an amazing thing to be in front of an audience.

  Eric McCormack

  Cheer, Real, Ideas

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Every actor has periods of their life that are a little less busy than others, and that was just a time when I needed that. And to be back on a sitcom stage, with Julia [ Louis-Dreyfus], was really, really fun.

  Eric McCormack

  Fun, Actors, Littles

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I really set out to do this traditional looking and traditional sounding multi-cam sitcom, but then make the world as elastic as an animated show could be. Make the world as surreal as we wanted it to be.

  John Mulaney

  World, Animated, Surreal

  Source: uproxx.com

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• My career isn't gonna screetch to a halt because some guy in Westbury filmed ten minutes of the show. "Well, we were gonna give you the sitcom but saw that bit you did about the Mormons in Westbury, so get outta here."

  Jay Mohr

  Careers, Giving, Guy

  Source: underthegunreview.net

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• I love doing sitcoms and I love performing in front of a live audience, so [Payne] was a really fun experience.

  Julie Benz

  Fun, Performing, Audience

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I think the part of media that romanticizes criminal behavior, things that a person will say against women, profanity, being gangster, having multiple children with multiple men and women and not wanting to is prevalent. When you look at the majority of shows on television they placate that kind of behavior. If you go through a weekly Monday through Friday, it's all there. It's in how people on the sitcoms and cop shows talk to each other.

  Bill Cosby

  Friday, Monday, Children

  Source: www.christianpost.com

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• In my twenties, I thought it was getting a sitcom. Then I got a sitcom pilot in my early thirties, and realized I didn't want it. It was a rude awakening. When it wasn't picked up, I was crushed, but then in retrospect I've made two films and produced three one-man shows since then. It's the luckiest thing that happened in my life.

  Mike Birbiglia

  Men, Two, Rude

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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• I love film and I love sitcoms, and I was one of those kids that would just go to the movies on the weekend and spend my whole weekend watching all of the movies.

  Terrence J

  Kids, Weekend, Film

  "Next Factor Q&A: 'Think Like A Man' Star Terrence J". Interview with Jade Leach, www.mtv.com. April 23, 2012.

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• I can't imagine doing an hour-long dramatic series because it's so much work. A sitcom is a wonderful gig. You work from 10 to 4 every day, it's fun, and you get to live at home.

  John Lithgow

  Fun, Home, Long

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• I just love the subversion of dialogue in sitcoms, stand-up is monologue and that is entertaining for a lot of people but personally I find it a bit trying, which is a weird thing to say as a stand-up! I love people aping normal conversation and twisting it so it becomes hilarious.

  Doc Brown

  People, Trying, Normal

  Source: www.sevenstreets.com

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• The writers are the stars of every really successful sitcom.

  Betty White

  Stars, Successful

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm not a movie guy, I'm not a TV sitcom guy, but whatever seems to fit and is funny is good for me.

  Dave Attell

  Guy, Tvs, Fit

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• People would say, Can we develop a sitcom around you? and I would say, Not interested. I'm very happy doing standup and writing and taking my kids to school.

  Jeff Foxworthy

  Writing, School, Kids

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• Tina Fey is part of a generation of women who have changed the face of comedy at 'Second City,' 'SNL,' in sitcoms and in film.

  Janeane Garofalo

  Cities, Fey, Generations

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• 'The Simpsons' basically - and 'Futurama' - are really smart shows. They're kind of disguised as these goofy animated sitcoms, but the references within the shows, if you're paying attention, are pretty smart and pretty sophisticated.

  Matt Groening

  Smart, Attention, Goofy

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• I was born to do sitcoms, where you get an immediate response from the audience.

  Kirstie Alley

  Born, Response, Audience

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• 'The Simpsons' from the very beginning was based on our memories of brash '60s sitcoms - you had a main title theme that was bombastic and grabbed your attention - and when you look at TV shows of the 1970s and '80s, things got very mild and toned down and... obsequious.

  Matt Groening

  Memories, Tv Shows, Down And

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