I consider myself one of the luckiest people in the history of show business.

Everybody knows things are not the same. The people running the TV end of a major vertically integrated company know how much money a successful show can make.

I get bored with establishing shots of people getting out of cars and walking into buildings, getting into elevators and then 45 seconds later they have a line.

Drama or comedy programming is still the surest way for advertisers to reach a mass audience. Once that changes, all bets are off.

I would say that if you really wished to be a working member of the community, don't go out on strike because then there's no work and no potential of work.

The threat to free television. The reason television is free is because it is a life support system for commercials. That fundamental aspect is about to change.

Their argument is that most shows are losers, which is true, but it's also disingenuous to say, 'We are not going to take the risk unless it is totally covered by the few successful shows that are out there.'