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The funny thing is that making a pilot is sort of an audition, at least for me. There's something psychological there, where you're sort of asking for the job while you're acting. And then when it's been picked up, it's a completely different psychological dynamic.

I didn't get my first pilot that I screen-tested for, and I really thought it was the end of the world. But it's fine, you know, you move on to something else.

It is cool to make a pilot because you get to do all the fun stuff, and then you get to leave when all the tough stuff starts.

When you're making a pilot, what you're mostly thinking is, 'Please let this be a real job, please.'

Like, to do a pilot, you don't know what's going to happen with it.

I've done a lot of pilots. A lot of shows. You're young and you do a job just because you know someone gave you a job.

I always wanted to be a pilot.

I never intended to become a professional pilot. But, as I became more curious about aircraft, and, well, not being John Travolta, I realized that the only way I was ever going to fly a jet is if I got a job.

A pilot is like the most extensive dress rehearsal you can ever imagine, because the writers are learning about the actors, the actors are learning about the characters.

I have often been asked what I think about at the moment of take-off. Of course, no pilot sits and feels his pulse as he flies. He has to be part of the machine. If he thinks of anything but the task in hand, then trouble is probably just around the corner.