When you're on a long running series, you reach a very rarefied, high oxygen area and after a while to keep a show on the air they have to make some very drastic changes.
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The thing with being on a series that runs that long is that the writers run out of things to do.
My main worry is that after a certain point you become so identified with a character and a series that you might not be able to get work when your show goes off the air.
There was concern whether SCI FI would want the show back with all the recent changes. But now, the changes have made it feel fresh, like starting over.
I've never been on a TV show for more than a season and you have to continually keep it interesting and you have to keep it connected, even as you change.
When you're not the lead on a series, you work intermittently, even if you're in every episode.
A long-running TV series is a beast in that it demands you stick to one character over a long haul.
There's something in human nature, the trying-to-get-on-with-it quality of people, the struggle to maintain or keep the show going can be exhausting.
I do to keep things sounding fresh. Sometimes just changing the running order of the show is a good idea.
I don't watch the beginnings of many series; I don't know why - maybe because I'm normally working.
There's a different energy at one of my shows than anybody else's.
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