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It's kind of interesting when you sign on to a show because you're basically signing on to play a character because you only really see the first episode of the show.

The first season of a show is kind of like an extended pilot. You're only really on the map if it goes a second season.

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.

The idea of being on a show where each season stands alone, and you can come back the next year and show an entirely different aspect of your personality or your talent or your anything is an enormous gift that you rarely get in television.

It's always difficult when you're on a show that goes for more than a year or a couple of years.

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.

It's interesting because when you're in a show for a year, your life really isn't your own for that whole period.

I've always come into a show when the show was already up and running.

The second episode of any new show can be tough. You have about a week to top the well-crafted and polished pilot episode that was written over six months.