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Oftentimes, you read these pilot scripts that come through for American work, and they don't sing to you. I've got to be honest, not many of them ignite the flame or give you that burning feeling of, 'Oh, God, I really want to be a part of this.'

— Antony Starr

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

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

— Hamish Linklater

For the last four or five years, I had been in the position where I didn't have to take a pilot. I took this one because the script and the people were terrific. It never frightened me. As we were doing the pilot, I could tell that it was working.

— Gerald McRaney

I wound up getting pulled into being a consultant on the Lifetime drama 'For the People.' The executive producer said, 'I want you to write scripts.' We sold pilots to a bunch of different networks.

— Marcia Clark

Sometimes you read pilots and, understandably, they're doing such a frantic tap dance for approval. I get why - it's such an incredibly competitive market.

— Zach Woods

You read a million scripts during pilot season, and most of them are not very good, so the good ones really shine.

— Caitlin Fitzgerald

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.

— John Slattery

I wrote a pilot for myself. It's about a Latina actress trying to make it in Hollywood. It's pretty funny.

— Melonie Diaz

I always wanted to be a pilot.

— Bo Jackson

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.

— Niels Arden Oplev

✗Opposing Perspectives

Every pilot I've ever written, I've fallen deeply and madly in love with. It's the only way I work.

— Amy Sherman-Palladino