TV is very much a producer and writer or creator-driven machine in the States. And I'm the kind of actor that needs to be pushed and have someone on my case a little bit, so I suffer from that.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In TV, there's so much compromise, it does start to grate a bit. But if you're a writer or an actor, it really is the place to be.
TV is a major force in our lives - a FORCE. It must be handled very carefully, both its censure and its artistic honesty.
I've been really lucky to work with some really great film people in the past, but television works on a much quicker schedule, and it's the TV directors I've worked with that I looked to and became a big fan of.
The whole thing about doing TV is that you never know what's going to happen. You just have to go with it and go with the flow.
Television has done a lot for me, and I can never stay away from it.
Television is a very writer-driven business, and it's one of the few parts of entertainment where writers are treated with respect, only because they need you. If they didn't have to treat you with respect, they would be happy to dismiss you.
As a writer, you're really in control of almost everything. That's not the case in TV. You have to be prepared to work with a lot of people to make something happen, and you got to be prepared, at least in the beginning, to not be too good at your specific task.
I know I'm an actor, but I'm not at all a believer in people watching a lot of TV. I've never had television in my home.
While television is a good servant, it's a bad master. It can swallow up huge quantities of our lives without much happiness bang for the buck.
I'd say working on television is much, much tougher than films. But television has a great connect with a live audience, which is a refreshing change for us actors.