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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.

Yes, I am a pilot. I am a flight instructor and a commercial pilot.

During my career as an airline pilot, I had the opportunity to be a check and training captain. Part of this job was to train and test experienced pilots to ensure that they had the necessary knowledge and skills to safely and efficiently operate those magnificent big jets.

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

I did want to be a pilot. I wanted to be a military pilot because I liked airplanes. I was interested in modeling airplanes.

My first pilot gig, in fact my first job in television, was 'Freaks and Geeks,' and the experience of directing that pilot was probably the single most formative of my directing life.

I always knew how to cook and at one point in my career where I had done nine television pilots before Three's Company and they all failed, I just got discouraged.

Every pilot thinks they're the best pilot in the world. I think I'm the best pilot.