You can take wonderfully talented actors, wonderfully talented writers and producers, and, uh, do a wonderful show!... but if it doesn't hit with the public in two minutes, it's bye-bye.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A show needs time to find an audience, and they're very quick to pull them off the air now.
It takes a lot out of you to do a one-hour episodic lead of a show. I don't think actors realize that when they take the job.
Also, if you're in a TV show that does turn out to be very successful, you then can do whatever you want to do in theater for a very long time.
Nowadays, there are sometimes more producers than there are people in the cast, because it takes that much money to put a show on.
I always say if you've seen good acting on television, those actors are really good. Because there's just not enough time. You don't have any preparation.
One of the worst things about being an actor, besides people being nice to you and getting free stuff all the time - but really, one of the worst things is not knowing what's coming next. You could shoot a pilot, and they could have you on hold for six months waiting to find out what is going to happen with the show, and you're locked into it.
As far as I know, if you take your time, write a good script and make a good film, then give the audience time, they will accept it.
No show would be successful if you took a group of people and just said, 'You're dumb!' over and over. That's not what Broadway's about.
You have a new audience for every show. Even though you do the same thing all the time, you gotta keep it fresh for yourself, and you gotta keep it good and interesting and something you want to do. I'm anxious to have a really terrific act. Whatever it takes it takes.
It's well done if you can do a part and not have the acting show.