Angela Lansbury Quotes

One thing I won't do in television is a sitcom. I find that world to be so neurotic and bizarre.

I really, really like 'Eastbound & Down.' It's one of the few things that makes me laugh.

I was raised on the purest comedy there is: 'I Love Lucy.' I was raised watching 'Three's Company' and sitcoms of the '70s and '80s.

One of my first jobs ever as an actor was working with Julie White on a sitcom called 'Grace Under Fire.'

I would love to have my own show, and whatever movies come up, that would be fun to do too. But I love TV, and I love the art of the half-hour sitcom.

My first venture into TV was a half-hour sitcom on Fox called 'Roc.'

I've been very busy working on the ABC Family sitcom, 'Baby Daddy.'

I hated stand-up.

What I love most is television, and I would love to work on a sitcom.

I watch the comedy shows like 'Married With Children,' 'Friends,' 'Family Guy,' and 'Everybody Loves Raymond.'

Nothing is set up like a comedy bit. I did sitcoms for 10 years. Literally from 1989 to 1999. That's almost all I did. Whenever I got away from television I was like, "Phew, thank God that's over. I am never going back."

I think multicamera comedy is a much-maligned American art form.

I loved doing sitcoms.

But I'm kind of spoilt when it comes to comedy. I was on 'Friends', which was one of the funniest things on television.

I feel like there's a lot of great writing on television.

Chuck Lorre and I had been talking about doing one of his shows for a while. I said I'd like to do 'The Big Bang Theory,' because I think it's the best written, most intelligent show on television.

When I was growing up my favorite show was 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show', and I loved all the stuff that Norman Lear did.

I love television; I specifically love having a dumb character on a TV show.

Sitcoms are what got me excited about show business.

In time we hate that which we often fear.

You know all those young people watching Comedy Central love 'Frasier.'

Even before I got on 'SNL' I assumed I would do some type of sitcom; I kind of thought that was how I would start. I don't mean to sound arrogant - I just thought I would be best suited to the form.

I would consider a half hour sitcom if the script was good.

I loved 'King of Queens'... You can't spend that amount of time somewhere and not pick that as your favorite.

I hate golf.