Timothy Busfield Quotes

I'm not saying no to anything, at least as far as reading scripts. I don't care if it's television or films but, personally, I would say I'd like to establish myself more in film.

I don't think any actor has the luxury of knowing exactly what scripts are going to turn out well and what ones aren't. It would be wonderful to have that particular skill, and maybe people like Tom Cruise have it more than most, but you go into each project hoping that a good, if not great, film will come out the other end.

I think when you're a bigger star you get many good scripts sent to you, and you have to choose which one you're going to gravitate toward, but I just try to gravitate toward the best-written one that's been thrown my way after a lot of girls have passed on it.

Honestly, after about three years on a show, you're like, 'Thank you very much for giving me a step up. Now can I go do movies?'

My big break was really Liz Meriwether saw me in a movie called 'Paper Heart' and really liked it, and then saw me in a movie called 'Ceremony' because she knew Max Winkler and said, 'I want you to be in 'No Strings Attached,' but you gotta audition for it.' From that it was easier for her to get me in 'New Girl.'

I have done many films across the globe and would love to be a part of Bollywood, but the script must have a strong character for me.

Every time you do a movie, it's important for your career, your reputation.

Like every Aussie actor, I'd rather be working here; it's just we've all been forced to go to the States. Business-wise, as an actor, it's more lucrative, and there's also a lot more of it there.

My personal opinion is that an actor shouldn't bother himself about expanding his market. He or she should just do good films.

Every new director you work with, brings in something new and has perhaps cast you because your last work was good.

I landed a job at HBO, working for two years on the 'The Alzheimer's Project,' which aired in May 2009. I was fortunate to work with a great mentor, producer John Hoffman, and the amazing doc filmmaker Susan Froemke.

I want to do more Tollywood projects but I don't go around asking for roles.

I spent most of my time as an actor in television, so directors in television - it's such a machine that's already in place that I don't think you notice the direction as much on the set.

My directing opportunities have been awesome, and my acting opportunities, some have been great and some have not.

A good performance from me - no matter what kind of film it is, or who I'm acting with - will help me get better offers.

I went straight from filming the second season of 'Survivor's Remorse,' and the creators over there were so supportive in letting me go early so I could film 'Chi-Raq.' And that was an amazing experience.

I stopped getting films. So I had to move to television. I kept myself alive with stage shows.

It was a natural progression for me to find that if acting was what made me most comfortable, the best thing for me to progress toward was television and film.

My journey of working in Telugu filmdom has helped me grow as an actor and person.

It's so crazy to work with Ryan Murphy and then work in the David Fincher world with Robin Wright.

I will continue to work with newbies as long as the script and the director are good.

My whole family was in 'Into the West' as a pioneer family; they're in the audience in 'The Great Debaters.' My family's been getting a lot of work off me!

I'm trying to keep a good record and do interesting movies with interesting filmmakers.

I've always had the luck or blessing that someone would say, 'I liked what you did in that movie. I'd like you to be in my movie.'

TV is an interesting business. You audition with a couple of little papers in your hand, and if you're lucky, you get to say those lines in the show. Then, once in a while, you get to do more.