Mark Strickson Quotes

The cast gets along pretty well, it's a good work environment. I hang out a lot with Brett Claywell, he plays Tim Smith on the show. We play plenty of basketball.

I love working with a cast and a group of people every day, which is different than recording because you're usually pretty isolated and alone. They serve as a good balance for each other.

I've made great friends through acting. When I'm with Victoria Wood and Julie Walters, we have grand fun. We can make each other howl with laughter because we know each other so well.

The good thing about 'SNL' is that it's the same people every week that you're working with, and we've all become so close and tight because we've worked together so long and so closely together.

I think, you know, actors rely on each other all the time.

I love working with great actors.

It's real time intensive so there's not much time for goofing around, but we are really close and we have a good time with each other. It's a great group.

Each cast member brings their own vibe and antics to the set. You're constantly surrounded by fun loving people who can make you laugh in their own way.

When I was doing the first 'American Pie' movie, I was just happy to have a job. We had a good time, and it was a great group of people, but like any project that I've worked on in my career, you just put your best foot forward, and you're all working together to make the best movie possible.

I love working with Sally Field, and Steve Buscemi is one of the most giving, talented actors I've ever worked with.

The reason why I like theater is because it's a long journey, and no matter what role you play, we are all in it together.

I've never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we're all friends; we're all good friends.

I want to act, I want to write, and I need to follow good directors.

A lot of my mates are actors and it's lovely to be able to work with friends.

As an actor, I love working with directors. As much as I love working with other actors.

To be able to work with actors who are doing such good work, not only makes it easier for you, but it makes you better.

It doesn't happen very often that you get to work with some really good friends of yours and there's a common language between everyone, you don't have to explain what you're doing, you can just run with it. It makes it just so much easier and more relaxed.

What I say about actors is you always want to find an actor you can play ball with. You throw the ball at them and you want them to throw it back. Your ball playing is a lot better when you play with good ballplayers, like any sport. Every actor I know feels the same way.

I like playing a character every day. I like having something to go back to. I always enjoyed that with 'Will & Grace.' I like the camaraderie. I like having a crew that I know and I can work with every day.

I had been very close to Anne Bancroft when we worked together in The Miracle Worker.

When I shot 'Private Practice,' Amy Brenneman made a point of really befriending me before we started shooting.

The guys in my band are good friends on and off the stage. The band members that I have now is probably the best band that I have ever had.

Orlando's a really cool guy. They hired him for 'Lord of the Rings' out of drama school. He's very new at this still and doesn't have a lot of experience. So we were in this together and we've tried to help each other out. We felt very equal which was good.

As an actor, I love the feeling of being on set and the camaraderie of working on something together.

I just love the people I work with so much, you know. It's an embarrassment of riches to get to work with Kristen Schaal and Mel Rodriguez and Mary Steenburgen and Boris Kodjoe and Cleopatra Coleman and January Jones, but then to get to bring Jason Sudeikis into the mix, you know, we're like brothers from all that time we spent together.