Ed O'Neill Quotes

I loved doing 'Gilmore Girls.' I love Amy Sherman-Palladino. I'd do anything with her.

Tom Hooper had done 'John Adams,' and David Lynch did 'Twin Peaks.' I figured I could do eight hours of television, and I wanted to.

'Gilmore Girls' was the first show I ever worked on and was my absolute favorite show at the time.

I'll be directing some more 'Private Practice' episodes when we wrap 'Caprica.'

I'm pretty lucky to work on both 'CSI: NY' and 'Supernatural.' Not bad gigs!

A lot of writers dream of feature films, but television - by way of TNT, CBS, Lifetime, and Hallmark Hall of Fame - has always called my name. And after seeing 'True Detective,' can there be any doubt that the storytelling on TV is as genius as it gets?

I am the luckiest old broad on two feet if the truth were known. It's - but it all goes back to 'Mary Tyler Moore,' 'Golden Girls,' all those - actors love to take the credit. We couldn't do it without the writers.

I just wanted to work with David Lynch.

I'd been working with Chuck Lorre since the dawn of time, starting with 'Dharma and Greg,' so when I get a call about a really cool opportunity to work with him, I say yes, even before I know what it is.

I literally will write Shonda Rhimes, the creator of 'Grey's,' an e-mail once a month or so and just say, 'Hey, I love you and thank you.' That was my moment. Because of that, I'm doing 'Magic City.'

I had the wonderful good luck of having Jimmy Gandolfini as my mentor and David Chase as my godfather, two of the most talented guys in the history of television.

Well, I always wanted to work with Anubhav Sinha.

I'd worked with Matt Strevens on 'Adventure in Space and Time' and he's a great friend of mine.

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

As a matter of fact - it'll probably ruin my movie career - but I think better storytellers are in television.

I wanted to work on a cable show and with a writer/director because that's a much more fulfilling and freeing experience, as an actor.

I would love to work on another installment of 'Gilmore Girls.'

I'd love to work with Jed Whedon on 'S.H.I.E.L.D.'

The first TV show I worked on was with the guys from 'Little Britian,' Matt Lucas and David Walliams, who did a show in 1995 I directed, 'Mash and Peas.'

I did 'The Commish' and an episode of 'Neon Rider,' and then I got the series called 'Street Justice,' which I ended up doing about 18 episodes of.

In the world of book writing, there's a few people, maybe, where you have close relationships. In TV, there are so many more relationships, and they're all so critical.

Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino gave me such a gift with 'Bunheads,' and to give me this gift of going on 'Gilmore Girls' was beyond. It was awesome.

In television, the 60-minute series, 'The Wire' and 'Mad Men' and so on, the writer is the primary creative artist.

When David Goyer comes to the small screen, what he's actually doing is making the small screen bigger.

I say yes to everything if I like the overall thing that's being put out there. I'll do anything with David Wain.