James MacArthur Quotes

We were surprised that the television series had the kind of longevity that it had after only four years of filming it and the reception in 6 countries around the world was quite extraordinary.

I knew it was going to be enormous because of the number of people who bought the books, but, to be honest, I never thought it would be bigger than Bond. Never in a million years.

'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'

It's sensational to be a part of a series that takes on a life of its own.

'Friends' was a magical thing, and no one's going to ever have anything like that again.

'Sherlock' is one of the biggest things I will do, ever - we could never have predicted that level of insanity around the series.

Funnily enough, 'Shooting Stars,' that stupid little panel show, is the most influential thing we've done.

People in Britain always think of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' as a musical - it wasn't.

Little did we know it would be watched by millions of people and break viewing records.

A lot of factors go into the longevity of a show.

I think it's always important for academics to study popular culture, even if the thing they are studying is idiotic. If it's successful or made a dent in culture, then it is worthy of study to find out why.

I think it's as popular as it ever has been and it continues to grow as it does all around the world.

Everywhere I go, someone stops me and says, 'Oh, you're that guy from 'Terminator 2.'' So, it's something that has, you know, been around me since the movie came out.

Elvis is great and so is anybody who lasts like he does.

Anytime you're lucky enough to be on something that lasts longer than half a season, you never quite know what kind of life the show is gonna take on.

I am recognized a lot for 'Master of None.' It seems like that show really touched a cultural nerve in a good way.

The cultural value of 'Gossip Girl' was this interesting question. Sure, it seemed to have been a worldwide, cultural phenomenon for some time. And, yes, anywhere I go, I do get recognized. At the same time, it also lacked the kind of importance that people might anticipate.

I want every movie to have a big audience. I'm always hopeful that it's going to be discovered, and audiences are fantastic that way because every once in a while they surprise you. I didn't think 'Beautiful Mind' was going to be that kind of global success.

I thought 'ER' was a really good script, but I didn't have any inkling that it would become the phenomenon that it did, and I don't think anybody did back then.

In a very real sense, I represent pop culture in an iconic way. It's been very good to me, so anything I can do to help the fans to tumble along - it's good.

'Grey's' is one of those shows... that's been able to ride so many waves.

It's never been our intention to sell millions of albums, but if our message touches that many people, then so be it.

That's the thing that continues to blow me away and just never ceases to amaze me. Younger people continue to seek out this show and find it, and we get approached by 11-year-olds who say, 'Oh, my God, 'Psych' is my favorite show.' It's like, 'You weren't born when we started making that!' It's fascinating - and also awesome and humbling.

When we first filmed 'Gilmore Girls,' I didn't know it would build such a cult following.

It's pretty weird to me that our music is as popular as it is.