Tom Green Quotes

I could sell my own TV show, but I couldn't get it made.

On 'State of Affairs,' we're going after some names that you wouldn't think would traditionally do TV. A show that shoots in Los Angeles is such a rare bird in hand that I think we're gonna have the pick of the litter.

My aim was never to be an American star; otherwise, I would have moved to Los Angeles.

I had developed a sitcom with UPN, but it wasn't picked up.

My agent said that every Monday after an episode of 'Entourage,' at the staff meeting at the agency, that's all they do is talk about the episode the night before.

I've started a company, called Tall Girl Productions, and we've got our first project that is purely producing, not writing, with a writer named Evan Daugherty. It's for NBC, it's called 'Afterthought,' and it's science fiction-ish. That's fun.

L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation.

I am so happy to be on a show with writing I wanted to participate in.

I've always lived in New York; I never moved to L.A. I was developing and producing and writing a pilot for a year. That took me out of everything for over a year. When that sadly didn't go forward, I shot 'Black Mirror' right after that.

I've sold shows based on my standup twice to CBS, but they've never gone past the script stage. TV is very competitive.

I live in a small town in Connecticut, and they don't write scripts there, but I get them anyway because my agent is in Los Angeles.

Bottom line: I can relax in L.A. I think I'm the only person in that town who doesn't want to act. I was an OK singer. I was an OK dancer. But acting? Never could do it.

If you want to write for films or TV, you must go to Hollywood.

I went to USC and got my first break writing for a kids' show called 'Pepper Ann.'

I will think of doing television only when I'll be looking forward to doing reality shows.

I was offered a lot of reality shows in the past. I continue to be offered things like 'The Surreal Life.' I did one in 2002, right after the attacks on the World Train Center. It was called 'Celebrity Bootcamp.' It sounded exciting and cool when they presented it. When you get down to it, it was corny and cheesy.

What does she do?" "She's a producer." Of course, in Los Angeles this doesn't mean much more than "she's a member of the human race.

I have got lots of offers from networks for more reality shows.

What I didn't realize is, getting out to L.A., you realize how normal it is, especially if you go eat or have dinner in West Hollywood: kind of everybody is somebody out there.

Reality shows give a great platform to young singers, but kids shouldn't be exposed to showbiz at a very young age.

I was auditioning a lot in L.A., and I was actually getting called back a lot for sitcoms. But I wasn't getting jobs. I even tested for 'Saturday Night Live' and didn't get that.

When I moved to Los Angeles to be on the radio, there was an acting school on every corner. You can't be in L.A. and not be into acting.

I'm not chasing reality shows. Viewers want to see me and producers want me on their shows.

The painful part of being a new writer on 'ER' is that you come on with all these great ideas, and you find out we've already done them.

I did a pilot for Nickelodeon that didn't end up going to series.