Susan Olsen Quotes

I got cast on ER, I knew I'd be playing a great character and I knew the show was great.

While I was doing 'Desperate Housewives,' I actually watched it from the beginning.

I'd give my right arm to be, like, a random extra on 'Girls,' just to walk past one of the scenarios. I'd love that more than anything.

For 'Supergirl,' I actually didn't audition.

They were looking for someone to play the neighbor of the Jeffersons. I thought it would be a nice trip to Los Angeles. When you get a call like that, you don't expect much to come of it.

I tested against Kaley Cuoco for 'The Big Bang Theory.' Not getting that hurts.

I am lucky to be part of a 'Kyunki.' Not every actor gets a chance to be part of a successful television show.

There's this one show that I want to be in so badly. I'd try everything to get into 'The Walking Dead.' I don't even care if I'm a zombie.

The first audition I went out on was because my father was on an audition for a TV show called the 'Gilmore Girls,' and that kind of snowballed a lot of stuff in my life.

I can't tell you how good it is to go from 'Homeland' to be lucky enough to find 'The Blacklist' at the right time. It literally came at the very end of pilot season when I thought there was nothing left.

Getting on a popular, long-running show like 'Happy Days' is the actor's equivalent of winning the lottery.

'Law & Order' was amazing but so consuming, I couldn't get to the stage.

I was working at a restaurant in L.A. when a producer came in. He said I should audition for this movie 'Cellular.' I did, and I got the part. It actually makes me sick to tell that story because it's obnoxious.

'FlashForward' was a dream come true. I had auditioned for David Goyer for 'Blade: Trinity' and didn't get the part, but I guess he became a fan.

The first thing I went out for was 'The Sopranos' and I got it, so that's how it happened. I hate to say it like that because I wait for calls now.

I was scouted at the age of 10 by a Hollywood agent. I was a really shy, geeky-looking thing, and started in the industry by doing 'extra' work on films.

With 'Nip/Tuck,' I had never even done anything before I got on that show. They created that character for me. I was reading for something else.

I don't need to be reminded that I was on 'Friends.' I remember - some of it, anyway.

I'm on a never-ending quest to get back on a TV series, and I want to get on 'The Walking Dead.'

If you asked me what my dream would be - obviously, 'NCIS' is a dream to me - I'd like to be on a period show.

I don't know if it's a romantic comedy but I'm in the beginning of the first of the season of 'The West Wing.' We shot it last year. I don't know. If anyone asks me to be in one, I'll jump on it.

I really wanted to be on Six Feet Under as a corpse. That would be hysterical.

Everybody said, 'You hit it so big when you were on 'Ally McBeal.' ' I didn't do anything for a year after 'Ally McBeal,' and I had to write David Kelley to get myself back on 'Ally' a second time because I thought the character should be on again.

Since I've joined 'Game of Thrones,' it's been such a pleasure.

I was in seventh grade, and getting a part in Full House was huge. It opened so many doors for me.