Joanna Garcia Quotes

I don't have real big aspirations to be a movie star. I would love to be on a long-running hit TV show. You end up playing a defining role.

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

I was lucky that I got to do films in between seasons of 'Chuck.'

I'd love my own show, but I'm really happy to be on 'Pretty Little Liars.'

Coming back to 'New Girl' was a real reminder of how lucky I am to be on a popular network TV show.

I always wanted to be on a great TV show and in a Broadway show and have a CD out, and the fact that they happened simultaneously is kind of an embarrassment of riches.

Two days later I got a call that they wanted to try out the character for seven episodes. Eleven years and 22 Emmys later, Cliff was still sitting at that bar.

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.

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

I'd love to be on a TV series someday, but I believe you get the jobs that you're meant to get. If the job that I'm meant to get is another musical or another play or film or TV show, I'm just happy to keep working.

'Desperate Housewives' is an ensemble cast, where I played a tertiary character. I made a lot of great friends, but that show didn't keep me very busy.

I did a guest appearance on The Practice and loved it.

I would love a recurring role on '90210.' I would say yes to just about any role in acting that doesn't tarnish my image.

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 did a guest thing on 'My Name Is Earl,' and there is something about being involved in a TV show that's in the midst of its popularity that frees up the creative process.

The lazy part of me would love to do a sitcom where I could work three days a week and make a fortune.

The average person in Hollywood just assumes that if you're on a hit TV show, then that's the first thing you've ever done.

Breaking Bad' gave me a career. It gave me more work than I could possibly imagine - I started filming it when I was 14 years old, and I finished when I was turning 21.

The show is called 'MacGyver,' and I've got to be there every day. There are probably a lot of girls out there watching the show that I don't have time to talk to.

TV's been very kind to me.

People very rarely know my real name but recognise me as characters from my shows, such as 'Last Tango In Halifax.'

It was an honour to be a part of that series. I still get fan mail every day for that show; a big portion of my fan base is from 'Gilmore Girls.'

It would be good to star in a teleserye, why not.

I was distributing DVDs in Mumbai in 2006, and that is when I got my first TV show offer - 'Left Right Left.'

After my 1985 appearance on 'The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,' I was wooed by producers in Hollywood, who told me they wanted to turn my act into a sitcom.