Emma Barton Quotes

I was on a soap opera before that for three years, where I was the nicest guy on earth.

My first time on camera was 'One Life to Live.' I mourn for actors coming up that the daytime soap opera is becoming extinct. It's theater onscreen.

I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'

I used to be on 'The Bold & The Beautiful'; that character, Bridget Forrester, is dear to my heart, and of course, the reruns of that you can see.

I was on 'Home and Away' for about three or four months. I loved it.

It still hasn't sunk in that I'm going to be in Coronation Street. Everything about the role is brilliant and I'm working with some great people.

Actors go, 'I just want to act.' And I say to them, 'You know, stop for a second and think about what charges you up the most. Do you want to be on the stage, do you want to be in film, do you want to be a comic actor? Do you just want to make it for the money and capitalize on your look and do commercials and soaps?'

Being in 'Coronation Street' is only going to make me a better actor.

I'd love to do another television series. I really love the writing process, and as an actor I really like how much you get to examine in television.

I entered into Dawson's Creek to do a couple of episodes. They weren't sure about my role in the beginning, but then the chemistry kind of worked.

My greatest accomplishment is receiving my role on 'Guiding Light.'

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.

I dream of playing Lady Cora's sister on 'Downton Abbey.'

I loved working on 'Murphy Brown,' and I loved working on 'Monk.'

Films are fun, and I want to do comic roles. Daily soaps are interesting, too, but the travel to and from the sets takes a toll.

I loved working on 'Boardwalk.' I had a very limited run on it, but I did love it and that was quality television.

I did 'Footballer's Wives' for two-and-a-half seasons and I asked to be written out.

When you get your show - that's what 'King of Queens' was for me. That was my part; that was my show - I was meant to have that part.

While I appreciate horror movies, I'd love the opportunity to do something transformative, especially because people see me as contemporary. There's a lot to explore in my career that could take me back to another time. A period piece would be an incredible game of dress-up, too.

I hope to continue doing TV, and I think that what I've learned on 'The Strain' will come in handy.

The first job where I actually made money was on 'Guiding Light,' the soap opera. And I played a maid. My name was Ginger, and I had a Brooklyn accent - a really bad one, if I remember correctly.

They always call 'Poldark' a 'bodice-ripper,' but I don't think a single bodice has ever been ripped.

When my career started on daytime soaps, those characters usually didn't have much depth to them. The main goal was to memorize my lines in order to film efficiently the next day. But with 'Jane The Virgin,' the writing is strong, and everything is intentional.

I would love to do the therapist on 'Two and a Half Men' again or just work with Charlie Sheen.

I was in the pilot of ER: I played a 15-year-old pregnant girl they were treating. And then, in the final season, they were casting for interns.