Carlton Cuse Quotes

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

'Crashing' was my first scripted TV gig.

I have a new television show in the works, and that is all I can say right now.

If you go to pilot then you are probably going to go to series. That's my feeling about it.

You never say never, but I don't think I'd want to do a long-running series.

Normally, if you do a television show, it's 25 episodes. Your year is kind of shot, you know what I mean?

Well, TV series tie you up. You can't do films while you're doing a TV series.

Although there were only about 24 episodes made it seems to run forever. They take a couple of episodes and put them together, making a feature film once in a while. I had good fun making the series.

As actors, if you get a pilot on HBO or on USA, your odds are good that it's going to get picked up.

I'd like to helm my own series. Something British.

If you do an American TV series, before the audition you sign away the next five years of your life.

I am currently talking to one of the studios about making American Star as a TV series.

I didn't want to commit to a TV show.

I think a long-term TV show is probably not for me, but doing a few years of something could be interesting.

I was on 'The Shield,' which I was a fan of.

It's rare to get a part in a show that's greenlit, let alone two shows that have been greenlit.

My first job in Hollywood was as a PA in the writers room of 'Dawson's Creek,' and from that early experience on, I've always had an intense appreciation for the energy, creativity and process of making television.

I'm thrilled to be going back into 'Hollyoaks' and bringing Jude back.

If 'Scandal' were to run for the rest of my career and prevent me from doing anything else, I would sign that contract this moment.

Just because it reads well doesn't mean it's always going to look good on screen. Then, a network or studio has to pick up the show, and then they have to order more episodes, and then people have to watch it. It could be the greatest thing on television that nobody ever watches.

I don't know what to say about Jill Marie. The girls on 'Girlfriends' were all my babies.

On 'Skins,' we only ever filmed for a couple of months in the summer. When I wasn't on set, I was doing my normal things.

What I do know is how difficult it is in this industry to get a show on the air. There's so many different stages: getting a script bought by the network, then getting a pilot made and having that pilot go to series, and then, when that series gets on the air, having people watch it.

I stay in contact with my castmates from 'Atlanta' almost every day.