Thomas Gibson Quotes

I am a big fan of the TV series 'Taxi' which combined comedy and pathos better than any other show I've seen.

For me, 'Sam & Cat' is cool because it's got this buddy-comedy aspect that 'iCarly' or 'Victorious' didn't have.

I love 'Cheers.' I didn't watch it growing up, but I watched it getting ready to do the first season of 'New Girl.' It bowls me over every time I see it. The romance, the comedy, the performances - every bit of it is just so compelling.

The thing about For Better or Worse is the only thing that made me an okay director for that is that I have a sense of humor, and it was supposed to be funny.

It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.

I would love to play a normal human being with a little bit of a comedic bend that had a love interest. I would love to explore comedy, like a half-hour kind of single-camera comedy. I think that would kind of suit me best.

I love TV. I think I'd do a half-hour single-camera comedy.

I love how 'Misfits' is a drama-comedy.

I wanted a half-hour, single-camera comedy with a great lead where I could be No. 2 or 3 on the call sheet, and it was going to get on the air. Those were my criteria, and they sent me 'Cougar Town.' I read it and loved it.

So many comedy shows came and went but it was 'The Kapil Sharma' Show that excelled.

I think a season of 'Atlanta' bounces back between classic sitcom structure and genre movies.

So many people say they went to school on 'The Larry Sanders Show.'

I'm a sitcom junky. And I love rom coms. Mind candy.

What I love most is television, and I would love to work on a sitcom.

I'm obsessed with 'The Americans.' It's one of my favorite shows. I also love 'Baskets' - low-brow, high-art comedy.

I enjoy 'Murphy Brown,' but I am shocked that people really like 'Married... With Children.' These shows are toilet humor, and none of them have good characters.

Maybe I don't see enough television, but it seems there aren't many shows that are romantic comedies that are an hour long where you're not solving a crime or being a doctor.

I can't imagine that I will ever be on anything like 'M*A*S*H' again.

'Baskets' is incredible - 'Baskets' is so funny and poignant and sad and dark.

I was fired from an NBC sitcom called 'Friends With Benefits.' I was wrong for the part from the beginning, didn't even want to audition, and kept thinking, 'This isn't funny at all.'

When I got the first e-mail suggesting we cast Zooey Deschanel in 'New Girl', I thought, 'That's exactly right.' In the pilot of 'Modern Family', when Cam is holding up the baby with the 'Lion King' theme, it was very clear we had something special.

Without doubt, the most mathematically sophisticated television show in the history of primetime broadcasting is 'The Simpsons'.

I think the sitcom is the format for television. It's the essential form, and it represents more of the canon of TV, which is why I latched onto it.

One thing I won't do in television is a sitcom. I find that world to be so neurotic and bizarre.

We know romance novels are a huge thing. Can we do a romance novel show on our network? I'm not sure.