Sarah Paulson Quotes

Yeah, I'd done a bunch of pilots. Some that had gone for a while. One that went for 13 episodes. But I had never been on a show that had lasted more than that.

No not at all... it is rare for shows to make it as long as Once and Again... It was a pretty good run.

My last series was on A.B.C., a one-hour called 'My Generation'. Critics liked it. I was on for two weeks, and that was a tough one.

Sometimes when I watch a TV season, your favorite shows die quickly. And then sometimes it's not your favorite, and they live on for 12 years.

There are so many shows that go on endlessly until they lose their original spark, or mysteries that are cancelled before they ever get a chance to payoff.

I had 'Breaking In' at Fox, and that was a constant stopping and starting of getting canceled and picked up again.

It seems like the original 'Star Trek' could have gone on longer.

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

Well, I'm about to do another western, a pilot for HBO this fall.

I started my career in Portugal, and the longest I've ever played a character was for about a year, which is how long our TV shows last.

Brian and I got cast out of that show into Trapper John, M. D.

We never thought the show would last this long.

I would love it if 'Community' could have a trajectory like '30 Rock' and choose when to go out.

The longest show I've ever done was four and a half years, so I can only imagine what ending an eight year show is like.

The lifespan of any show is to end in cancellation.

I've always had a show that went seven episodes or 13 episodes or whatever. And I've never had a show that's gone past a first season. It really is a lot of work.

It's such a process to get a show off the ground initially. And then, to already have a second season announced is a dream come true for any actor.

I left 'How I Met Your Mother' and jumped right onto an episode of 'S.H.I.E.L.D.,' the TV show. I wrapped, and the next day I was on set shooting 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'

I'm going to go do a Netflix series. It's straight-to-series, 10 episodes, probably go for three seasons. I'm going to direct the pilot and hopefully the last episode of the first season. The show is 'Seven Seconds.'

I didn't do the 'Home And Away' thing.

I think it's rare to get on a show that lasts.

I've never done a show for more than one season, in my entire life.

I have enormously fond memories of working on 'Bergerac.'

After 'Star Trek,' I was the commander on 'Stargate Atlantis,' the final season, and once my character had become a good commander, I was sorry that the show didn't last beyond that.

I loved 'Sex in the City' - my God, I watched every one.