Patrick Warburton Quotes

When I was in advertising, I did a great deal of work on television commercials. A co-worker and I wrote a screenplay, which led to a few more screenplays, and some were optioned by production companies. I was advised to move to California but didn't want to make the move. I decided to use another form of storytelling, so I wrote a novel.

The pilot of 'Seinfeld' was made and dropped. 'Seinfeld' was not supposed to go to series.

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

In the history of pilot reports, 'Seinfeld' has got to be one of the worst of all time.

When we developed the 'Seinfeld' show, we took a bet on Jerry Seinfeld, who was not a household name. But Jerry had a voice. He was appearing on 'Late Night', on 'The Tonight Show', had some commercials out there, his voice of observational comedy, looking at the world around him, that voice was really starting to come into its own.

I was always prepared for my 'Fringe' journey to end immediately. I had only signed up for a guest role but they kept bringing me back in the third season as a recurring character. So pretty much every time I went to film a 'Fringe' episode I kind of said goodbye to the show, but then they kept bringing me back.

Every set has their own personalities and their own quirks. It's funny comparing starring in a show to going in and doing recurring work - there's already a rhythm that's been established, and people know each other so well. It's like being a guest in someone else's home.

And Seinfeld is so quick: we crank out one show a week, and the hours are very reasonable.

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.

I did a couple of American Express commercials.

I have done a Hamburger Helper commercial, a Hardees commercial, a McDonalds commercial. American Express commercial.

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.

I wish I'd done a tenth year of the 'Roseanne' show.

In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.

Many people don't know our famous 'soup kitchen' episode on Seinfeld was inspired by an actual soup restaurant off 8th Avenue in New York.

I was young enough to certainly realize the excitement of how popular 'Seinfeld' was.

I like 'The Office.' I particularly like the British version with Ricky Gervais. Of course, I liked the 'Seinfeld' show a lot. I thought that was an awfully good show.

I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.

I remember when Meryl Streep did an ad for American Express, the press harassed her.

You know, what 'New Girl' is doing is they're bringing in really cool people. These are home-run people who aren't your typical guest-star-type people.

Yes, I've already done a couple of guest voices.

I initially thought 'Lewis' was a terrible idea. The character had very much been Morse's work donkey and sounding board. But I was persuaded to do it, thinking if it was a flop, at least ITV would stop asking me. But the pilot took off, so we got back on this moving train, and we've never looked back.

When Matt LeBlanc had his show 'Joey', I strongly suggested to the producers that they should bring me on.

I watch sitcoms like Seinfeld, and here's a newsflash, but what a great show.

Whether we like it or not, we will have to resort to the use of television spots.