David Milch Quotes

I've not been distracted by a long-running TV show or visits to America for pilot season.

'Deadwood' was one of the most amazing experiences I've ever had. I just loved that show.

Hosting a TV show is a full-time job in which success is defined by it never ending.

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

Do you want to have a career that goes beyond, you know, 11 minutes in a 22-minute television show every week? Some people don't. That's fine.

I didn't know what was going to happen with 'Teen Wolf.' I was only scheduled to do four episodes for them, but they kept me on, and I was like, 'Sweet! I'm still employed! That's awesome!' And then, they let me know that they were considering having me for the second half of the season.

'Law & Order' was amazing but so consuming, I couldn't get to the stage.

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

I have a fun clause in my contract. If I'm not having fun, I can leave.

I'd love to be on a TV series someday, but I believe you get the jobs that you're meant to get. If the job that I'm meant to get is another musical or another play or film or TV show, I'm just happy to keep working.

As part of the process by which you hire me, you hire me. You just don't hire an hour of me to do a performance.

I have to say, not a day goes by when I don't think fondly about 'Deadwood' and miss things about it.

And that was what I was asking to happen and I was told that the indictment would be signed, but I was coming to the end of my one-year contract, I had to return to New Zealand for personal reasons.

And the thing is, every time you start a new show or do a new series, you're committing to another six years.

Having a studio tell you when to jump and how high eight months of the year for six years is not a relationship I want to get into again.

I'm very happy doing what I'm doing; I don't think I'm prepared to devote my time to politics. When I am, I'd like to give it 100%. I'm not in the frame of mind, and I'm too greedy an actor to do that.

I've got a contract that keeps me around a few more years.

'Doctor Who' would be overnight fame that would last for three years, and then what? I'm in this for the long term.

I think television is a big commitment, so it has to be something that you're really excited about and something that you want to potentially commit a lot of time to.

But, I swear, they're turning Donna into Annie Hall this season. More ties. More suits. But they're also keeping her really motivated, ya know? Like, wanting to be a rock journalist. Wanting to be the first woman president.

I've done a lot of movies before 'Entourage,' and I hope to always have my movie career going. Maybe I could take on another TV show, too.

The big turn in the late '90s was that I realized I was going to be doing this for a long time. I was fairly sure I was going to be an actor for the rest of my life, which I think calmed me down.

'Deadwood' was an incredible experience.

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

I have never stormed off over money or contracts. I am paid quite well by 'Top Gear.' I am pretty happy, and I have never seen Richard Hammond storm off, either.