Kevin Chapman Quotes

I started to book good television jobs in 2010. I started to get really close to exceptional jobs in 2011, and then I got 'Arrow' in 2012. I know how lucky I am because just getting the lead in a pilot doesn't guarantee that that pilot is going to turn into something great.

To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting chance, I'm really thrilled.

I can work every day of the year. TV is easy. My call's at 8:30 a.m. I'd like to break out of the comedy thing and take a shot at something serious like theater. The off-season allows me to do movies, but I'm not tired of TV yet. There's nothing like it. I've got the best of both worlds.

My very first job was something called 'Nobody's Watching,' that Bill Lawrence who created 'Scrubs,' it was his pilot. It was my very first TV job, and it was a sitcom. Ever since that experience, I've been so itching to get back to that kind of environment and just to be involved with comedy.

About a year after 'Bosom Buddies,' I was suddenly a regular on 'Newhart,' and I was there almost seven years. And then, somewhere in the mid-1990s, I ended up doing a TV series version of 'Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.'

I did comedies for 10 years and I learned a great deal.

I don't think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great. You've got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition's an opportunity to have an audience.

When I think back on it, of course I got lucky and got great directors and good breaks but all that was the physical part. But what made me a star was that I could take a chance and not have anything to worry about in terms of losing.

I had the most fun on '3rd Rock'. It was a great show to work on.

I'd love to be in a feature film, and I don't just mean in a starring role - it could be a small part. And I would like to act in television, to do comedy and drama.

Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?

My career's consisted of all of those things that you hope would one day lead to being a series regular, and then your dreams grow from there. My career has been very steady, and I've been blessed in that I've been given everything that I can handle, at the right time.

Had I pursued a film career in Los Angeles, I'm not sure I would have had the fortune that I've had.

Yeah, I feel lucky to have the opportunity to try different things.

'Gilmore Girls' and the first 'Guardians' were the two most substantial jobs of my career.

For me, I've been really, really lucky because I have been able to play a lot of different parts.

I enjoy doing all types of role, small or big.

I accomplished a lot in 2017 that I'd dreamt of: a late night set, TV writing gig, a speaking movie role.

When I got the script for 'Mr. Robot,' I was auditioning for a bunch of stuff. I had an audition going for a movie at the time that I wanted to do.

I've done shows where I was the lead, but maybe it wasn't quite right - I took them because I wanted to move my career on.

I've been getting to work with Steve Carell and just feel like the luckiest kid in the world.

I would say I was lucky that I got different kinds of roles.

Sometimes you have to take the opportunity when it comes because it might not come again. That's what my thoughts were when I went to Chelsea.

I don't know why people feel that I am only interested in films, but I very much want to do fiction. My only prerequisite is a good role, something which satisfies the actor in me. If I get a good banner and a good channel, I would definitely do a daily soap.

You can't say you're an actor if you've never acted, and you can't act if no one gives you an opportunity, but they won't give you an opportunity because you've never acted. You're like, 'What in the world? Someone give me a chance!'