Michael Shanks Quotes

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

I had no idea that it was gonna take off the way it did. I thought we made a good movie.

I'm very proud this show has been accepted for this length of time.

You know, 'Jeopardy' has been on the air for 30 years, I don't see why HQ can't run for 30 years.

It's been real weird. It wasn't how I expected my life to turn out. Especially, mainly pertaining to the show. It never crossed my mind that one day I'm gonna be big and famous and have my own TV show, you know?

When we started 'Perry Mason,' we thought it might go a year.

It's much easier to be successful than it is to be relevant. The tricks won't keep you relevant. Tricks might keep you popular for a while, but in all honesty, I don't know how U2 will stay relevant. I know we've got a future. I know we can fill stadiums. And yet with every record, I think, 'Is this it? Are we still relevant?'

It never crossed my mind that one day I'm gonna be big and famous and have my own TV show, you know?

I've been very lucky, this is my 30th year on TV.

You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.

When I booked 'Orange,' I thought things were going to change a little bit, and I'd be a little more busy, but obviously I underestimated it. I don't think anyone knew that my character would be taken to so well.

No one could have ever dreamed about how well the show would do.

I loved '24', but I didn't think anyone else would. I had absolutely no idea.

I've never been on a show that's run for more than a season.

'Sherlock' is one of the biggest things I will do, ever - we could never have predicted that level of insanity around the series.

It's hard to be a breakout show and stay on top. We're like the flagship show over here.

There's a special joy you get having a show on the air that people are interested in and wanting to know what happens next. You really want to enjoy that while you have it.

I love being a television actor. I love the relationship that I have with my fans, and all of those things. I'm ready to have a show that really hits big. I'm excited to do another six years or more of a show like I did on 'Reba.'

I never thought I'd be doing records a year after I started - I had no idea it would last as long as it did.

I don't know if it's my music, my lyrics, my sound, and knowing the music business the way I do-all I can say is, my career has lasted way longer than I expected.

A lot of factors go into the longevity of a show.

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

I loved my time on 'The Mindy Project' so much. It was only supposed to be half a year. It was really only supposed to be one episode, and then it became three episodes, and then it became half a year, and then it became a year and a half, and then it became two years.

I feel like 'Nashville' can go on indefinitely.

Anytime you're lucky enough to be on something that lasts longer than half a season, you never quite know what kind of life the show is gonna take on.