Lexi Alexander Quotes

I had never worked in television before 'Freaks and Geeks,' and 'New Girl' is the first time since that I've worked on a series that is actually a series and not just a pilot.

I'll be directing some more 'Private Practice' episodes when we wrap 'Caprica.'

I'm pretty lucky to work on both 'CSI: NY' and 'Supernatural.' Not bad gigs!

I had a prior deal in place to do a miniseries for HBO, so I'm not done with TV. But I basically want to stay in movies.

'Crashing' was my first scripted TV gig.

After my 1985 appearance on 'The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,' I was wooed by producers in Hollywood, who told me they wanted to turn my act into a sitcom.

In television, the writer-creator-showrunner is embraced as the creative mind.

I always think a successful television series is the best job because it gives you community, it doesn't demand temporary insanity the way movies do, and you can be almost a normal person.

While I love film and want to continue to pursue it 100 percent, my home is TV.

I think a long-term TV show is probably not for me, but doing a few years of something could be interesting.

I would love to do more television.

As far as my contribution to this industry, I want to be like Dean Devlin, John Rogers, and Chris Downey. I want to give people jobs and put them on great shows. I want to create careers for people.

Not many people get to create a television show that actually makes it on the air.

I think it's always difficult to get a show on telly, whether you're George Clooney or just starting out. But there's room. If you're into it, chase it. You'll get it.

I've done a lot of film, so I'd like to get back into television.

Well, I'm directing a lot of television these days.

At the end of the day, TV is my first love. I started off my career from the small screen.

I did an episode of The Profiler. I actually worked on the last episode of Murphy Brown.

I would never, ever, ever, ever say I have regretted the 'A-Team,' 'Magnum PI' or 'Murder She Wrote' or any of the others I did - and if you mention a television series, I'm sure I had a hand in it.

'Caroline In The City' was such an interesting thing, because I'd never been on the set of a sitcom or even auditioned for a sitcom when they gave me that part.

When 'Hung' got canceled, I was available for pilot season, and 'Arrow' was the first thing I auditioned for. It wasn't the first script that came to me, but it was my first audition.

I started directing on 'The Wire.'

My first TV job was on an episode of 'Hannah Montana'... Since then, I've been fortunate to end up on shows that are just such a high quality, where the writing and material is incredible.

My very first job was working on a TV show that was a prestigious TV show and well done - was called 'Family.'

I have respect for anyone who helps a creator put a great television show on the air.