Daytime Drama Quotes

Susan Lucci was the biggest star in the daytime galaxy, and she served it up hot and fresh and chic five days a week. Before there was Joan Collins's Alexis Morrell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan on 'Dynasty,' there was Erica Kane Martin Brent Cudahy Chandler Montgomery Montgomery Chandler Marick Marick Montgomery on 'All My Children.'

Soap operas have become sex operas.

Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have.

The challenge in daytime in particular, I think, is to go against all the traditional cliches of daytime and try to make it real.

CBS announced they're canceling As The World Turns. Don't worry though, if you're addicted to the twisted plots, the intrigue, the illicit sex, you can still watch golf.

'The Young and the Restless' is my favorite television show.

'Days' has always been strong as an icon in TV history, and it's still going on strong and represents the genre of daytime drama so well. I'm proud to be a part of it.

I can't imagine soaps will ever stop, because people will always watch as long as they have great stories and characters. But the soaps will have to keep evolving, won't they?

I was on Days Of Our Lives for about three months.

I've watched 'General Hospital' for 35 years. I grew up with it. It holds such a place in my heart.

Don't save bold lashes and red lips for nighttime - do it in the day!

You've got to realize that any lady on a soap is devoting her life to it, 24/7.

I have the absolute utmost respect for soap opera actors now. They work harder than any actor I know in any other medium. And they don't get very much approbation for it.

I used to be on 'The Bold & The Beautiful'; that character, Bridget Forrester, is dear to my heart, and of course, the reruns of that you can see.

If you want to know what's going on in America, you have to watch soap operas.

'General Hospital' was so massive in the 80s and that's when people my age or even younger watched that show. A generation grew up on that show, Luke and Laura, I came in on the cusp of that so there's still a lot of 'Frisco.'

I have played Blair Cramer for 20 years, I feel a personal investment in the success of 'One Life to Live.' I love the show, I'm a fan of the characters, and I have invested in the journey these fictional characters have traveled.

I was offered daily soaps in the past but that was something I did not want to take up.

In order to get the things I want, it helps me to pretend I’m a figure in a daytime drama, a schemer. Soap opera characters make emphatic pronouncements. They ball up their fists and state their goals out loud. ‘I will destroy Buchanan Enterprises,’ they say. ‘Phoebe Wallingford will pay for what she’s done to our family.’ Walking home with the back half of the twelve-foot ladder, I turned to look in the direction of Hugh’s loft. ‘You will be mine,’ I commanded.

I have great respect for daytime drama. I love the branding. I love the style. What can I say? I love good soap!

I can't really recall the first time I was noticed by a producer but the first time I was on television was doing Daytime for Another World, which I started in December '75 and went until December '76.

Erica Kane was a spectacular role for any actress to play, and I felt so lucky to be the one who got to do it.

I grew up at 'All My Children;' I got married, had a daughter and made life-long friends there!

I have nothing but admiration for the actors on soap operas. It is unbelievably challenging to put out an hour show in one day.

I was on 'Search for Tomorrow' for about nine months, then 'Another World' for two years.