I wanted a half-hour, single-camera comedy with a great lead where I could be No. 2 or 3 on the call sheet, and it was going to get on the air. Those were my criteria, and they sent me 'Cougar Town.' I read it and loved it.
The first time I did Cake Boss or Ice-T or Andrew Lloyd Webber was on 'Best Week Ever.'
If Simon Cowell asked me, of course I would love to do 'X Factor.'
When I had my television show, 'Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters,' it was my high hope to convert people to country music. It is wonderful and contagious!
Directing 'The Office' is kind of like someone going, 'Would you like to drive my Lamborghini?' And I'm like 'Yes, I would like to drive your Lamborghini. That sounds like fun.'
I don't get grumpy at a 'Strictly' level, you understand. We're just making a television show - the person I'm dancing with can't dance; they're doing their best, and we're not going to win the World Championships.
How long does it take to make 'They Think It's All Over?' It's just laughing at each other and thinking, 'Aren't we clever?'
I got a call from my manager saying, 'Howie Mandel wants to talk to you.' And I'm a comic - big fan of all he's done. He was pitching me 'Caraoke Showdown', and I was just excited about it.
After six years of doing it, the weird thing on 'Towie' is that we can't explain to people that we're famous. We're doing a show where we have to act like normal people.
Becoming the first Indian woman to compete on Food Network's 'Iron Chef' and 'Next Iron Chef' was really a great accomplishment and led to my spot as a judge on 'Chopped.'
My most frequent collaborators at S.N.L. are the incredibly gifted writers Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider!
I've been watching 'Lost' on DVD recently. I keep thinking, 'Where are those actors now?' Nobody knows.
Charmed' is obviously so iconic, and to be part of an extension of that is like beyond thrilling.
I watch 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' with my daughter. We're very into Buffy and Buffy's friends.
I believe I could have had a career in the music industry without 'X Factor,' but it was an amazing platform that propelled me to where I am now.
'NewsRadio' was fantastic.
I've done 'The Love Boat' twice. I had a great time, but my ego rails against it.
I'd only do Big Brother again if you paid me three times as much money.
See, I am not a writer. 'Nach Baliye' has its own creative team and a brilliant one at that. But I will give my own inputs if I feel I can improve something.
I was hired as an assistant at 'SNL' in 2002.
I'm glad I did 'Married... with Children,' and I liked making all that money, and we all had a lot of laughs.
People say, 'You look like the girl who used to be on that show 'Angel' - they don't actually think I'm her.
You can go on 'Saturday Night Live' now and not even play live.
'Countdown' is family television.
I always wanted my mother to be Queen for a Day. I always used to watch that show that came on television.
