The general view is that actors start on soaps and then maybe graduate to prime-time television or film; normally you don't see a film actor going to do a soap.
I'm sure that people who have been tweeting funny things have ended up on writing staffs of a late night show.
A lot of our writers, like Conan O'Brien, moved on to other things.
I can't think of another place other than TV where a five-person sketch comedy group could make a living.
It's great to have an acting job in the age of Reality TV.
I loved working on 'Murphy Brown,' and I loved working on 'Monk.'
Television really does offer still great parts for women, cable in particular.
A lot of people in their 30's get nostalgic for their teen years. Then they get jobs in TV, become bitter and jaded and prematurely old. Then they turn their nostalgia into great television.
I started on 'Saturday Night Live' the same time Conan started on Late Night. We just had a relationship because I would be upstairs in the studio and whenever he couldn't get a guest - which was often back then since he was just starting out - he would just call me down to be a guest.
[Townies] was a great springboard, obviously, because Jenna [Elfman] went from that to Dharma & Greg, and a few years later, Lauren [Graham] went to Gilmore Girls.
15 years later, it's all the TV stars with the film deals, whether it's the cast of Friends or That '70s Show now with Ashton and other people doing stuff.
Being part of the TV industry for so long, I have met and learned a lot from some exceptional women, be it actors, writers, or creatives.
I find that actors who are wanting to pursue tv or films don't seem to have much interest in classical theatre.
