“It's funny: All my friends back home are always wondering why every television show I'm on is a drama, but all the comedy pilots I did died a slow and painful death.” ShowsHomeWonderComedyTelevisionDramaMy FriendsDiedPainfulPilotsBack HomeTelevision ShowsPainful Death Author:Eric Ladin
“I've done a lot of pilots. A lot of shows. You're young and you do a job just because you know someone gave you a job.” KnowsDoneShowsJobsYoungPilots Author:John Slattery
“Everyone loves each other for the pilot. But once you start to do the show, you see everybody's true colors. If it's successful, people start to change, and then if it's not doing well, people start to change in other ways.” PeopleIfsWayWellsShowsSuccessfulColorPilotsSuccessful PeopleOne LoveLove Each OtherTrue Colors Author:Vanessa Marano
“When you do a television show in the States, you get the pilot, and then it's the great unknown. That's the way it is. It's this great leap of faith. It's the Russian roulette of art.” WayArtStatesShowsTelevisionLeapPilotsTelevision ShowsLeap Of FaithRouletteRussian RouletteGreat Unknown Author:Jeremy Piven
“There are a lot of good shows that don't get picked up. Like that Ben Stiller pilot, Heat Vision And Jack? That would have been a great show, but somehow it slipped by.” Has BeensShowsVisionHeatPilots Author:Bret McKenzie
“I've interfaced with a lot of other creators of serialized shows, and I've really been blown away by the fact that they create a big spectacle, at the beginning, in the pilot, and they don't ultimately know where they're going. That's terrifying to me, and creatively disingenuous.” KnowsFactsShowsBigsCreatorPilotsBlown AwayDisingenuous Author:Paul Scheuring
“There's always some pressure to achieve something. You make a pilot, but you don't know if you're going to get a show. And then, you make a show, but you don't know if people are going to watch. And then, people watch, but you don't know if enough people are watching.” PeopleIfsKnowsEnoughShowsWatchesAchievePressurePilots Author:Charles Halford
“I always write and create. I'm never not creating. I'm always creating a show, every year, whether it gets picked up or not. I always sell a pilot or an idea. I like to be in control.” WritingYearsIdeasShowsCreatingSellsPilots Author:Nick Swardson
“In between shooting for Awake, I was attempting to have my own pilot season. The audition for Anger Management actually came during a week that I was already testing for a couple other shows and we werent really letting any other shows into the mix.” ShowsMy OwnWeekCoupleSeasonsManagementShootingAwakePilotsAuditionsTestingAttemptingAnger Management Author:Daniela Bobadilla
“I always wanted to be on Glee. As soon as the pilot aired, I said I needed to be on the show.” SaidShowsWantedNeededPilotsGlee Author:Alex Newell