“Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I think viewers are hungry for shows in which people say something meaningful.”
Michael Landon

“The networks had essentially thrown in the towel on good drama. It's like changing the direction of an ocean liner. But 'Sopranos' did it. They changed the game.”
Allen Coulter

“If the dog believes it, the audience believes it.”

James Lipton - The Director

“- Jerry Palter: We don't want people to reach for their remotes here.
- Mark Shubb: It's public television.
- Alan Barrows: They don't have remotes.”
Michael McKean - Jerry Palter
Harry Shearer - Mark Shubb
Christopher Guest - Alan Barrows

“You know these actors are mainly models, which are mainly faggots. And the rest are assholes. Know what bugs me the most about those soaps? It's people with no lives, watching other people's fake lives.”
Aaron Eckhart - Del Sizemore