Harry Shearer Quotes

'The Simpsons' is an especially collaborative show.

I remember on 'Dr. Katz,' there was no script really at all. There were just scene outlines.

I think with 'Modern Family,' you'll struggle to find anything better. It's brilliantly, brilliantly written.

Actually, I find it great fun to develop family series with lots of characters.

I loved doing the 'King of Queens', I have never had so much fun doing a show. People got to see a different side of me.

You know, 'The Golden Girls' was a very unusual show to start on. I was young, and it was a show about old people, and it was a very traditional show, but it was also an amazing training ground for a joke-writer. It forced me to learn those skills.

Still, on 'Friends', we had some guest-stars who were less than spectacular, not the stunt-casting, but just regular guest-stars, and they weren't particularly great actors, but the material was so good that they scored. It's the writing.

'The Comeback' is my favorite TV show of all-time because it's just brill. It's Lisa Kudrow's show about what it's like to be an actor on a TV show. She's so amazing on it.

You know what I would really like to do? I'd like to do a half hour drama with comedy in it.

I love doing comedy. One of my favorite things in the world is to do 'Parks and Recreation'; a big fun character.

I like to write, I like to do stand-up, I like to act.

Playing Chelsea on 'The Suite Life of Zack and Cody' really helped with my over-the-top comedy.

I would never turn down a movie, but at the same time, but my ideal job would be a half-hour sitcom.

'Futurama' was a big deal. People had already started to hear about me a little bit here and there, but that was the first series I booked to be a regular on.

I love acting but I also love writing, especially comedy.

'Modern Family' is one of my favorite shows on television right now. I just think that show is so brilliantly done. It's so fun, I love it. Eric Stonestreet I could just sit and watch forever. They're all great. That would be on the top of my list.

I would love to play a normal human being with a little bit of a comedic bend that had a love interest. I would love to explore comedy, like a half-hour kind of single-camera comedy. I think that would kind of suit me best.

In the back of my head, I always thought it would be great to become an actress on a sitcom.

Working with Lucille Ball was just a master class in how to do comedy.

I've seen 'Mork & Mindy' a couple times. Robin Williams amazes me. And I love Gary Coleman. He puts me away. He puts everybody away.

I love 'Archer.' That's one of the best-written shows out there.

There's a good family of actors in 'Portlandia.' It's a small community with people who pop up again and again. The show's a little weird show, and you want to grow with the people who are in it, like Dana who plays the chicken waitress, and Ellen who was the adult babysitter.

I want to try something on situational comedy.

I'm happy watching 'The Simpsons' at home.

Well, usually, when you're doing a sitcom, you get a script and every word or for the most part, is written. So, you know, if it's a 30-minute sitcom, then it's a 35-page script or something like that.