Gautam Rode Quotes

I kind of got into TV when I went to visit a show my brother was working on. Soon I got the second lead in a TV show.

I'd like to do more TV; TV is completely different than working in movies in a lot of ways, it's like making a really compact movie. Because you don't have as much time, especially hour long shows, they move so quickly.

My favourite TV show is 'Pretty Little Liars,' and I actually made a guest appearance on it. I didn't really have lines for my character, but I definitely want to get more into those kinds of shows.

Actors today go into TV, which I don't consider has a lot to do with acting.

I did an episode of 'Entourage.' I played Morgan - I think it was season three or season four. It was actually my third audition, and it was my first big job.

You never say never, but I don't think I'd want to do a long-running series.

Many years ago I was in another soap opera called The Newcomers which was on twice a week for three years. I really don't think I could do another stint like that again.

I would love to be in a Jimmy McGovern drama on TV, but there is no way he would ever ask me unless it would be to play a lawyer or something.

Most of the TV shows I've done have all been in the U.S.

Listen, a cable series is a beautiful thing because there's such amazing writing happening on television, and it's a schedule that allows you to do a play or two. There's a reason everybody wants that job!

Most of my work had been in theater, and I was jumping not just into television but 'L.A. Law,' which had all these megastars in it.

From an actor's point of view, you never really like to hope that anything will go beyond the pilot. I'd always say to my agent every time I filmed a pilot, 'Great! Well, I'll see you at pilot season.'

I especially love 'Web Therapy' and I did 'Eastbound and Down' too. I had a lot of fun doing that.

Before I started doing '30 Rock', I did about 25 movies. I'd always been doing stand-up every night, and then I would do, like, two to four movies a year. So I really liked doing that, and I want to get back to that, but because of the time commitment to '30 Rock', there's not much time to do that stuff.

I could not do the film Spinal Tap because I was already at MTV and it was occupying all my time.

It would be a shame for me if I were to become 'Mr. Half-Hour Sitcom.'

I like to work on T.V. because it's like a normal thing, and then I like to do movies when I'm on break or hiatus.

Any actor will tell you there's more of a schedule to doing a television show. That's why you'll notice a lot of big movie actors are doing television, and they'll tell you, it's because of the schedule.

I'd been offered TV series over the years and never had any interest in doing television. I'm not a TV guy.

Sitcoms are what got me excited about show business.

I didn't want to commit to a TV show.

The show is called 'MacGyver,' and I've got to be there every day. There are probably a lot of girls out there watching the show that I don't have time to talk to.

Being on a TV show is a really good gig for an actor.

I think television's amazing, and I'm going to do more of it. I love it. I think it's a great place to be, but I'm still going to keep doing movies too.

I would love to do more television.