Pilot Quotes
Lines about first attempts, on screen and in the air.
In television, a pilot is a first attempt, and these quotes capture that uncertainty well, including an actor recalling how quickly one audition led to a role. Another performer remembers a now-famous show under its original working title, back before anyone knew what it would become. Related reading lives on the Emotion quotes page.
I've never made a show that goes right on the air and is perfect. People don't remember, but the original 'Goldbergs' pilot was poorly received, and I had to retool that for ABC, where it eventually became a hit.
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Zach Galifianakis is hilarious. I worked with him on a pilot before; he's hilarious and such a nice person.
Adventure Quotes
After Hurricane Katrina, over New Orleans, my helicopter crashed and the pilot and I were only saved because we fell on the roof of a flooded house that absorbed the shock. When the helicopter was spiraling downward out of control,...
It's 'Star Trek!' It's as close to an American mythology as we get. To be a part of that storytelling after being a fan since I was a teenage boy who saw the pilot episode of 'Next Generation' air, it's...
I remember watching the premiere of the pilot episode of 'Next Gen' when I was a teenager.
This pilot, by far, was the best I ever read - and I hope that insults every other pilot I worked on.
Control Quotes
When 'Twin Peaks' happened the first time, I was a stage actor in Seattle. I was called in for an audition for this pilot, and at that time, it was called 'Northwest Passage,' and nobody knew anything. I thought, 'Oh,...
I hadn't worked for a year when I had my Prison Break audition and it was the easiest audition I've ever had. I got the script on Friday, went to the audition on Monday and got the part on Tuesday....
In the history of pilot reports, 'Seinfeld' has got to be one of the worst of all time.
Emotion Quotes
Each test pilot I know considers him, or herself, now that there are women, to be the very best. It's very demeaning to step down the ladder once in a while.
When a test pilot comes off a flight, there is typically another pilot who is going to take it up, and he believes in the debriefing. You don't keep something to yourself.
I worked in television; I'm the Failed Pilot Queen, I've done so many television shows, pilots, theater ... when you do it for so long, I'm telling you, you get to the point where it becomes varied because you take...
Pilot season's such a strange time. You get such a concentrated amount of scripts. A lot of them become white noise after a while. When something really pops, it becomes apparent very quickly. I'm quite instinctive about that. I know,...
Flight Quotes
Costumes are fun. Dress up like a pilot some night and watch as people stare!
