When I was a kid growing up, there might be 10 shows on the air that had been on for ten seasons or eleven seasons. 'Gunsmoke' ran for over twenty years. Rocky Carroll More Quotes by Rocky Carroll More Quotes From Rocky Carroll New York is like America with the volume turned up to 10. Rocky Carroll volume new-york america I always love the holiday episodes, because you really get to see everybody at their best. Rocky Carroll best you holiday love Any day, the tide could turn. You have one or two bad films, and now you've got to make a comeback. Rocky Carroll day bad you comeback There are always going to be hospital dramas because if you're sitting in an emergency room for two hours, I guarantee you you are going to see something that makes you gasp. That's where drama comes from. Rocky Carroll hospital see you sitting My first live performance was the lead in 'Peter Pan.' Rocky Carroll pan live performance live-performance We kind of forget because what television tends to do with these professions like lawyers and doctors and police officers, we create them on such a heroic level that you kind of forget that these are really people. Rocky Carroll you police forget people A free and democratic society is not the norm. When you look to the history books, world history was not based on great democratic societies but on imperialism, absolute rule, kings, queens, monarchs, dictators. Rocky Carroll great you society history I was a class clown. I realized early on feeling very comfortable in front of people. Rocky Carroll feeling clown class people I've worked on shows where the actors don't talk to each other, and if they want to talk to each other, they talk through the director. What kind of existence is this? If I have to spend 14 hours a day with somebody, we're in a relationship. We'd better talk it out. Rocky Carroll better day want relationship I think Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliet' would be my favorite role. I've never played it, but I would love to do it. Rocky Carroll i-think never think love Actors on stage, you can go from playing a myriad of roles, from Shakespeare to a Eugene O'Neil drama, and it's the norm. I came up in a world where you're supposed to be able to do three things very well. Act, sing, dance, paint, do something. The emphasis was on versatility. Rocky Carroll you dance drama world Theater is such a collaborative art. Hollywood is a competitive sport. Rocky Carroll competitive hollywood theater art When movies work or a TV series, when they really work, it's because of the collaborative effort. Competition is the death knell for anything, in my opinion. Especially in Hollywood. When actors are competing against each other, or when directors are competing against actors, it's usually the beginning of the end. Rocky Carroll competition effort work death I never wanted to become an actor to be famous. I just wanted to be a good actor. It served me pretty well. Rocky Carroll good-actor never good me My first venture into TV was a half-hour sitcom on Fox called 'Roc.' Rocky Carroll fox tv first venture I went from a sitcom to a hospital drama, feature films. I've kind of been living the actor's dream. I'm not associated with one role or one medium. You're lucky if you're associated with one hit show. Rocky Carroll hospital you lucky dream As an actor, you can believe that you are the reason for a show's success, but these things are a brand name now. They're like Coca-Cola. It's like, with or without you, people are still gonna drink it. Rocky Carroll you success believe people As an actor, you can think your way out of a lot of good things sometimes. I trust my instincts as an actor, and I trust the instincts of the creators, so it's a good combination. Rocky Carroll good you trust good-things There's an art to being a good actor, there's an art to being a celebrity, and there's an art to longevity. Rocky Carroll celebrity being good art 'Roc' was sort of an experiment because none of the lead actors on our show had any real television experience, especially in half-hour TV. Rocky Carroll lead experience real television
