Brian J. Smith

People aren't making as many movies as they used to, so youve got a lot of really big-name actors who are coming in, and they want to do pilots, so things kind of disappear for those of us who kind of have to still get in the room and audition and read for it. ”

I wonder if Louis Ferreira would be interested in directing. ”

You're not supposed to do a television series that takes place in nine cities all over the globe. Everyone will tell you that that's undoable. ”

When you have 12 hours of storytelling, the cool thing about it is that you get to really leave people with question marks, but hopefully wanting to come back. ”

When I was a first year student at Julliard, I wasn't happy, not sure about this acting thing. ”

I loved the idea that acting was something you could develop into slowly; something you could study. ”

I will say, I quite enjoyed 'SG-1'. I'm a very big fan of 'SG-1'. I especially love Ben Browder. I thought he did fantastic work in that. ”

Juilliard. It was a brutal and beautiful experience. ”

Directing a television episode is no joke, and it's incredibly difficult and especially when you're acting in it as well. ”

You'll get, like, 10 pages of sides the night before, and you have to go in and just wing it. For someone like me, I came from the theater, and I don't like putting anything up in front of anybody until it's really, really ready, so it can be very frustrating. ”