Ultimately, a director is a storyteller. I wanted to fortify that part of my life as a director, so I thought the best way to do that is to study and learn about the greatest stories ever written. Fred Savage Read Quote
The persona of ‘The Wonder Years’ is something that’s going to be with me forever. And I’m happy for that. It’s nothing that I’d ever shy away from, and it makes me feel so good that it’s something people still remember and talk about it and think of it so fondly. Fred Savage Read Quote
I think now I’ve established myself as a director, but starting out, I’d be foolish to think that every opportunity that came after ‘The Wonder Years’ didn’t stem from ‘The Wonder Years.’ So I owe so much of everything for that show. Fred Savage Read Quote
The move into adult comedy wasn’t so much moving away from ‘The Wonder Years’ as expanding myself as a director. Fred Savage Read Quote
Directing is literally what I’ve always wanted to do, ever since I was a kid. So I love the career I’ve built behind the camera. Fred Savage Read Quote
Going to directing wasn’t a reaction away from acting as much as it was a move towards something I always wanted to do. Ever since I was a kid, I was interested in the camera and how it worked and why one director would place it in this part of the room and then another would place it in that part of the room. Fred Savage Read Quote
Really, anyone in the business who transitions into directing as a writer or editor or an actor or a cinematographer, at some point you have to kind of take a leap and say, ‘I’m committed to this.’ Fred Savage Read Quote
I don’t think that being an actor or being a performer at a young age leads to failures as an adult. There’s a lot more success stories than I think people recognize. Fred Savage Read Quote
I appreciate everything. I built my career from very humble beginnings. Every job I’ve had, every next rung on the ladder, I appreciate because I know where it started – I started doing Pac-Man vitamin commercials. Fred Savage Read Quote
Everything I’ve jumped into and tried and every experience I’ve had and career opportunity, including going to ‘The Grinder,’ it was just because it sounded exciting and fun and new and different. Fred Savage Read Quote
