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 Read Quote
You may look at the people who sell the pages of the tabloids, and they’re more famous for their personal exploits. I know all about these people, but when was the last time I saw something they’ve done or bought an album? Rocky Carroll Read Quote
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 Read Quote
There are not that many people who can say they have been on a show long enough to leave it. Usually, you don’t have a choice. The show gets canceled. There are very few people who live in the rare air of being able to leave a show while it is still in production. Rocky Carroll Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I always love the holiday episodes, because you really get to see everybody at their best. Rocky Carroll Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
