63 Quotes by Dan Schneider

When I was a kid, my favorite show was Happy Days . If I could have heard a recording of the cast of Happy Days ' just sitting around having fun, talking about the show in a party atmosphere, I'd have lost my mind.

He was cute and handsome, but not in an off-putting or threatening way. He seemed like a guy little teenage girls would love, but also their mothers would love too.

I think the networks used to try to program for kids and family.

We were very excited with the senior-laden team we have. They've been pointing to this for quite a few years, thinking they had an opportunity here, and they really took advantage of it today. They really stepped up. We have six school records going up on our board next week.

Sometime in the early to mid-'90s, 8 p.m. television went away from family to being 'Friends' ? and you really don't want your 10-year-old watching 'Friends.

Having been on the other side of the camera gives me such perspective on what I'm doing.

I'm never going to write fart jokes, because I feel like I have a responsibility to the audience to give them good stuff. I should be able to come up with something funnier than any third-grade boy could think of.

Right when I moved to L.A., I started writing. I wrote some screenplay. I'm sure it's terrible. But I wrote a screenplay by myself. When I first moved to L.A., I had no friends. I didn't know anybody. I just sat in a little studio apartment, and I wrote a screenplay.

Really, when people put together the highlight reels of the classic moments from 'Friends,' 'Seinfeld,' 'Cheers,' even 'MASH,' they're full of broad slapstick comedy. Call it cheap or lowbrow, but it works and it works for people of all ages.