73 Quotes by Fred Savage

Once you stop thinking about the minutiae of what each part might mean for your career, you learn that if you do a good performance, it's going to be good for you. The work is what matters.

Looking back at the 'Wonder Years,' I see things I did well, and I see things I did very, very badly.

I wasn't some sort of ingenue. I always saw myself as a lifer in this industry, and working as an actor on 'Wonder Years' was a first act.

I love how restaurants work. The energy, the pace, and the idea of working under budgetary restraints reminds me a lot of sets.

Some people look at TV as a means to an end. I look at it as my career - and one I love.

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.

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.

The move into adult comedy wasn't so much moving away from 'The Wonder Years' as expanding myself as a director.

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.