31 Quotes by Zachary Knighton

FlashForward' was on the outs when I was approached with 'Happy Endings.' I literally got the script on a Friday, and on Saturday morning I met with David Caspe, Jamie Tarses, and the Russo brothers. I took the role on that Saturday, and on Monday I was doing a table read. It all happened very fast, but it was super exciting.

I can't wait to retire from acting and just sit around and get fat.

I can’t wait to retire from acting and just sit around and get fat.

V-necks are great because you can get a little fat and you still look kind of good – and I like to get fat sometimes, so it’s nice. I like to fluctuate between the world of skinny and fat, so V-necks suit me well.

I don’t want to name any names, but I’ve worked on television shows where there’s a guy writing for my generation who’s, like, 60 – and it doesn’t work.

At one point, I was in a place where it didn’t feel like it was going to happen, and I was feeling pretty down on myself. But I stuck to it, and now I have a hit comedy on my hands. You’ve got to keep plugging away at it. If you really believe in yourself, you can definitely make it happen.

In college, I won the Irene Ryan; it’s kind of like a collegiate Tony, which got my career going. I was honored. I won a fellowship to the Kennedy Center, and that’s where I got my agent.

Film work can be tedious and sort of all over the place, especially when you have a family and you’re going off and doing things somewhere else.

You know, I’ve just always been sort of goofy and kind of gone with it. I actually usually work more in drama, but I have been floating back and forth with comedy, and somehow they keep giving me jobs in comedy, so I guess there’s something funny about me.