Abigail Spencer
Abigail Spencer

I feel like network didn't want me. I was doing all these pilots, and it never worked out. I was like, network doesn't like me. I'm going to go to cable where I'm appreciated. Then it was funny; I think I had to go to cable for network to appreciate me.

Adam Baldwin
Adam Baldwin

I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.

Adan Canto
Adan Canto

In theater, you go in-depth with your character, so coming to the States, it was inevitable to dig into the pilots I liked. I knew what characters I was going to be reading for, so I would dissect them and really get involved with them.

Adolf Galland
Adolf Galland

Many pilots of the time were the opinion that a fighter pilot in a closed cockpit was an impossible thing, because you should smell the enemy. You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.

Adolf Galland
Adolf Galland

And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.

Aisling Bea
Aisling Bea

One year, I did 10 or 11 pilots of TV shows that never went anywhere.

Al McGuire
Al McGuire

The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.

Alan Shepard
Alan Shepard

Then there was the challenge to keep doing better and better, to fly the best test flight that anybody had ever flown. That led to my being recognized as one of the more experienced test pilots, and that led to the astronaut business.

Chris Carter
Chris Carter

Learning to fly an airplane taught me a way of thinking, an approach to problem-solving that was applicable and effective. Pilots are very methodical and meticulous, and artists tend not to be.

Chris Cornell
Chris Cornell

Stone Temple Pilots, Bush, and Silverchair are taking the simplest elements of Soundgarden, Nirvana, and Pearl Jam and melding them into one homogenous thing.