#soap

Charity didn't mean to waste the entire afternoon. But her favorite daytime drama was on the telly. It was always the same, she thought, stretching out on the bed to watch. The sex got her interested first, and then the story. Before long she was totally hooked, and deep into the intricate plots and the glamorous goings-on. And afterwards, she just felt drained. She was sound asleep by the time Lady Margaret came home. ↗

— Elizabeth Jane Howard

#soap-operas #home

It's a great counter to doing the soap because it's a comedy. It's real physical comedy. ↗

— Corbin Bernsen

#comedy #counter #doing #great #physical

There's something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she's only measured water in it. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#cup #measured #measuring #mother #only

I have the absolute utmost respect for soap opera actors now. They work harder than any actor I know in any other medium. And they don't get very much approbation for it. ↗

— Joan Collins

#actor #any #approbation #get #harder

A show like Knots or any other show that can be called a soap opera does terribly in syndication because if you're a viewer and you miss a week you don't know what's going on. ↗

— William Devane

#because #called #does #going #knots

Even though shows like NYPD Blue are soaps in my opinion, but they're individualized to an extent that you can still follow what's going on if you miss a week. ↗

— William Devane

#even #extent #follow #going #in my opinion

I kind of went into soap opera with 'General Hospital' in the '80s. It's like theater because every day it's a new script, which really doesn't have a beginning, middle or end like a play or a movie script. So you have to be on your toes and bring it every day. And you have to be spontaneous, which is really how I like to work. ↗

— Jack Wagner

#beginning #bring #day #end #every

We all grew up, our grandmothers and mothers had about three channels to watch, so we watched those soaps and now, a generation has grown up with the Internet and computers and video games. ↗

— Jack Wagner

#channels #computers #games #generation #grandmothers

I have to stay in soaps to pay my bills to Kodak. ↗

— Michael Zaslow

#i #kodak #pay #soaps #stay

They're getting me involved in intrigue again, and I think it follows a classic formula in a soap opera. ↗

— Michael Zaslow

#classic #follows #formula #getting #i