Eric Szmanda Quotes

I remember once seeing Madonna in an interview where she said you have to change your look at least once a year to stay fresh and alive, so I`ve always done that.

I`ve always been a firm believer that if you work, the rest will follow.

Actors go crazy because they spend too much time on their career and don`t do anything else. Some guys paint. Some guys run. I prefer to bring good music to the ears of people. I enjoy putting concerts and events together.

(On his character Greg Sanders) I was pretty lucky with the last season, going through the whole process of becoming an investigator so I`m just excited to start off this season officially as an investigator and kinda just grow from here. I don`t know what really lies in store yet, but I`m sure it`ll be good.

It`s been nice to kind of serve the purpose of bringing some kind of comic relief to the show and I plan on continuing that even as I go from the lab out to the field.

I think what happens in Vegas should stay in Vegas.

I don`t think I`ll ever do a sitcom again, but I think on CSI because the caliber of the show is so high that it`s almost like watching a movie. I feel like I`m doing a movie a lot of the time that I`m working

I couldn`t ask for a better springboard. There was no doubt in my mind, by the time they offered me the role, that the show (CSI) was going to be huge. It was already doing really well, and I was really lucky to get in when I did. It`s also a great learning environment.

(On co-star Jorja Fox) She`s a hippie.

I know that my career is hopefully not going to end with CSI. It`s only going to be the beginning. I couldn`t ask for a better springboard and it`s also a great learning environment. I was excited to be working with William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger and a lot of these producers that I had known of just from auditioning. I knew I was in really good company. I knew there was something special about it, but I didn`t think it was ever going to amount to this. If I had to do it over again of course I would. I`m finally making a living doing what I love and CSI will provide me with that living for a very long time

To learn something new everyday. I never thought I would be learning about science after college or after high school for that matter. It`s kind of a double life for me, that part of the job. I could be doing a sitcom and I`d just be there making dumb jokes, but now I`m making dumb jokes and learning something.

I couldn`t ask for a better springboard. There was no doubt in my mind, by the time they offered me the role, that the show ( CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) )was going to be huge. It was already doing really well, and I was really lucky to get in when I did. It`s also a great learning environment." Interview with Joyce Abano, March 31, 2004.