When we pitched this show about two women, one of whom was over 60, we did not know if we would sell it… about 20 percent of our population is over 60, and there are only three percent of those characters on television. I would like to see more of them, because while I’m a great young supporting actor, I really want to be a good old lead."
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— Paul W. Downs
Paul W. Downs, Emmy acceptance speech for Hacks (2024)