Daily Inspiration Quote by Paul M. Glaser

Glaser’s line has the modest awe of someone watching a project slip its leash and become bigger than the people who made it. He’s not bragging; he’s calibrating. “Surprised” does a lot of work here, positioning success as something that happened to them rather than something engineered. It’s a familiar posture in entertainment, but it reads as genuine because he anchors it in specifics: “only four years of filming” and “reception in 6 countries.” The numbers function like proof-of-life, a way of making the surreal measurable.

The phrase “kind of longevity” is tellingly vague. He doesn’t name the forces - syndication, reruns, fan communities, international distribution deals - but the subtext is that television’s afterlife often matters more than its original run. A show can finish production and still keep circulating as a cultural object: rewatched, translated, memed, reinterpreted by audiences who weren’t even there the first time. Glaser is describing the moment performers realize they’re no longer just acting in a story; they’re becoming part of people’s routines and identities.

“Quite extraordinary” is old-school actor diction, but it lands because it frames global reception as a surprise rather than a conquest. There’s a humility in recognizing that once a series crosses borders, it stops belonging exclusively to its creators. It becomes a shared reference point, shaped by local tastes, local politics, and the weird alchemy of what different cultures decide is worth keeping alive.