Joyce DeWitt Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

If that's the way the game is played, I don't want to play anymore.

Shirley Maclaine once said that she didn't want to be a big star, just a long star. That's what I want too.

Trivia

Starting with Season Two Joyce has taken part in the majority of the DVD Extras on the Three's Company DVDs.

Joyce's nickname is Joycey.

Joyce is great friends with actor Abe Vigoda.

After much question where she's been all these years Joyce would reveal that she turned her back on Hollywood and show business because of the "disrespectful treatment" she received from the producers of Three's Company.

A few of Joyce's past boyfriends are Ray Buktenica, Henry Bushkin and LeVar Burton.

In the original pilot pitch for Three's Company, the part of the brunette roommate went to actress Valerie Curtin and the character's name was Jenny. Jenny was like Janet except more sarcastic and much more sex-starved. Jenny was funny but it was Joyce DeWitt who perfected the role in the series second pilot pitch.

Became good friends with Priscilla Barnes, the actress who assumed the role of Terri Alden on Three's Company since its sixth season. Terri was used as an indirect replacement to Suzanne Somers' lovable Chrissy. Directly, Priscilla replaced the clumsy Cindy portrayed by Jenilee Harrison.