Ultimately, physical resemblance isn't as important as whether this person can bring this character to life in a way that's compelling and makes me care about what happens to them.

Most of us live in artificial environments and then we go to work in artificial environments and the world becomes something that you see through a window.

I would say try to tell stories that you care about as opposed to stories that you think will sell.

There is a fetishization of victimization in our culture. And I just am not interested in victimhood.

I think it's very difficult, and it requires a tremendous amount of spiritual integrity and discipline, to not be a narcissist in a culture that encourages it every step of the way.

Television viewing has become for me a completely different experience, because I don't watch shows on a weekly basis. I wait until the DVD or I TiVo everything and wait until the end of a season and watch it all over a weekend. For me that's a really satisfying experience, like reading a book.

I will say that the environment I grew up in was not the most progressive.