To me film school was film history because there weren't a lot of books out there that I had access to.

As a fine artist I was drawn to composition and technique. I would count the cuts.

Ryan Murphy just gives new people a shot, and it takes a lot of confidence and generosity to do that.

The fun of directing for me, other than working with the actors, is trying to extract those ideas that you have in your head and make them real.

I'm really grateful to Ryan Murphy for so much because he's fearless. He's so confident. He has a very unusual and unique way of seeing the world sometimes, and he's somehow able to translate that into entertainment for the masses, at the right time in pop culture.

I'm a fan of musicals from great masters, and I was able to have an opportunity to express myself in musical numbers with Glee.

As a director who loves the camera you learn a lot.