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

TV is all new to me because I came from features.

There are the relationships you make. All of the friends I made in grad school are the closest ones that I have.

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

I still think that being thrown in a very competitive environment where you really have to see what you are made of - certainly when you come out of nowhere - was good for me.

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've been clawing my way to directing since I was a kid.