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.

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.

The Ryan Murphy television world has assistants who have become producers and writers and. If he trusts you and you have a unique way of seeing his world, he nurtures you.

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.

If someone already knows you from being in the trenches with you on this TV schedules, and then you have a little bit more time, it's a treat for them, as well, because they can give you more.

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

I love visual stylists like Bob Fosse and Vincente Minnelli and Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger with The Red Shoes and The Tales of Hoffman.