You get a kind of familiarity on a set when you're on a TV show.

American shows can go on for 20 years. I respond more to the British format. Three seasons is a long run for them to tell a story.

You get a kind of familiarity on a set when you're on a TV show.

When you focus on life, on enjoying and connecting with other people, that's when work comes. When you focus on work, you can never work. I'm always going through waves of that.

Obviously the way people watch TV has changed so much, too, that it's not necessarily about the ratings anymore. There's a different kind of time lapse; you put it out there and people absorb it at their speed, not just on Monday night at eight.

I've been reading scripts where they've been doing a lot of singing now, but within the dark, realistic story line. I would love, love, love, love to do that. But not a musical on Broadway, I don't have that kind of energy or stamina.

Kids can be harsh, especially when they get jealous.