I was often getting hired to play sociopaths and psychopaths and stuff, which is really funny.

I think I was always interested in darker characters just because there was a lot more to do.

Fame is one of the potential hazards of this job, but I really just want to make movies. I want to be respected, sure. Who doesnt? But famous-famous? I just dont care about it. And if you genuinely dont give a damn about that stuff, you really are free.

Movies that I remember working on, or things that I remember working on, are things that took years of struggle and strife to get them off the ground or get them in front of the public. You don't have that kind of strife or whatever with a television show. It has an automatic platform. You go in, you do your job, and then it goes on air, and that's that.

Characters for me are born on page one and they die on page 100.

Now I write often. I decided that I need to write for myself - I can't really direct other people's material.

I'm not really often recognized - not really. Or if I am, nobody cares enough to come and tell me that they recognize me.