I want to make sure that what I do has specific purpose and is not just throwing a dart at something to keep busy.

I'm pretty handy! I do a lot of things around the house, and I actually enjoy it.

I think, and I mean this sincerely, I was raised humbly. We were a lower middle income family and a household that was scrimping by at times. We were watching the dollar, stretching the dollar, and coupons. It was all those things.

What's great about well-written material is, if you can shock with justifiable actions, that's the best.

When you're directing an ongoing series, the tone has already been set. So a director will come in and fulfill that tone - reinforce the characters and their behavior. The challenge is to find unique ways that you can visually tell the story while keeping the established tone and the pace and the characters.

I'm not crazy about being out of control, and I get emotional when things are unclean. When things are out of order. When things are messy. Because I lived in a mess as a child.

I can tell you for sure: people who are at their peak right now will not sustain that. You can't. It's against the law of nature.