I love to start characters in a place where you think you know them. We can make all kinds of assumptions about them and think they have no redeeming qualities, but like everyone, they're complex.

When you look around right now, Nashville is kind of going through another changing of guard; you're watching the Martina McBrides and the Faith Hills and all of them that have been the big stars for the last however many years, and the next generation is coming in: Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, those girls.

Chick flick is not a term used to praise a movie. Nobody says 'it's a great chick flick.' It's a way of being derisive. I'm not clear why it's ok to do it.

I remember when I used to have actual time to write and now you don't have time and you just do it. I think it explains a lot about television.

Always, in all circumstances, wear comfortable shoes. You never know when you may have to run for your life.

Movie studios are owned by giant corporations. They care about money; they dont care about movies.

If the same energy went into marketing movies to women as they do on the other demographics we might see more of a spike.