The more conflict and contrast you have with a character makes it more interesting.

Everywhere you look in L.A., you're reminded of what you're a part of - or what you're not a part of. And everyone you meet is talking about the same thing all the time.

Growing up, my parents were my heroes, in the way they conducted their lives.

As kids, our experiences shape our opinions of ourselves and the world around us, and that's who we become as adults.

Here's your opportunity, now you've got to make something of it.

Child abuse is one of those issues that's very difficult to talk about because it's surrounded by guilt and shame and so on, but us avoiding that issue doesn't help those kids in need out there who need support.

You have a visceral, physical response to being in [the real] places, and the sights and sounds and the smells just bring something else out in you. You're not having to fake that or imagine that. It's there. It becomes as much an act of something you bounce off as the other people you're working with.