I spent a long time working in the movies to figure out that kind of acting and also how to write and produce for the screen.

One of those things that I like about TV is that if you get a group of people you like, you can work with these people for months at a time, and you can discover their strengths and weaknesses, and you can use those in the direction where you take the characters.

I wanted a more female point of view.

I have good kids, I love my kids. I try to bring them up the right way, not spanking them. I find that I don't have to spank them. I find that waving the gun around pretty much gets the same job done!

I don't really have a lot of fun playing just straight good guys. It's not my thing. It's like Tom Hanks territory.

You really want to have a back-up plan, so when you don't feel like acting, or you're getting older and settling down, you can produce your own stuff. So that's when I set about forming my own company and getting creative control.

I always hated the Grateful Dead. Never even bought a Led Zeppelin album.