I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible.

The heart and soul of network programming is series programming, the weekly repetition of characters you like having in your house.

Everybody knows things are not the same. The people running the TV end of a major vertically integrated company know how much money a successful show can make.

And the consumer doesn't care. They don't watch networks, they watch TV shows.

Their argument is that most shows are losers, which is true, but it's also disingenuous to say, 'We are not going to take the risk unless it is totally covered by the few successful shows that are out there.'

I would say that if you really wished to be a working member of the community, don't go out on strike because then there's no work and no potential of work.

I get bored with establishing shots of people getting out of cars and walking into buildings, getting into elevators and then 45 seconds later they have a line.