I'm a huge fan of things like The Wire and The Shield.

I have 52 first cousins. My mom and dad were the only two to move to North America, so I've got deep family there, but I'm a California kid.

It didn't get into Sundance although I showed a rough cut which is a mistake to all filmmakers out there.

Well Bill Martin and Mike Schiff were the creators and they knew we had to do a family show. Everybody came at it from the angle of having been a kid and a teenager.

Young actors are pretty fantastic. I can't even imagine doing stuff like that when I was a kid.

It was all that stuff about taking your parents' car when you're 13, sneaking booze into rock shows and ditching school with your friends. I could relate to that as a former teenager, rather than as a present parent.

I'm a huge fan of Michael Hirst, and I'm a huge fan of historical drama.