If I'm not in love with the script, there's nothing. It doesn't matter what you give me. It has to start with the script.

It turns out that it's easier to do politics in a movie. People really don't want it in their TV.

The thing about TV is it's a meritocracy. I love that aspect of it - and I've had shows that have gone on the air and been canceled. I've seen the good and the bad of it.

For big Hollywood movies, I'm on the more character-driven side of the equation. So, TV is a natural place for me to be because you've got no choice, but to be character-driven.

When you can come across a piece of material that's totally original and fun and completely satisfying, you jump on it.

The movie I end up with is the movie I aspired to make.

If you do something that's really original, you discover why everybody else does it the other way, usually. There's a reason cliches exist, 'cause they work.