Create a really interesting, complex person that you want to know more about, and take her on a journey that is rich and fulfilling and that has an end that is perfectly fulfilling, and that has an end that is perfect for that character, and the audience will love it.

It sounds corny, but I think people need stories to process the world. That's our business. That's the job we're in. We tell stories.

When I sit down, I find that it's much easier for me to want to consume a movie than to dip back into 20 or 40 or 60 hours of a television series. I think a great movie is really amazing. But, television does give you a larger canvas.

I have always read all my reviews, the bad along with the good (although you remember the bad much more than the good!). I am just too curious to see how it's playing with the audience, and I have a thick-enough skin to handle the less charitable assessments.

The beauty of a really good movie is that it's a whole world, complete in an hour and a half or two hours.

The challenge is creating a character that's rich and interesting to warrant following for a number of years.

I love films where I'm looking around the world a little different now that I've seen that. I want something that nourishes my view of the world.