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.

The actors in Britain are incredible, and I didn't appreciate that until I got there. They interpret your words and you realize how deliberate and thoughtful they are. There are great American actors, too, don't get me wrong, but the technique that British actors have is something really special.

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.

I think a pilot is a pilot, no matter who's judging it, but I will say I am thinking a lot about how to tell stories for the series in a streaming environment where you can anticipate a huge portion of the audience will consume an entire season in the course of a day, two days or a week.

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.

You can't outsmart or outguess the audience in terms of what the narrative answer is.

Let's make really good stories that people get something out of. That's the one common denominator with everything I try to do.