Generally I try to be on set as much as possible, especially during the early part of a season. I read all of the outlines and scripts and look at the auditions and the cuts for my other shows and give notes on all of that. There's a lot to do, but I enjoy nothing more than being on set because that's where the magic happens.

I think there is nothing that can replace your emotional response. The biggest mistakes I have ever made in my life are when people told me, "You really should produce this. It's a guaranteed hit." I would read the material and I would go, "I don't get it, but okay, I'll produce it." You're giving up that much of your life, your time with family and friends, to something that you're not really committed to - and they did not pan out the way everyone said they would, even though I worked just as hard.

A lot of my films have dealt with the dark side of technology and stress that you have to examine the ramifications of progress.

We need to empower ourselves and believe in ourselves, and not allow the world to take that away from us. No matter how dark we may think our world is, it's been much darker in the past, and we will make it through this.

I've always loved comic books, which is why I've done films like Hulk and The Punishers.

Film-making is a business and at the bottom line people who don't make fiscally responsible decisions end up going into another line of work.

I just like the comic book sensibility. If I can turn them into films and TV series, that's just icing on the cake.