If the person or artist doesn't touch it, and if the camera stays relatively far away from it, it doesn't really have to be real.

I'm 36, and sometimes I'm working so hard I don't realize how much I've gotten done.

I think unscripted variety television may or may not get a bad rap now, but it is a fabulous environment. It is exactly who I am, and there's so much creativity there to express.

In New York, it's a little bit more formal, a little bit more decorated, and there's a real appreciation for traditional style. Out here, it's casual, fresh, new, and almost humble.

The word "budget" is the idea-killer. It slaughters any idea.

Once we have a nice, conceptual sketch and rendering and design approved, then it's really about pinpointing what's functional and what's not, because functional equals expensive.

If the person or artist doesn't touch it, and if the camera stays relatively far away from it, it doesn't really have to be real.