Everyone wants to talk, you've just got to find a way to get them to talk.

My goal was, and still is, to write first, direct my own stuff whenever possible and control my own creative destiny.

I love telling stories, that's it. I love it. That's the word I would choose to describe what I love the most.

Think about for a minute what your body goes through out there. On a Friday night, you have a steak and then Saturday morning, you get up and have some eggs and some pancakes. Then Sunday, you're on 'Survivor' and suddenly you have nothing.

In Survivor and Finder's Fee, it is about what you would do if you could get away with it. Survivor is about your own integrity and where you draw your own ethical and moral lines. There are no rules.

The thing that surprises me most is, you cannot change who you are.

I really had no idea when I pitched the series that it would lead to so much fun and so much connecting with kids and moms.