If someone mistakes your kindness for weakness, that's their fault - not yours. And it's OK to be a decent human being in this life.

I wrote a script and I've been whispering in director's ears for a really long time and I'd love to direct.

All I've done is work... I arrived in Los Angeles in my early 20s and I've been pounding the pavement ever since.

I have a place in Chicago and I get there as much as I can... The city is so unbelievably beautiful. It's one of the greatest cities on the planet. My heart beats differently when I'm in Chicago. It slows down and I feel more at ease.

There are so many great directors that I haven't worked with and that I would love to work with.

Unless an entire row of people got up in the middle of a performance and left the theater in disgust, I felt as though I hadn't done my job.

HBO does something that most networks don't do which is give a show a chance to find their voice.