I played Winnie the Pooh in first grade. I was an early adopter of standing in front of people and looking like an idiot.

It's such a capricious, strange existence, basing your life on the whims of others, and basing your ebbs and flows of confidence and lack of confidence on the fact that people either choose you or don't.

I came in the Dawson's Creek era; it was all about tiny guys who looked like teenagers, and I haven't looked like a teenager ever. So I was, like, auditioning to be their dads. At 25.

The difference between directing film and directing television is so stark simply because TV is a living breathing organism already when you direct an episode.

I'm not a cheater. I've never cheated in my life.

I'm a huge fan of television, and it's a really good time to be a fan of television, because there's so much good stuff out there. In every genre, really.

People look back on those days through a thick veil of nostalgia, but life was hard if you were anything other than a rich, powerful white male