You know, we certainly have a great budget on the show, but the expansions to world of the show really arise because, and this is kind of the idea of the premise of the show, where is each week you're kind of meeting . . . It's random access.

I always love it best when you have a project where there is this commingling of the subject matter and the way in which you're recording that subject matter.

We used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars. Now we just look down, and worry about our place in the dirt.

We're gonna play a little bit of a game here [Person of Interest movie]. Greg and I felt like we had responsibility when we wrapped up the pilot, to have a roadmap for where the show went. When we pitched the pilot, we knew what we wanted the last episode to be, the last image, I think we even know what the last song is.

None of us like violence in the real world, but we're fascinated with it onscreen.

How can you forgive if you can’t remember to forget?

I've worked in the movie business for many, many years, where you have lots of days and lots of money. It's really mainly about time. We always try to conceive all of our action from a place of, "What can we shoot that looks fantastic?," rather than trying to do the kinds of thing that you would be able to accomplish in a movie.