I think we all have a love/hate relationship with the media.

Every time I perform in front of people, no matter how well it goes, the next day, I feel humiliated.

I was very combative as a creative person at that time [while The Ben Stiller Show]. I didn't understand how to play politics with the studios. I didn't know how to creatively collaborate with the people who were paying the bills, and that came up all the time on every project I was doing, and it took me a really long time to figure out how to collaborate in a healthy way.

I feel like it's a golden age for television.

When the entire country was watching one show there was a major discussion happening; is it possible for that to happen in a 1 million channel universe?

I start casting early in the writing process, so I can tailor the script to the gifts of the actors.

The only way you survive on all these services is if you're groundbreaking. There's pressure to be groundbreaking, which is the greatest thing that's ever happened. It's a bizarre aspect of what's happened with all of these subscription services is everyone is trying to outdo each other by doing great things.