There are times when you do a play when you are living in the character over a two-and-a-half-hour period or longer, and you come to the end of the night, and you can feel like you were hit by a truck.

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was making us believe that he's not real.

In recent years we've seen an explosion of creative programming, and I think it represents a third golden age of television because the creators have more control over the story. The audience doesn't care about the platform. They care about the content.

Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller.

If you ignore the murdering and the conniving, Francis Underwood is an effective politician.

Talent is only interesting if it's challenged.

Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the hills get and the higher the fences get.