Whether its Veep or Homeland or The West Wing - which is a more idealised version of democracy - people are fascinated by politics.

Netflix did it right and focused on all the things that have replaced the dumb, raw numbers of the Nielsen world - they embraced targeted marketing and 'brand' as a virtue higher than ratings.

Theres no doubt that some of the greatest films ever made have come from the theater. Its all a matter of finding a way to make the theater experience watchable on film.

Because my mother was in love with Bobby Darin, I grew up with his records playing in our house all the time.

I guess Ive been training in the theater for as long as I can remember.

As the years have gone on, I find one of the dangers of watching dailies... is you fall in love with moments.

The process of doing a play is an organic one and the process of doing a film is totally un-organic.