All human stories are interesting. You don't put a kid in a show because you need a device. They have a story, too.

All human stories are interesting. You don't put a kid in a show because you need a device. They have a story, too.

I'm a different writer now. You don't sit in a room with Sopranos creator David Chase and writer Terence Winter for four years and not learn something. And just watching the way the show was done, and watching the way that David encouraged the imagination.

As far as casting, I'm there for every single person that's cast. Even if it's one word, I'm there for their auditions.

It's an ugly thing to see ambition and to see people satisfying themselves.

My life philosophy and personality has been driven by the fact that I am incapable of really understanding the future, on some level. I am in this moment. I take risks because I really don't think that far ahead.

On the set, I visit the set for a lot of the rehearsals, and there's always a writer on set. And then I'm involved in post-production, very intensely involved in editing, and the sound mix and color timing. Really, I have about nine jobs.