The first-time director thing is just another label somebody puts on you.

Nothing else exists when art does.

Let there be no mistake. A gay man alone could never begin to replicate the inner workings of the female mind.

People pull away from something if it's not of good taste. People lean into something if it's okay.

I think I would love a shot at remaking 'The Philadelphia Story,' as daunting as it is. I still think it's fantastic. I love the '30s comedies because they're allowed to be both comic and elegant, and the women are so complicated in them.

The second episode of any new show can be tough. You have about a week to top the well-crafted and polished pilot episode that was written over six months.

Here's what happens - you create something in the moment that you feel will be good, and then... people's reactions to it or people referencing it years later, it's a compliment.