'Sex and the City' is about outsiders. Single girls as lepers, should have been married by now. It's the reason the whole thing took off.

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

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.

I'm happiest in an empty church. I love the smell of a church.

That's the thing about needs. Sometimes when you get them met, you don't need them anymore.