My folks are economists and have taught economics and social science so I grew up with those kind of conversations around the dinner table.

I think politicians know how to misrepresent data in order to support a political agenda. Politicians and the people that work for them - I should say - are expert at that.

In film, you get to take your time and make it right. In TV, it's all about the schedule. The train is moving and you sometimes just don't have time to make things right, which is painful 'cause you know it could be done better and you just have no choice.

We're all vulnerable, and it's all hackable. If someone wants you and has targeted you, you can be taken down, and that fact is really scary.

I think unintentionally I gravitate towards concepts and topics that hit home or are something real we can all relate to.

The best movies are rooted in reality.

I discovered shooting and filmmaking around the time all of the software became affordable to anyone with a PC.