There will always be economic pressure to make hits, identify hits, and then exploit hits. And you're going to exploit them with as many episodes as you probably can.

Everyone in Hollywood who is successful becomes less successful at some point. I'm just trying to delay that fall for as long as I can.

I would say on a creative level I put a lot of pressure on myself.

There will always be economic pressure to make hits, identify hits, and then exploit hits. And you're going to exploit them with as many episodes as you probably can.

Working as a showrunner has made it tougher to watch other shows and movies.

You can make a good show, but you still need some magical alchemy to get people to watch.

I think the bar is higher these days in terms of audience expectations of authenticity.