I was never that kid who grew up in New York and was always at the arthouse watching important films. I was the kid who grew up in the Midwest where there weren't any art films, and I watched TV. And that was really the medium that affected me and that I fell in love with.

One of the tricky things about running a TV show is that you just never know how good the guest stars you cast on a weekly basis, how good they're going to be in the episode. Sometimes they surprise you in good ways and sometimes they surprise you in disappointing ways.

I still feel driven to try to make great shows and to make each episode great.

I don't want my writing to be recognized.

Obviously there are different standards and practices that are allowed on cable versus network. You just have to embrace what your network is going to allow.

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

I have no problem at all going back and forth between cable and network.