I directed 24's pilot. I felt we should follow the characters around as if we were a documentary crew, using available light, hand-held cameras, split screens, sound that isn't always what it should be, to suit the reality of the premise.

We shoot double episodes in 15 days in Los Angeles.

I have an adult emotional life and an editing system inside me which prevents me from being preposterously stupid.

To be able to rely completely on the actors was a very simple process for me.

I directed 24's pilot. I felt we should follow the characters around as if we were a documentary crew, using available light, hand-held cameras, split screens, sound that isn't always what it should be, to suit the reality of the premise.

I had a birthday one night on a farm we were shooting on. I walked into the tent, and there were 150 people waiting for me, all wearing masks of my face.

My hand trembles, my heart does not.