Even when a pilot goes, you shoot it in March or April, and then you have to rush it through post-production by May. If they greenlight it, then you go and there's no time to think about it. And then, you've gotta start shooting in July, so you're off to the races.

I'm a moderate Democrat. I've always been fascinated and maddened by the way things get done in our system, which as an ideal is so extraordinary, but the way it actually works can be mind-boggling.

I'm always perversely attracted to characters that seem one thing, but are ultimately revealed as another...

My two daughters live on Facebook and social media is their mode of communication.

I think the problem with polemics is that it's general and it's lazy. When you say, "This is bad," that's a general thing. We're more interested in asking the question.

Relationships are super complicated and always have dark and light in them. And all good sexual relationships do, too.

I've been a political junkie for a long time. I find the way Washington works is just fascinating to me.