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

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

Life is a very emotional experience.

Capital punishment? It makes no sense as a policy: It's not a deterrent, and economically it's a disaster. It's very clear that there are innocent people on death row. And if I put an innocent person to death, that's murder.

Once you go Kerry Washington, you can’t go back

We want to live in the black and white, but we don't. The world is gray. And, I'm always fascinated by people who are clearly, 'This is black and this is white, and that's the way life is.' Life always has something to say about that.

Whether it's movies or television that I've directed, or characters that I've played, I'm just always fascinated by the moral ambiguity inherent in life.