Patrick sort of had a very pragmatic, practical, Ed-like approach and went down to see.

I'm hooked on Polanski's films, his psychological thrillers. I love 'Rosemary's Baby,' I love 'Repulsion.'

I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.

Just because I’m telling a story about a woman losing faith is not my rebellion against what I grew up in. If anything, it really affected the way I approached the story, and in fact, approach everything. I don’t judge my characters.

I just can't feel lukewarm about a character. I either despise her, admire her, or don't understand her and want to understand her.

But I think for me, why I was drawn to the piece is, at the core of the story, it's a love story to me - between Ed and Lorraine, between these two families who are asking for help and us who are in the business of giving help.

There's just a deeper level of sophistication in the writing of female characters on TV.