I'm an Irish-American, and I grew up in an Irish-American neighborhood.

I don't play polo anymore because I am too old. But we still have a half a dozen horses - a couple of young horses we are teaching how to play polo and older horses that are real trustworthy when you get them up in the mountains.

Even though shows like NYPD Blue are soaps in my opinion, but they're individualized to an extent that you can still follow what's going on if you miss a week.

There's a certain possessiveness of writers sometimes.

It worked well because Don Murray didn't want to be on Knots anymore.

When you go to a movie, it's about what's not being said. I tried to bring that to Greg Sumner. It was always about what's not being said.

Ultimately the Emmys are a popularity contest.