I was just a quiet kid, really. I wasn't the class clown at all.

Part of filmmaking is always a guessing game, and part of it is always a game of trust.

Good scripts and interesting stories are hard enough to find.

I've never had a clear road map. When things come along, I benefit.

I find fear is a great motivator to work hard.

There's times when I'll see a show, or something cooking on TV, and think, 'That can really be fun when it's working.' But it's a grind. I did that at NBC, it was five days a week. I was doing 'Talk Soup' and 'Later' at the same time. It's a hard job, more difficult than people realize.