In My Years Of Acting, The One

The Good Thing Is That I Really Think That American Television Is In Kind Of A Second Golden Age. Even Though There's A Lot Of Reality And All Those Contest Shows, Which Aren't My Kind Of Shows, The Scripted Stuff That's Going On Is So Good Right Now Because Of Basic Cable. Everyone Has Stepped It Up And Realised That People Like Quality.

I Think Things Go Wrong When There's Not A Very Specific Plan And Specific Emotional Roadmap. You Need To Know What A Scene Needs To Get Across, And What Story Point That Needs To Be Advanced, Whether It's Discovering Someone For The First Time Or Whether It's Seeing A Relationship Get Strained. What I Do As A Director Is Really Create A Safe Environment That Everyone Can Feel Very Comfortable In And Experiment Within So That They Don't Hold Back Anything.

So Many Of My Friends Have Always Been Women Growing Up... I Always Feel Slightly More Comfortable Around Women Because With Guys In General There's Always More Of A Danger Zone... It's Very Aggressive Sometimes The Way Guys Act With Each Other, Putting Each Other Down And Calling Each Other Names, So I Was Always Too Sensitive For That And Used To Hang Out With The Girls. And They Were Always Really Funny To Me.

Every Director Should Take An Acting Class.

I Try Not To Blame The Public, Because The Public - Men, Especially - Have Seen Not Great Portrayals Of Women In Supporting Roles, Because They're Not Given The Lead Roles A Lot Of The Time. Especially In Comedy, They're Relegated To The Adversary, Which Is Like "the Mean Girlfriend."