Whenever I've directed something, there's this feeling of demand and focus that I like.
I mean, my dad's a television producer, and I knew I could get a job as an assistant or a reader with one of his friends, but it wasn't exactly what I wanted to do.
My work isn't any more important than anything else in the family
Obviously with the Internet and increased access to other means of watching shows, the audience has dispersed and is all over the place and that is a challenge.
When you go to commercial, you want something to call the viewers back, and if you don't have a decent act out, the audience probably won't be there in the numbers you want when the show returns.
I have no style. There are certain people who just have a visual sense that defines their work. You could probably watch 30 seconds of anything they do and you'll know exactly who directed it. I don't have that skill.
I'm actually a huge fan of digital as well. I appreciate how that technology opens the doors for filmmakers who never had access to that level of quality before. However, I do think film itself sets the standard for quality. You can talk about range, light, sensitive, resolution -- there's something about film that is undeniably beautiful, undeniably organic and natural and real.
With three kids you are just trying to survive. You can't be fastidious.
There's nothing wrong with doing sequels, they're just easier to sell.
What I'm still grappling with and learning how to do is to be looking and thinking cinematically, having come from television.
All I know is that I've made some big screw-ups, and I've done some things that have done all right. I just keep trying to learn from the mistakes I've made.
I'm literally open to any medium that will have me.
I'd love to do a movie where the monster is human, where the issue is not otherworldly, or horror or science fiction.
I was never really a comic-book fanatic.
I think you have a passion and an obsession for something when it's not necessarily ubiquitous.
I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think.
I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality.
I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D.
I feel like obviously the standard for what TV looks like changes all the time.
I don't think I have a signature.
I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective.
I am lucky, I'm the first to admit that.
As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was.
We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that.
I've had the same friends since I was in kindergarten.
