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'The Blacklist' was really right place, right time. I read the script and met with Jon Bokenkamp, John Eisendrath, John Fox and John Davis, and we just hit it off. They understood that I was not so much trying to adapt to television, but adapt a cinematic style to the things that we were gonna do.

Many of my friends were blacklisted. America should be ashamed of it forever.

I'm so happy with 'The Blacklist.' Give me more people to shoot and throw them off buildings.

To my knowledge, there is no blacklist. But there is a mindset, even among liberal producers, that says 'He may be difficult, so let's avoid him.'

There's always some kind of blacklist throughout history. But the difference is, in America they usually let you live.

When I first came to Hollywood, the blacklist was just starting, and they were having hearings in Washington. What most people don't know is the judge of these hearings himself was later convicted of misappropriation. 'Spartacus' helped break the blacklist, because Spartacus was a real character.

I'm on the very blackest part of the black list.

'Homeland' was a sensation out of the gate in 2011, gathering acclaim and sweeping up Emmys, and the reason such shows are so overrated is because, unlike with other forms of popular art, success in TV is measured almost purely by how obsessive we become.

I'm so addicted to 'Homeland' right now.

We signed up for Showtime, which I think put us on a Homeland Security list somewhere.