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It's really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to create this whole backstory.

Most TV shows are writing the next episode while you're directing the one you're doing, and they're trying to figure out what they're going to do, and they're putting it all together.

With a series, you build the character as you go. When you've got a shorter project or a film, you know the overall arc from the beginning.

When we make the show, we are always talking about how the show is really in between what we make and what the viewer thinks of it.

The whole thing of doing a TV series, I find it very daunting not knowing where the story's going.

In order to have a TV series, you have to have a good idea for the story.

One of the great things about a TV series is that it's different to a movie - in a movie you obviously know the beginning, the middle and the end of what you're going to do. With a TV series it's unfolding, and you're discovering with every episode.

Storylines are how characters create the plots involved in their stories.

A film has a beginning, middle, and an end. There is a certain amount of time that you have to embody these people. You know the entire story arch. But on TV, you have to let your guard down. You don't know how long the show is going to last. There is this excitement that comes with developing a character long-term.

When you're telling a story, the best stories, every character has an arc. Every one. And that arc is usually about finding yourself, or about at least finding something about yourself that you didn't know.