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I'm so sick of seeing these movies where married couples are just cuddling on the couch and caressing each other's faces.

Suddenly we saw that you could do plays about real life, and people had been doing them for some time, but they weren't always getting to the audiences. They were performed in little, tiny, theatres.

There's a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. You're left wondering about the legitimacy of relationships. It's probably harder to entertain the same people with a more classic form of writing, and romantic comedies are a classic genre.

A lot of shows have couples with issues inside the relationship.

I like to believe that intimate moments between characters don't need to be relegated to independent films.

I think when you get on with the actors that you're working with, even if you do have really intimate scenes, as long as you get on well, and have a bit of a laugh while doing it, then it's fine.

It's always a little nerve-wracking to do a love scene, more than anything because it's just awkward.

And the actors tend not to want to watch themselves very often. I'm one of those guys.

If you are strong enough as a couple, reality shows can be a good thing for the relationship.