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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.

People have to respond to the characters and respond to the situations that they're in. That said, it still has to be a compelling narrative that drives along and keeps people coming back week after week. So really, with any successful show you could name, there has to be a mysterious blend of both of those.

When you're not the lead on a series, you work intermittently, even if you're in every episode.

With any show, when fans come up to you, they assume you're just like your character.

If someone can watch an entire season of a TV series in one day, doesn't that show an incredible attention span?

I've never been on a TV show for more than a season and you have to continually keep it interesting and you have to keep it connected, even as you change.

When it's something you really adore, I think you don't want to be the one who accidentally writes a crap episode.

I'm not somebody who goes online after every episode airs because that would be, for me, getting too much feedback and too much information.

That's why I love doing television because it's something that fans and viewers can sit down each week and get to know your character and get to know the show and get to know what's going on and fall in love with you all over again, like they did in previous shows.

Every show is unique, some shows have the master plan and have everything figured out and that's just the way they do things. It's like high school. Some people write their papers the second they get their assignments, and some people write it the day after it's due. I am the latter.