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Honestly, most of the stuff I made for 'TV on the Radio,' I write in the studio.

I did a film very quickly, and then a lot of work for television, and then I did stage work.

There's a lot of writing in television that can sound like it's taken out of a package, and the way to get around that is to not allow yourself to deliver it that way.

I've never let producers tell me what to do. Even when I was making television, I always did what I wanted to do, and if I couldn't, I didn't do it. It was a freedom that, these days, young directors starting out don't have.

As a television producer, you do a lot of writing - drafting proposals for pilot shows and other things, so yes, a good deal of writing was involved.

Well, television is grueling. The hours are grueling, it's hard work, and there's a lot of pressure to get it done without a lot of rehearsal time.

I started off writing TV adverts. I saw those as rehearsals for a feature film.

Well, I'm directing a lot of television these days.

Anything I write that I consider stage-quality work, I won't give my TV show. I put it in my live show.

Thank God for television. I've been able to consistently work in television even when people say, 'Oh my God, I haven't seen you since this film or that project.' At least I'm working. It's very difficult to get that next movie role. I'm grateful to have the television world accept me.