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It's so rare that you actually get to find a really well-written female lead.

Strong female leads are important.

Sometimes it's more difficult to exist as a female lead, especially in action movies because all those men are around you. They take so much place.

I don't set out to write female lead shows, necessarily. I like deeply flawed characters. When they come to me, or when I'm introduced to them, I follow the stories and the people, rather than setting out to do a female lead thing.

I think Mariska Hargitay on 'Law and Order: SVU' is a really good example of a female lead I'd like to emulate. She's really been able to captivate men and women in a way that's appealing, which is a tough line to follow.

What's so great about playing a female lead, especially in law enforcement, is that these women do exist, and they're really quite interesting. They're fascinating.

Women, it turns out, are built to lead - particularly in the modern world.

I feel there is no shortage of real interesting women's roles. But I found them and did all of them just now.

We've made so much headway with storytelling - mostly on cable, let's be honest - but also on the networks and, you know, I think it's about time that the leads are women. I'm not a woman, so I'm a bit biased - I wouldn't mind if a few roles were left over for men.

The leads are often the boring part.