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It's a crazy - crazy - amount of talent on 'Smash.'

Everyone knows 'Smash' is about musical numbers, and everyone knows we have fantastic dance sequences and great performances.

You know, if you're lucky enough to have two smash hit shows, the traffic of the world goes through your dressing room.

Ever since I was little, I've always liked to smash things.

We don't move on in the stunt unless it looks like a hit. So when I see it on TV, I'm generally satisfied that people are going to buy it.

It's always this grand search in the industry to find good material. Whenever there is good material, they all jump on it, and it's like a food fight to get it made. That's why so many things take years and years to develop because it all shows up on screen.

I never understood the hit-single, quick-success, get-airplay mentality.

Think about trailers you see in theaters. If you're seeing a Warner Bros film, the studio might have three of the five trailers. So having a hit helps you create the next hit.

The first shooter video game stuff which - look, admittedly, I missed that generationally, so it's not a thing for me. I've never played them. I don't really get it. My kids do.

The woeful tales of 'Super Mario Bros.' and 'Street Fighter' have taught studios that merely slapping a name to a movie is not enough to bring in the fans of the franchise. Also, the way games now unfold their stories more parallels that of a movie, with characters and plot points actually meaning as much as a high score.