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L.A. has always had a ton of creative business people, but tech has always been trumped by Hollywood. Now Hollywood is realizing it needs to be smarter in tech. Hollywood is finally crossing over, and it's really going to charge L.A. to be the next tech center.

L.A. is so focused on TV and film that theater is kind of an arcane sport. People look at you like you're doing something cute.

I think a lot of people just assumed I came to L.A. to do more television and get into show business.

I'm supposed to be the director of a television company, but I've only ever seen that company as a vehicle for making the kind of programmes we wanted to make, getting our ideas on the screen.

There's a certain thought process about actors that they are in Hollywood and they sit around pools and get suntans and just get offered jobs.

L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation.

I like L.A., but I think what's changed is that the kinds of films I do, the mid-range dramatic film, has become an endangered species.

L.A.'s become so cosmopolitan in its casting and also in its world view.

Everyone thinks L.A. is the beach. And actually, Hollywood is really far from the beach.

L.A. is so much about ratings and box office; that defines everything. And here, of course it's important, but it's not part of the culture - there's too much else going on in New York. They're not going to let one industry monopolize your attention, you know? You're likely to have best friends who are architects or newspaper reporters.