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I just love shows that don't hand everything to you, that ask you to be smarter. I think that's something really important that HBO has done to change the landscape of TV.

Television is better than it's ever been in history. A lot of stories are being pushed - because of how complicated they are to make - toward Netflix and other channels on cable.

HBO is really famous for hiring good people and staying out of their way until they ask for help, or need it. And that reputation is earned.

I was opposed to doing TV for a long time because I thought the quality of writing wasn't very strong, as opposed to film, but there's been a shift in term of the quality of scripts. HBO has attracted a tremendous amount of great writing talent.

Television is kind of a disappointment. I often want to watch it, but I find it quite hard - I don't like soaps, reality TV or celebrity chefs.

I'm not great on television. That's one reason I don't do it very often.

The secret of doing well on TV is to understand that it's not too important. A lot of people watching doesn't change anything.

I have nothing but respect for HBO.

I think it's really important to have good quality drama on TV.

Not to say there's not good TV out there, but I think TV is better when it accurately reflects the world as it is.