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" TV is just such a fast-moving medium that you do what you can do, and what you can't do, you don't worry about too much. "

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" I still feel driven to try to make great shows and to make each episode great. "

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" I was never that kid who grew up in New York and was always at the arthouse watching important films. I was the kid who grew up in the Midwest where there weren't any art films, and I watched TV. And that was really the medium that affected me and that I fell in love with. "