Occupation: Screenwriter Birth: May 5, 1960
Me personally, I'm a guy who it took a long time to figure out what I'm supposed to be doing. I relate to a lot of that finding oneself a little late….
I always have a sense of where I want to end each season, emotionally and relationship wise and with the theme, and I'm always able to hit that..
I can be arrogant, I can be insufferable..
The lazy blogosphere has given up on journalism and now trolls Twitter for their on-the-record in-depth articles..
I've learned in most areas of my life, to bounce heated choices off other people. Co-workers, my agent, my wife, a sponsor, etc. A majority of the ti….
I have a loose blueprint of where I want the show to go. I stress, quite frankly to remind myself, that I hold onto that vision very loosely, so that….
I love being able to stay real to the world..
I'm a guy who has problems with moderation. All or nothing. Binge and purge. Kill or be killed. Gray is not a color I wear well. I should be dead. I ….
What happens on “Mad Men” in terms of the acting and the writing and the directing, it’s superior. And yes, it has tremendous cache and buzz because ….
I navigate through the world with the excitement and determination of a child. That's why I'm an artist. I'd die without an outlet for expression. Un….
I'm a guy desperately in need of buffers. I have big feelings, big reactions, big emotions. All the things that serve me as an artist, but challenge ….
The whole Twitter phenomenon is really indicative of what's happening in this country. And I say this in condemnation of myself as much as anyone els….
I started doing some more specific research on Wales in that period because I like the idea of being authentic to the territory, and with that came t….
I'm drawn to the classic antihero, the guy who's probably made a bunch of mistakes and really has the capacity to go either way. That's the most inte….
My wife, Katey Sagal, has transformed herself from a sitcom cartoon to a dramatic powerhouse..
I've always wanted to play with this idea - and I didn't want to leave it to the last season, but I wasn't quite sure when it was going to happen - o….
I joke that I learned the essentials of storytelling from Hanna-Barbera, but I pretty much did. That kind of television is what enamored me as a kid,….
Unlike fiction, which you create before you go into production, with reality you kind of create it after everything is produced. The drama and the st….
All the people who follow me on Twitter know my sense of humor. I sometimes forget the blogosphere will give it more weight than I intended..
I was really exposed to great old-time literature - the classics, the poetic realists like Strindberg and Ibsen and all those guys. I was really insp….
As an actor, I've been drawn to those characters that are further away from who I may be..