I would say what Mad Men has taught me has been a super elevated evaluation of text in general, and understanding subtext, and understanding where a character comes from - what he means by this or by that.

I live in Los Angeles, which is the youngest place - there's no history to Los Angeles. Everything's fake.

I was a weird kid.

I think anybody's who's ever traveled to Paris or any sort of older European city will get caught up in the romance of the history and the ghosts you're surrounded by every day.

Ultimately, this is about having fun at work. You want to enjoy your job. You're going to have higher-performing employees.

I've built a career on the survival skill I honed early on: being a smart aleck who is good with a fast comeback.

If you're always waiting for a producer to hire you... your chances are really, really small. I've been knocking on doors and asking for a job for many years, and my career really changed when I decided to create my own material.

If I went by all the rejection I've had in my career, I should have given up a long time ago.