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I don't set out to write female lead shows, necessarily. I like deeply flawed characters. When they come to me, or when I'm introduced to them, I follow the stories and the people, rather than setting out to do a female lead thing.

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I love flawed characters, male or female, and I only want to talk about flawed characters, really, in what I do.

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For a lot of people, film is still the dream - the captive audience in the darkened theater - but I love TV. I think it's fantastic.

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I'm never going to look like a Nordic model, so I play with what I've got. Instead of going gray, I dye my hair bright colors; I have bad vision, so I wear sparkly glasses. I embrace that I look like a crazy lady.

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I was broke when I lived in New York City during college, so I'd spend weekends walking around town, grabbing something to eat, and interacting with strangers. That ritual has stuck with me.

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There's more to us than the moment we made a bad decision.

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What offends me more than something sexist is something poorly written or unfunny or cliched.

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Personally, I like to yearn a little and long for the next episode. On the other hand, I'm also a glutton. My kids love to dive in and eat whole series at once.

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Home is where your family is. Wherever you are, it's about the people you're surrounded by, not necessarily where you lay your head.

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I can shoot off my big mouth and write my shows and run my shows, and I can recognize how lucky I am because my position is rare and my position is privileged.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: July 5th, 1969

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