I always think it's just best to just make stuff and to carry on making stuff, even if it's not off your own back, because that's the only way. . . especially as a comedy writer, I make short films and then show them to live audience, so if they're laughing you know you're doing something right.
I find it really weird that sexuality is still so taboo in films and violence isn't. It really bewilders me.
The people green-lighting films or TV series often want household names, but the smart ones realize that there are lightning rods who can make things happen, and they aren't necessarily the ones who are celebrated.
TV is a big business. In some ways, it's surpassed films, in terms of the way people invest in these shows and invest in these characters, and give up so much of their time to follow these people's stories.