How different has it been being on cable versus network TV?
Well, the schedule is just so much easier. I mean, when you’re doing network television —I did 7 years of 24, 23 episodes a year, 10 months out of the year, and 12, 15 hours a day. That schedule takes a big toll on you. There’s nothing else but that. You’re so exhausted and giving everything you have to that job. So I really wasn’t interested so much in that as in ten to fifteen episodes a year, where I can work six months and have six months off. And I definitely wanted to do something different and edgier that you can’t do on network television. This show could never exist on network television — more language, darker material, more sexual stuff. It’s too sanitized on network TV. According to IMDb, Jerry Bruckheimer has like fifteen projects in development. How much interaction do you have with him? [Laughs] Does he have fifteen in development? Oh my God! You know, I’ve been known Jerry over the years. I would meet him and see him at different events, so we’ve been friendly over time
