"I appreciate my role as an actor much more after I direct because it's just easier." — Bryan Cranston

Mixing humor and politics is something that works.

It's funny, I do try to maintain health. I started doing Bikram yoga which is that hothouse yoga, the 105 degrees yoga for 90 minutes. It's great, you purge out all the sweat and you're drinking water.

Love is not as important as good health. You cannot be in love if you're not healthy. You can't appreciate it.

When you're directing an ongoing series, the tone has already been set. So a director will come in and fulfill that tone - reinforce the characters and their behavior. The challenge is to find unique ways that you can visually tell the story while keeping the established tone and the pace and the characters.