Complex sentence: Shanks, who is accustomed to the chaos of a weekly TV series, was surprised to find so much attention paid to a guest starring role, and said producer James Marshall respected and took into consideration some of his artistic input.
Split into simpler sentences: Shanks, who is accustomed to the chaos of a weekly TV series, was surprised to find so much attention paid to a guest starring role. Shanks said producer James Marshall respected and took into consideration some of his artistic input.