Even though I didn't quite see the common interface between me and this great pop director, I was happy to find out what he was thinking about. But not live, scripted. I want to write about middle-class, middle America and I have done so. Cops, like guys in the Armed Forces, are for the most part from this middle-class suburban world. Why they choose to risk their lives for all of us is an important issue, I think.
Courage is always an important issue.
I thought this show would be a great way to profile the world I come from and the people who police it. So we four started to assemble the program, all the while given unprecedented freedom from the network, because it was a Steven Spielberg project. Six months later, a show is on the air. It seems to get better every week. This Spring brings the Directors Lab back to Lincoln Center and I will be working with director Robert Urbanati on a new play.