Now that we're in this era of streaming and all these shows, that from the past are suddenly being rediscovered by new generations, are you noticing that people are suddenly talking to you about "ER" more than they ever did before?
"ER" has been always part of my life. It's been always talked about wherever you go. It's the biggest thing I've done, obviously. It's a normal thing. I'm not seeing anything more now than it was like seven, five, three years ago. It was a big show. That was a properly big show. We had numbers, I remember when I came on the show, we were having about 30 million people watching the show every Thursday. Come on, 30 million people. That's insane. That was live TV in the U.S. only.
They'll never have numbers like that again.
It's impossible now with streaming and everything, there is just the ... The pie has been cut into so many smaller pieces that you just can't put it together, in that perspective.
In terms of other projects, you've got "Hellraiser" coming up, anything else on the horizon.
No, no, nothing right now. No.
When it comes to what you've done in the past, which projects really stand out for you, that you really have the fondest memories of doing?
That's "ER," definitely. Lately, from the things I've done lately, it's "Timeless." TV shows, mainly, because you spend more time on a TV show, you create better connections with people on a TV show, because it lasts for longer. I would say "ER" and "Timeless."
It also seems like TV, now, especially in this era, the stories are deeper and more complex than what you can do in a two-hour movie.
Well, technology changed a lot. Visual effects changed a lot, storytelling, streaming, all that has [come to the point] that you can actually do a "Wheel of Time" now. You can do "Game of Thrones." You used to be ... I'm seeing "Dune" now, the movie, and I saw David Lynch's movie, one of my favorite movies. I don't see why this new movie was made, in all honesty, but that's me. The TV shows like "Game of Thrones" and "Wheel of Time," you can actually do that properly on a TV show. You couldn't be making a movie like that. It wouldn't work. The story's too complex. Streaming, great.
When you kick back and watch a little TV, what kind of things do you like to watch?
I like to enjoy a good fantasy, sci-fi show. I've been just watching "Wheel of Time." I've been watching "Cowboy Bebop." Oh yeah. I don't know. I love "The Great." I love "The Great." I don't know. I watch a lot. I can't even remember now. I need to think about ... But this is like lately. I literally, last night, I watched "The Great" and I watched "Cowboy Bebop," and a few days ago, my wife and I watched "Wheel of Time," because it's only three episodes. We're waiting [for] a new episode to come out.
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