But I'm not objective when I'm acting.

We try to be driven by what's a good story, what's truthful, and the drama of what happens next.

I'm straight and I have a lot of gay friends.

I think they do a great job on Queer as Folk.

Our intention is to really explore this transition and, beyond that, explore the particular things that someone comes up against when they're gay or lesbian.

And it's sort of an old-fashioned ER, in that it's very much about the medicine, and how these people cope. There's very little about the personal lives of the characters.