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I’m always quite concerned about [the philosophy], “Let’s make television that people can do the ironing during.” Let them sit down. Let them concentrate. That seems to work. You bond with something more if it makes you sit up and pay attention. If it becomes something you can do during the ironing, I think you lose touch with the audience. If people shake their fists and say, “It’s too complicated,” at least they’re shaking their fists.

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STAR TREK 2013
According to Sherlock Holmes leading man, Benedict Cumberbatch, he scored his role in the upcoming Star Trek sequel by emailing his audition to JJ Abrams on an iPhone. The Escapist reports it was Christmas time when Cumberbatch was asked by the movie’s director to audition for the part, but given the holiday season, he was unable to find a professional to record it for him. That was when he asked a friend to record it on his phone for him. Abrams was so impressed with the audition that it only took him a couple of days to give the British actor the role. Hollywood stardom? There’s an app for that. (Sorry couldn’t resist.)