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

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

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.

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

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

It was sort of that in-between area when people don’t talk about their personal lives. That’s the kind of life I think Kerry would be living now if it weren’t for the Lopez character sort...

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.

The story line was done in a way that’s organic and was doled out very slowly in little bites. We think that’s authentic for this character, that her feelings are very deeply buried or she...

The thing with Kerry is that all of this is a natural progression, her troubles. It’s a cycle.