J.J. Abrams, a creator of "Alias" and "Lost" and writer and director of "Mission Impossible III," lives in a four-bedroom Cape Cod in Pacific Palisades with his wife, Katie McGrath, and their three children.

His greatest hits: I wrote and recorded the theme songs to my television shows — "Felicity," "Alias" and "Lost." There's also a little recording I did for "Mission" with my friend the musician Thomas Dolby.

Did you know that?

Favorite item of clothing: I designed and made a T-shirt based on the distinctive 1940's-style "Do Not Disturb" signs at the Chateau Marmont hotel in Hollywood. The hotel should really make those shirts themselves.

I'd like one of those.

Obsession: I think boxes are an amazing art form that no one really considers.

Weird, but interesting. Boxes as origami?

What he drives: A Toyota Prius. I used to have a Porsche, and I miss it like crazy.

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