I think the American Western laid down a kind of subject matter that's about following your instinct or following your gut and having a sort of removed quality from your humanity. And I think Clint Eastwood helped to establish that.

I grew up in a place where a lot of my friends had horses, so I grew up riding. But I'm not an expert.

I like my work to stand on its own as much as possible.

I don't know how to put on any tough guy pretensions.

Having been trained as a stage actor, and then you go out there and you're on 40,000 acres and you have a horse under you and you're shooting a real gun, you almost don't have to act. It's just really amazing.

I love the long-form format of television. I love being able to develop a character, over a long period of time.

I don't care about sympathy. I care about playing a character who's understandable and clear.