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.

The whole cable-TV original programming just changed the nature of television.

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

It's really rare that you come across a Southern character that's not stereotyped, vilified or aggrandized.

I love the process of acting, simply because I like to play make believe. But for me, it is purely make believe and it is a process of playing.

I like being able to be a man.

I have a great-great-great-grandfather who was a Confederate cavalry colonel, and I still have his military composite photo on my wall. The chemicals in the photo tint have changed over the years to the point that he looks green. One of my family members apparently still has the piece of paper that listed every thing in his pocket when he got shot.