It's such a surreal experience, being shot out of the cannon for any kind of first season show. It all seems very dreamlike.

Jesus Christ, being 2000 years old and some change, is a relatively "new" god of the older god category - and has done quite well for himself, in terms of worship.

I do love animals so much, and have a great respect for them emotionally and intellectually, because they are so different from human beings.

Growing up, there were a lot of funerals that I attended, and the adults at the funerals went out of their way to make sure that I wasn't traumatized or overly depressed by them. So death is always a celebration of life for me, and it's also hugely dramatic.

If it is true that if you believe in something, you manifest it, there are many Jesus Christs in the universe, because there are many different cultural interpretations of Jesus.

What I enjoy about my work is that it's all things that I wanted to see as an audience member so there's part of me that understands what an audience wants to see in that respect.

A poor white woman from the South is different than a poor black woman from the South, and has a completely different experience.