Karl Malden was quite a mentor. He taught me things he had learned from being in front of a camera so long.

It was really executed well, from the art direction to the wardrobe to everyone else. And I have to say, two really exceptional directors who did three each. Roxann [Dawson] did the first three and Jeremy [Webb] did the second three. And I think they really were very meticulous in getting the right tone because it is both. It isn't dour and it isn't grim, but it's not a romp either. It's truthful and it has room for both of those things.

You make the choice. You look at each scene and you make sure that this is not a person deceiving people.

I was a little nervous coming in mostly because my first scene was with Martin Sheen, who I'm a huge fan of.

I messed around in high school, but I pretty much put it away until I did a television show in San Francisco.

I still like to listen to the people that I came of age on.

Then, at some point, you get identified with certain things.