The violence is the violence. I understand that we're sometimes squeamish about it, but I think that strength needs to be called on once in awhile, and sometimes that's the only thing that will work.

I just think that, at the end of the day, you needed the catharsis of revelation.

If you give a scene enough room to breathe, actors will hopefully find those magical moments.

You look at your past and things that are unresolved and figure out what you need to do to move forward and fill a role with your family and in your community.

Playing characters that speak a very violent language was my livelihood.

The difficult thing about shooting a television series is that you never have enough time. You really don't.

If you trust that the people making the show love the source material and the characters, and it's a different medium and there are different requirements for long-form storytelling that will hopefully carry over a number of seasons, then it's exciting.