To a certain degree, with a TV show, people are looking for a certain amount of familiarity. You don't want to pull the rug out, but you also want to keep things fresh and keep changing it up.

One of the things with our show is posing a lot of questions, but getting a lot of answers too.

Typically with HBO shows, the ninth episode often winds up being a big one and when lots of exciting stuff happens. And then the tenth one is the more placid, character-based one.

I always love it best when you have a project where there is this commingling of the subject matter and the way in which you're recording that subject matter.

How can you forgive if you can’t remember to forget?

I've worked in the movie business for many, many years, where you have lots of days and lots of money. It's really mainly about time. We always try to conceive all of our action from a place of, "What can we shoot that looks fantastic?," rather than trying to do the kinds of thing that you would be able to accomplish in a movie.

None of us like violence in the real world, but we're fascinated with it onscreen.