My family are very, very religious in Texas. They're Southern Baptists. I left to go to New York when I was 17 and I realised I wasn't Southern Baptist. That's not how I am inclined.

Every role that you accept makes you grow in some way. It's part of the creative process.

From the beginning of time, we've told stories, Shamans and Medicine People, and not to be pompous about it, but I feel like that is the lineage I take down and where I come from. There is magic to storytelling.

They're really competitive at drama in Texas.

I can't really connect with things unless they are spiritual in nature, so I have to make acting spiritual for myself, and each role a spiritual journey for me.

I've studied astrology for many, many years, and I feel like it's an incredibly challenging art.

I'm a trained martial artist. My parents were both martial artists.