It's so rare, especially as a younger actor, to find a role where it's not just one-dimensional and it's not just a stock leading man.

Billy [Ray] is a preternatural enthusiast. He would say things to me like, "Now, let me tell you about Episode 3." I'm a big superstitious, having done television for quite some time, and I would say, "Billy, I can't wait to hear about it, but let's just stay here for right now, see what happens, and enjoy this moment.

I like characters with flaws, who have shadow.

My personal life is a source of incredible happiness for me, but it's personal and it's not for me to hock, or shop around to the highest bidder. Plus, it could never live up to the amazing mythology that everyone online has created for me, so I'll keep mum about it.

Certainly when you're dealing with more deep emotional work and sensory work, for me it helps me to just stay in it.

I can safely say that I had an incredibly difficult and trying past growing up and trying to be an artist and standing up as who I am in this world.

Without a safe haven, one of the most authentic parts of who you are, who you love, felt invisible to the world.