I've never felt limited by my circumstances, no matter what they were. Even when I was living in Iowa, it wasn't like I had big dreams, but it wasn't that I felt I couldn't have any. I always felt very capable.

It's really challenging to play comedy.

I will say that is a quality I love about great directors, which is the ability to give you one word that can inspire you. I appreciate a director with a very good vocabulary. There are so many directors that I have worked with that can give you one word.

I'm not too modest of a person. I've got a pretty blue sense of humor.

Woody [Harrelson] and I actually worked together years ago on North Country. So I felt completely at ease.

Religion is something that is very well intentioned, for all intents and purposes, for everyone around the world, but sometimes it can start to get warped.

I found out a few months after we started [True Detective] that I was pregnant.