When actors are the real deal, all that star whatever goes right out the window and you're there to tell a story.

Yeah, you can explore a lot more. Every one of the storylines is multi-faceted, so there are so many directions that it can go. It makes each episode so interesting.

If you're going to marry someone, maybe you can be mad for a few weeks and it can still work out.

My career has taken so many different paths to this point that I've come to realise that we're all the same, everywhere I've been. We're all just creatures trying to tell stories as good as we can, so whether that's in a tiny theatre or as part of the biggest multi-million dollar film, we're all still just trying to tell a good story at the end of the day.

AMC has a track record for finding actors who have been working actors but not names yet and casting them.

I'm really grateful for how my career has unfolded.

I grew up in Houston, in a pretty urbane setting.