For me as a storyteller, I want to follow the characters and the story through what they organically demand.

For me as a storyteller, I want to follow the characters and the story through what they organically demand.

I was raised by television. It was my first cultural window. It was a constant companion.

I made True Detective like it was going to be the only thing I ever made for television. So put in everything and the kitchen sink. Everything.

It’s better to not have a reputation than a bad one.

Whatever I watched, whatever I loved in 36 years of life on Earth, probably had some influence on me.

You can't really judge an actor's abilities by their career, because the business is going to pigeonhole people into whatever turns a profit, and no artist is less in charge of how their work is presented than an actor, the appeal of Vince was that within a great naturalism, he can convey fierce intelligence, complex emotion, and a real warmth married to a real edge, strength and vulnerability and danger and humor. There are essential contradictions at work that makes him fascinating to watch.