Drama and comedy, to me ,are all about being surprising, coherent, and true, all at once.

I love writing about Oklahoma. I love writing Oklahoma characters; I love playing Southwestern characters.

Drama and comedy, to me ,are all about being surprising, coherent, and true, all at once.

I tried to film 'Leaves of Grass' in Oklahoma, but it was literally about a million dollars less to shoot in Louisiana.

I've done about every kind of fishing you can imagine, but I've never noodled. And the reason I've never noodled is because I don't want to get bit by a water moccasin. I'm just too afraid of snakes.

I wanted to get the most broad foundation for a lifelong education that I could find, and that was studying Latin and the classics. Meaning Roman and Greek history and philosophy and ancient civilizations.

Really, life is full of contradictions. Life is messy.