Any show in its first season is going to probably have some growing pains.

If you meet somebody who's spent any length of time in prison, you don't let your guard down. Ever. And really, that's what that was about-if you open up too much, you're asking to get your teeth kicked in.

The better the writing, the easier it gets.

My dad was a Communist Party member who fought for his country.

I'm so scared of doing theater. I've got stage fright, although they keep asking me to come back.

Ilike ideas writers have that I might not have written. Writers are there for a reason... to write for me.

Now, people can watch the entire first series over a period that would probably take you a couple of nights.