I've done TV, but never where you're given this much time to live with a character, to study the tone and hone it and repair stuff, to go back and watch old episodes and go, "Oh no, that's a misstep. That's a victory. I should do more of that, less of that."

In the quiet moments, the discoveries are made.

I do love directing. I'm only comfortable working in the independent film arena for a very small budget where I have creative control and I can put my stamp on it.

You know what's more difficult to do organically? Laughing. It's actually one of the hardest things to do on camera.

I just can't feel lukewarm about a character. I either despise her, admire her, or don't understand her and want to understand her.

As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character.

The writers could always do an about-face and change everything