I was so nervous that this was 'True Detective' and that I needed to do a good job that I would just dig into every scene.

With 'True Detective,' you have a lot of time. How I like to describe it... it's like you're filming a theater piece.

My biggest dream and my biggest accomplishment was to be on HBO and 'True Detective.' It was a show that I just fell in love with.

'True Detective' would not pass The Bechdel Test.

I didn't expect anything crazy to happen from 'True Detective.'

You make a decision whether you just work on the script and believe in every moment and pick out every moment, or if you sit down and memorize lines. Once you really dig into a script, learning lines becomes almost second nature.