I really love the festival circuit..

I want to be inside Nic Pizzolattos brain..

I find that in preparation for a drama you can do a lot of character work and develop the character and know what you want to achieve and project thr….

I found out a few months after we started [True Detective] that I was pregnant..

I'm a big fan of improvisation but I can't say that I'm great at it..

When I was growing up, my parents took in foster children. From a young age, I learned that there are a lot of children in need..

I grew up Catholic. I'm not religious now but I would say that I'm a very spiritual person and you're always in search of answers..

I have a lot of fun. I'm passionate about what I do. I really love that..

You dont grow up in a town of 700 thinking youre going to be an actress. I loved doing [school] plays, but it was just something to keep me busy..

I will say that is a quality I love about great directors, which is the ability to give you one word that can inspire you. I appreciate a director wi….

"OK, well everyone makes a mistake, right?" But then when you think it probably happened again that's when you think: "Shame on you once and shame on….

It was very fortuitous that the show [True Detective] actually spans seventeen years - so as I was getting older on the show, I was gaining weight. W….

[True Detective] is an intense show, even in terms of the dialogue - there's a little rhythm to it, in particular in his monologues. I think on those….

Everything looks more beautiful in retrospect..

I knew that this was something that was going to be an intense experience, just from the way I typically approach my work. I did not take the fact th….

My parents have worked their asses off their whole entire lives, they still do, and I never felt like anything would be handed to me. I never felt so….

So, it was really important that I go do the necessary research. In doing the research, I spent time with a lot of medics and women down at Fort Blis….

We have this misconception about women in the military, that they don't wear make-up, but in reality, they're very feminine women. You can be a tough….

It was the first time I worked with Matthew McConaughey [in the True Detective].They're fun guys [with Woody Harrelson]. They don't take life at all ….

I've never felt limited by my circumstances, no matter what they were. Even when I was living in Iowa, it wasn't like I had big dreams, but it wasn't….

Woody [Harrelson] and I actually worked together years ago on North Country. So I felt completely at ease..