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I tend not to know what the plot is or the story is or even the theme. Those things come later, for me.

On a TV show, you don't know where the character is going.

One of the great things about a TV series is that it's different to a movie - in a movie you obviously know the beginning, the middle and the end of what you're going to do. With a TV series it's unfolding, and you're discovering with every episode.

I mean one of the weird things about TV and one of the things that some actors don't like but I kind of dig is that you never know where you're headed, I mean you never know what the writer might think of next.

When you're making a television show, it's about the story and arc of the show rather than any particular episode or director.

I come from a theater background, so usually, at the start, you know what happens and where the character goes and everything. But with TV, it's really unpredictable.

It's really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to create this whole backstory.

In order to have a TV series, you have to have a good idea for the story.

I always struggle with making the technical aspects of the plot fit with the story that's unfolding in my imagination.

In TV, you don't know everything. The writers only give you scripts before you shoot the episodes. They keep you on your nerve.