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If there was one overarching theme to 'True Detective,' I would say it was that, as human beings, we are nothing but the stories we live and die by - so you'd better be careful what stories you tell yourself.

I enjoy setting the scene and coming up with interesting frames. 'True Detective' was a very hands-on set.

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.

My manager sent me the first two scripts for 'True Detective,' and I just thought they were so interesting and that the world they were depicting was so titillating to me.

'True Detective' did change my career.

The detective genre is not easy because you've got to get to a conclusion that is unexpected.

There's a lot of two-hander dialogue in 'True Detective,' and I needed to place those guys in locations where there were other levels of visual storytelling. It didn't necessarily have to move the plot forward, but it had to add tone or add to the overall feeling.

I think a lot of us responded intensely to 'True Detective' because it was so incredibly earnest. That's what made it heartbreaking and involving.

I read a lot of detective novels.

The thing I don't like about detective stories is looking for criminals.