It's really rare that you come across a Southern character that's not stereotyped, vilified or aggrandized.

Good and bad are really arbitrary words when it comes to character.

For me, acting is play. It's just play and it's playing make believe really, really well.

You don't need to like your protagonists.

I think all of us have a hero and a villain in us.

I grew up hunting with shotguns and rifles, and we had a gun in every corner of the living room. I'm not a gun advocate, but that's the way I grew up.