Nick Offerman

And the timing was such that we had just finished watching the first season of White Lotus had just finished airing, on which Murray was just so electrically fantastic.

I like to say that it was like watching

The Raiders of the Lost Ark, and then getting an offer, and they say, you're going to have to fall in love with the guy with the hat and the whip.

And I just was like, holy cow.

So from the moment I got there, the entire production, HBO knew what they had going on.

Everyone was treating the script with all the due reverence.

Everyone understood that if we didn't screw it up, we had something very special on our hands.

It seems clear that some of the foundational qualities in Bill also describe Ron Swanson from Parks and Rec, like a taciturn, sort of solitary individual who puts a lot of effort into what he thinks is living right.

He has a strong set of values and sort of personal credo.

I mean, now you've made me think of, as I'm watching Jinx unfold in my new show, it's funny.

When I watch things, I can never enjoy them.

I'm always watching, like I'm watching game tape of a sport, checking out my swing or whatever.

And with Jinx, I keep thinking, it's interesting that I'm not more showy.

That's what's occurring to me is like, even when I'm wrestling or like ripping off my shirt or whatever, I feel like other actors would have put on more of a show and been more overtly kind of peacocking.

And I think it's all connected to, I don't know, just my nature, right?

When I watch Ron Swanson or even Bill, there are often moments where I think, I'm glad that this is working.

I'm glad an audience is buying this.

But man, why are you talking so slow?

Come on, turn it up all the way from one to two for crying out loud.

It's not rocket science.