Tanya Mosley

Okay, so I heard that you do deep research. So when you aren't shooting, you're researching for the show. So what's it been like being deep in reading the Bible and watching sermons and things? Has that shaped or changed your thoughts about religion? Yeah.

When you were helping your mom with her puppet shows, were you working on ideas too? I'm thinking about you as a young storyteller.

When you were helping your mom with her puppet shows, were you working on ideas too? I'm thinking about you as a young storyteller.

When you were helping your mom with her puppet shows, were you working on ideas too? I'm thinking about you as a young storyteller.

You know, one of the things about the series I find remarkable is like it skews this world of big-time preachers and televangelists, but it never – feels like it's mocking the sincerity of their faith. And I'm just wondering, how did you find the balance between, I guess I would say, satire and respect?

You know, one of the things about the series I find remarkable is like it skews this world of big-time preachers and televangelists, but it never – feels like it's mocking the sincerity of their faith. And I'm just wondering, how did you find the balance between, I guess I would say, satire and respect?

You know, one of the things about the series I find remarkable is like it skews this world of big-time preachers and televangelists, but it never – feels like it's mocking the sincerity of their faith. And I'm just wondering, how did you find the balance between, I guess I would say, satire and respect?

Did you ever go too far in your writing and then think, okay, I got to pull this back a little bit?

Did you ever go too far in your writing and then think, okay, I got to pull this back a little bit?

Did you ever go too far in your writing and then think, okay, I got to pull this back a little bit?

John Goodman, of course, is a legend. And I think I've heard you say that it was a lark that you got him on the show. What's the story?

John Goodman, of course, is a legend. And I think I've heard you say that it was a lark that you got him on the show. What's the story?

John Goodman, of course, is a legend. And I think I've heard you say that it was a lark that you got him on the show. What's the story?

Where did you get the name from? I understand Righteous, but Gemstones?

Where did you get the name from? I understand Righteous, but Gemstones?

Where did you get the name from? I understand Righteous, but Gemstones?

You say it out loud to yourself?

You say it out loud to yourself?

You say it out loud to yourself?

I got to play a clip to give people kind of a grounding of this. The thing about the Gemstone kids is that... I don't think anybody ever really talks the way they do, and yet they kind of feel really believable.