Directing is physically exciting because there's a ticking clock, you're working with people, it's very social, it's very enjoyable.

You know, I'm gay and I grew up being aware of that at a very early age, in a fairly repressed family.

Well, here's the thing with relationships on 'True Blood': Once they happen then you have to throw a monkey-wrench into them, because to have people be happy is not that exciting.

In my own life, I think legends of supernatural, mythic things are really just a manifestation of the collective unconscious. So I don't really get freaked out. I mean certainly, you read about things people did to each other in the pursuit of some mystical or occult goal, and it's horrifying. But that's just human nature.

I am a little suspicious of industry paradigms. I feel like so many movies and TV shows feel so familiar because of over-reliance on these paradigms.

I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist.

Vampires are total sexual metaphors; there's just no way around that.