Ultimately, physical resemblance isn't as important as whether this person can bring this character to life in a way that's compelling and makes me care about what happens to them.

I'd seen 'Interview with A Vampire' and saw Dracula movies growing up, but I never thought, 'I love vampires; I have to do a show about vampires.'

Happy relationships are boring. We all want them in our own life. But I don't want to watch them on TV.

As a culture, we are not comfortable with mortality. We do not accept it the way other cultures do. We cling to youth, and we don't want to die. It's like, 'Well, too bad, we do.'

I'm not a believer in luck, but I do believe you need it.

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

I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it personally.'