I'm used to American actors who have a movie career thinking television acting is beneath them.

I think vampires are a timeless powerful archetype that can tap into people's psyches.

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.

My own belief is that people can come back from anything. It doesn't mean that it won't come at a huge cost.

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

I know a lot of shows are like, 'Here's the pages,' right before they start filming. I'd have a heart attack. The anxiety would be way too much for me. I don't have as strong a backbone as those other show writers.

A lot of times, the choice of the right song will save a scene. Or there will be a scene that's a little flat and you put in the right song and somehow it just comes alive.