I just adored Peter Medak, the director. He's such a character, but he was so much fun. Some directors come in and they truly get angry about things.Peter was still in a fantastic mood. He's a delightful person. He threw a big party at the end of the pilot, which was so sweet. And his wife is an opera singer. He's just a very warm, crazy beautiful individual.

When I get excited about a character, I'll start doing things as the character and thinking about what the character would do.

Aaron Spelling kept trying to bring vampires about, and I feel badly that it happened so much later. He was ahead of his time, in that regard.

I remember that I auditioned with the scene where I pull the grandfather out of the coffin. I just loved it so much.

The role always attracts me. Sometimes I can read something and I can barely see the rest of the script.

I guess I just take things as they come now, as far as that goes. I get really excited to do the project, but I don't think too much beyond that.

Mark Frankel was just a very tender, thoughtful person, and that was really nice. At that point in life, I hadn't met a lot of people my senior who were that tender, and still doing well and making a real go of it. That was a treat, for sure.