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

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

Aaron Spelling was a huge fan of vampires, and everything in that genre. He just really loved the entire subject of vampires and he was really passionate about it. If you really like the idea of this other world and the intricacies of it, because there were a lot of them, and once you're hooked, it's always something that's a fascination to you.

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.

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

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

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.