You always draw inspiration from your family or your parents if they've proven to be inspirational. My mother is someone who's always been inspirational to me.

I think there's always pieces of yourself that bleed into your character. That's inevitable.

I'm passionate about being an actor, but I'm definitely not passionate about being a sex symbol.

The White Ribbon Foundation is organization I support. They're bringing awareness of violence against women and I think it's important in our society.

I had wanted to be a fish farmer, to be honest with you. I wanted to be an agriculturist. I wanted to have my own fish farm. I was also contemplating surfboard building.

We have researchers involved with the show [Spartacus] and they pointed me in a pretty great direction, in terms of what to read, and what to look at or look for, and they also provided me with some material.

I'm such a fan of Deadwood. I love the characters in that. They're such wonderful characters. I'm a fan of The Wire. Those are all heavily character-based shows.