Acting is such a huge part of my life. It really allows me to have a creative outlet and to actually be able to have an outlet to discuss openly the things that truly I think are relevant in the world, that make a difference.

Within hours, tweetted piece of information you've just doled out has become a monsoon, a hurricane of tangible energy that is literally circulating the world. It's helped me sense the undeniable truth of quantum consciousness, the whole butterfly effect. I witness it daily. Being witness to it not only makes me come alive, it enables me to maintain hope.

I work with the Humane Society a lot and have three rescue cats.

We all exist in a time of widespread exponential growth. We are busier than ever.

I've never been on a TV show for more than a season and you have to continually keep it interesting and you have to keep it connected, even as you change.

It's not who you know, it's who you don't know.

I'm from New Orleans. There's a lot of vampire mystique and mythology that resonates there, and I was fascinated by it. I always wanted to play one.