I'm one of those freaky people that actually reads books.

For right now, I'd like to tell stories that I want to tell. I haven't wanted to use someone else's material yet, but I would with the show. It's become an integral enough part of me now, that I could definitely tell a story in this.

I'm not a big fan of just doing weights. Anything more physical is infinitely better.

I've been on shows that went for years and years and years, and I was not ready for that again.

I was born in Hawaii, but I was raised in Iowa.

I made a conscious choice to turn down some movies that were action-based, so that I could direct Road to Paloma and show that side.

I was on Stargate: Atlantis for four years, playing a similar character called Ronon, who was an alien that didn't say much and grunted. I've been there and done that. Whether people have seen it or not, you want to stretch. And then, while I waited, I got The Red Road, and I'd never gotten anything like that.