Well, I made an announcement to my family at 8 that I wanted to be an actor, and I focused like a laser beam on it. I never had a fallback plan.

It's always been a dream of mine to be in a Woody Allen comedy.

I never thought that I would be so attracted to television, but I don't think gigs like 'Dexter' come along too often.

At a young age I always had an entrepreneurial spirit. So I'm trying to develop things on my own, too, and there are a couple things that have absolutely nothing to do with the entertainment business that I'm trying to tackle. We'll just sort of see.

I love that there's a beginning, middle and end to a film and you can craft what the whole journey is going to look like.

I need to make sure that I'm taking roles that I feel like I can communicate through.

I usually spend the hiatus of 'Dexter' in New York in a way to balance things.