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

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

I just want to be with great teachers. If that means I'm in a horror film with good teachers, I'll do another horror film. But I would love to branch out and do more comedy or just more straight dramas.

Sometimes when I pick up a book off the shelf, when I'm buying a new book to read, I'll look at all of them and they all have the exact same words inside, but I'll think that one is meant to go home with me. I'll never pick the first thing off the shelf, I'll always go one behind.

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 have learned that keeping my personal life outside of work is the easier, richer way to work.

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.