I only knew basic western trail riding. Nothing fancy.

You don't realize how much a part of your character is part of yourself until you are no longer playing that character.

I had the prosthetics on, and I went to my trailer, I looked in the mirror, and I smiled. And I was, like, "This is the character - everything she does is with a smile and a bit of glee and joy." And that's how I created Darla [from Buffy The Vampire Slayer]. Prior to that, I was, like, "I have no idea how to play this 400-year-old vampire from hell!".

I still have people coming up to me, and it was, what, six or seven years ago when that finale aired? And they tell me who they were watching with, what their emotional reaction was, and how they were devastated for weeks about [Rita's death in Dexter].

I just don't think [Payne] was the right time to do it, maybe. It was timing, not so much that it was executed wrong.

I love doing sitcoms and I love performing in front of a live audience, so [Payne] was a really fun experience.

[ Angel series] really taught me that acting is not just about being emotionally challenged. It's about being physically challenged. And I enjoyed both aspects of that.